Q.Describe the role of the National Co-operative Union of India (NCUI) in co-operative education and training.

As the apex body of the whole movement, the NCUI leads education nationally and directs training through the NCCT.

The National Co-operative Union of India (NCUI), headquartered in New Delhi, is the apex organisation of the entire co-operative movement in India; its members are the national federations and state co-operative unions. It plays the leading role in co-operative education and training at the national level.

Its role and functions:

• Promotion of co-operative education — it is the chief national body for spreading co-operative education, planning and guiding member-education and public-awareness programmes throughout the country, working through the state co-operative unions.
• Direction of co-operative training — it organises national training through the National Council for Co-operative Training (NCCT) and VAMNICOM, which function under it; thus it oversees both education and training nationally.
• Propaganda and publicity — it carries out propaganda for co-operation, observes events such as All-India Co-operative Week, and builds public support for the movement.
• Publications — it brings out journals, books and literature on co-operation in several languages to educate members, personnel and the public.
• Representing the movement — it represents the movement's interests before the Government of India and international co-operative bodies and advises on co-operative policy. …