Government's Directive on Cooperative Branches Faces Implementation Hurdles

Biratnagar. The '6-point directive' issued by the Department of Cooperatives on Poush 24 to resolve the crisis in the cooperative sector has become a difficult burden for the department itself. Based on the report submitted by the High-Level Economic Reform Suggestion Commission led by former secretary Rameshwor Khanal, the department had directed cooperatives with more than one branch to close them, but this directive remains unimplemented.'Cooperatives with more than one branch should settle accounts and close the branches,' was mentioned in the first point of the letter. Based on that letter, the Ministry of Industry, Agriculture and Cooperatives of Koshi...