Bhubaneswar, Sept. 25 -- Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday launched 'Sambandh', a mega membership drive aimed at bringing at least one member from every farming family into the cooperative sector, and unveiled a series of initiatives to transform PACS and LAMPS into multi-service centres in rural areas.
At a state-level programme here, Mr Majhi launched an online system through the National PACS Software (NLPS) in 300 PACS and, for the first time, initiated the distribution of dividends to farmer-members of PACS and LAMPS.
The dividend distribution for the financial year 2024-25 has commenced, with the Chief Minister distributing dividends to farmers associated with 322 PACS and LAMPS. Around eight lakh farmers belonging ...