National Co-operative Union of India (NCUI)

5. National Co-operative Union of India (NCUI)

The National Co-operative Union of India (NCUI) is the apex organisation of the entire co-operative movement in India. Its headquarters are in New Delhi, and its membership is made up of the national-level co-operative federations, the state co-operative unions and other major co-operative organisations of the country. It thus represents the co-operative movement as a whole and speaks for it at the national level.

Role and functions of the NCUI in education and training:

• Promotion of co-operative education — the NCUI is the chief national body for spreading co-operative education. It plans and guides member-education and public-awareness programmes throughout the country, working through the state co-operative unions below it.
• Direction of co-operative training — the NCUI organises co-operative training through the National Council for Co-operative Training (NCCT) and VAMNICOM, which function under it. In this way the NCUI oversees both education and training at the national level.
• Propaganda and publicity — it carries out propaganda in favour of the co-operative movement, celebrates events such as All-India Co-operative Week, and works to build public support for co-operation.
• Publications — it brings out journals, books, pamphlets and other literature on co-operation, in English and other languages, to educate members, personnel and the public.
• Representing the movement — it represents the interests of the co-operative movement before the Government of India and international co-operative bodies, and advises on co-operative policy.
• Co-ordination — it links and co-ordinates the work of the various state co-operative unions and national federations, so the movement acts in a united way. …