The Ministry of Cooperation on 25 November 2025 convened a review to assess progress across three newly formed multistate cooperative societies — National Co-operative Exports Limited (NCEL), National Co-operative Organics Limited (NCOL) and Bharatiya Beej Sahakari Samiti Limited (BBSSL). The meeting, chaired by Dr. Ashish Kumar Bhutani, Secretary, Ministry of Cooperation, took place at Atal Akshay Urja Bhawan and included senior ministry officials and the managing directors of the three societies.
Sources said the discussion focused on ongoing initiatives, operational challenges and measures to strengthen cooperation and efficiency across the organisations. Shri Raman Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Cooperation, and the managing directors — Shri Unupom Kausik (NCEL), Shri Vipul Mittal (NCOL) and Shri Chetan Joshi (BBSSL) — participated, along with other senior officials.
NCEL, formed to aggregate export efforts of cooperatives, has recorded rapid membership growth and stepped-up activity this year, with government documents noting thousands of cooperative members joining since inception and export initiatives being rolled out. The society’s public materials highlight NCEL’s push to build export-oriented supply chains through member cooperatives. NCEL & MARCOFED recently signed MoU to Strengthen Cooperative Export Ecosystem in Nagaland & Northeast.
NCOL — tasked with promoting organic value chains — remains in an early operational phase but has shown notable enrolment of cooperative societies and product pilots as it mobilises primary agricultural credit societies and other cooperatives into organic value chains. Officials described the current year as foundational, concentrating on membership drives and product launches.
BBSSL continues to advance seed and allied agri-value chain projects, with recent collaborations and memoranda of understanding aimed at strengthening domestic seed production (including seed potato initiatives) and reducing import dependence. The MD of BBSSL has publicly emphasised self-reliance in seed ecosystems and partnerships with established cooperatives. The review meeting signals the ministry’s intent to closely monitor and scale the three societies as part of broader cooperative reforms and the National Cooperative Policy agenda, which prioritises cooperative capacity building and outreach across states. Officials said follow-up actions would focus on operational streamlining, product rollout and inter-society coordination.
