After 75 years of Independence and at a time when the cooperative movement is needed the most, Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has created Ministry of Cooperation Thanked the Prime Minister on behalf of crores of people of the cooperative sector across the nation for forming the Ministry of cooperation Welfare of the poor and Antyodaya cannot be imagined without cooperation Called upon cooperative workers and leaders that the time of neglect is over and the time toprioritize the sector has begun Cooperatives make an important contribution to the country’s development and the cooperative movement has to be taken forward by imbibing the spirit of cooperation in work The path of development of crores of farmers, the deprived, the Backward, Dalits, the poor, the neglected and women can only take place through cooperation Many people question the relevance of cooperatives and believe that cooperative movement is irrelevant however, the cooperative movement is most relevant today By connecting every village with cooperatives, making every village prosperous with the mantra of “Sahakar se Samriddhi” and through this making the country prosperous, that is the role of the cooperative movement Co-operation is working together, with a common goal and in one direction Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given the mantra, “Sahakar se Samridhi”, and he has set a goal of a US $ five trillion economy, the cooperative sector will also contributeto fulfill this goal The cooperative movement will also ensure progress of rural India and will also create the concept of a new social capital.