Kochi, Apr 21 (KNN) The Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate an expo on the cooperative movement and cooperatives at Marine Drive in Kochi on April 22, 2022.

The nine-day expo is being organised as part of efforts to highlight the cooperative sector as an alternative model for development and to bring people’s attention to achievements in the sector, Minister for Cooperatives V.N. Vasavan said.

As per reports, the event is being organised as part of the 100-day action programme of the State government.

The expo will display products from across Kerala. There will be 300 stalls spread over one lakh square feet.

The participants include primary cooperatives as well as apex cooperative bodies, cooperative hospitals, and prominent cooperative establishments at the global level.

Cooperatives such as those engaged in milk collection and sale and the handloom sector, cooperatives among SC/ST communities, cooperative tour operators, and young people’s organisations will be showcased. The expo will offer a glimpse into the history of the cooperative movement and the growth and transformation of the sector over the years, he said

The Minister for Cooperatives later laid the foundation stone for an agri-food mill at Okkal on Thursday.  (KNN Bureau)