Raisi: Strengthening the role of the cooperative sector in the country’s economy is a serious belief of the people’s government – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news
According to Mehr News Agency, Hojjatul Islam Seyyed Ebrahim Raeesi said at noon on Sunday at the ceremony commemorating the National “Cooperation” Day, referring to the approval of the National Cooperation Document in 2013 and the realization of about 20% of its goals over the past 10 years, he said: Sandah has responsibilities, they have 15 days from today to submit their opinions and views about the reasons for not fulfilling these responsibilities and proposed solutions to implement these responsibilities to the Ministry of Cooperation, Labor and Social Welfare.
Determining a one-month time window to resolve the implementation deficiencies of the National Cooperation Document
The President added: Also, the Ministry of Labor’s Deputy Ministry of Cooperation will have 15 days to summarize and finalize these opinions and present them in the next meeting, which will be held in the next 2 months, so that we can get an objective and practical result from this meeting to move forward. To achieve the goals of the National Cooperation Document.
He stated: Where the national cooperation document is in conflict with relevant laws, in the first place, the law takes precedence, but where giving precedence to the law causes delay and non-implementation of the document, it is necessary to amend the document and, if necessary, amend the law. Appropriate action is taken. As a result of the investigations that the Ministry of Labor’s Cooperative Vice-Chancellor and responsible agencies will conduct in the next month, the National Cooperative Document must be a fully enforceable document.
The cooperative sector has a strategic position in the country’s economy
Raisi further considered the cooperative sector as a very important sector and has a strategic position in the country’s economy and stated: Placing the cooperative sector as one of the three active sectors in the country’s economy is one of the valuable measures that have been considered in the drafting of the constitution. .
The president called the non-realization of the share of the cooperative sector in the country’s economy a defect, and emphasizing the necessity of planning to fix this defect, he added: Of course, this defect does not mean ignoring the role of cooperatives in the country’s economy. In the years after the victory of the Islamic Revolution, cooperatives have been the source of many services for the country and this cannot be denied.
Strengthening the role of the cooperative sector in the country’s economy is a serious belief of the people’s government
He called the strengthening of the role of the cooperative sector in the country’s economy a serious belief of the people’s government and noted: one of the missing links in our country is serious, effective and timely supervision; All economic sectors including government, private and cooperative need support and at the same time strict and effective supervision.
Raisi further pointed to the high capacity of the cooperative sector of the economy in realizing the country’s goals in the field of housing and asked the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare to seriously support the participation of the cooperative sector alongside the private sector.
Addressing the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare, the President added: “Make sure to remove the obstacles in the way of the activities of cooperatives, especially in the field of housing production and construction, and support the active cooperatives in the country.”
All executive bodies should remove the obstacles to the cooperatives becoming more active
He mentioned the activation of cooperatives in the country as one of the important examples and effects of the government’s popularization strategy and added: In this context, provide all the necessary preparations and if there is a need to activate the cooperative support and guarantee fund, this fund should be activated and if necessary It is for training, the necessary training should be provided in a public way.
Referring to legal approvals such as the National Cooperative Document, the Constitution, the emphasis of the Supreme Leader and the policies of the people’s government to support the activities of the cooperative sector in the country’s economy, Raisi said: I emphasize that supporting cooperatives to become more active should be part of the agenda of all ministries. and executive bodies and governorates.
The government’s policy is to support the cooperative sector
In the continuation of this meeting, while the members of the board of directors of 17 selected national cooperatives had also entered the meeting to receive their awards and certificates, the president expressed his appreciation for the efforts and actions of cooperative companies across the country to create economic prosperity and employment in the country. The government’s policy is to support the cooperative sector, and I ask all of you to continue your efforts in the field of boosting production and creating employment in the country.
He described the practical and executive support for improving the share and position of the cooperative sector in the country’s economy as a requirement for the government to be popular: there is no good deed higher than creating employment for a young person and solving his and his family’s concerns in this regard, and therefore his popular government considers it as an obligation not to withhold any support from the field of the cooperative sector.
Raisi further ordered the simultaneous opening of 457 cooperative projects across the country through video conference and thanked the members of the board of directors of 17 top national cooperative companies by presenting plaques.
At the beginning of this meeting, Mehdi Maskani, Deputy Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare, presented a detailed report on the implementation of the National Cooperative Document in the last 10 years.