Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate Global Cooperative Conference in New Delhi today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the ICA Global Cooperative Conference at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi today. For the first time, in 130 years long history of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA), the Global Cooperative Conference and General Assembly are being organized in India.

On the occasion, Mr. Modi will launch a commemorative stamp on the International Year of Cooperatives 2025. Prime Minister of Bhutan, Dasho Tshering Tobgay, and the Deputy Prime Minister of Fiji, Manoa Kamikamica will also attend the conference. The Global Conference is being hosted by Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited, in collaboration with ICA and the Government of India, and



Indian Cooperatives AMUL and KRIBHCO.

The International Cooperative Alliance was founded in 1895. It represents thirty lakh cooperative enterprises worldwide and has more than one billion cooperative members. The six-day conference at Bharat Mandapam will bring together cooperatives from around the globe for a series of events and discussions.

Around three thousand foreign and Indian delegates are expected to attend this event. The conference will explore the role of cooperatives in creating a collective, peaceful, and prosperous future for all. The theme of the conference is Cooperatives Build Prosperity for All