India, July 22 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

Based on the information received from the State of Odisha, Directorate of Handicrafts under the administrative control of Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts Department, Odisha, the functioning of Handicraft Cooperative Societies (HCSs) of Odisha including the HCSs of Puri district is supervised time to time. An integrated RCS digital portal has been launched in Odisha. As per the National Cooperative Database (NCD), there are a total of 756 registered cooperative societies in the Puri district.

S. No

Activity

2021-22

2022-23

2023-24

2024-25

2025-26

2026-27 as on 30.06.2026

1

Marketing

0.63

0.40

-

1.10

2

SERVICE COOP.

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