HP to fill 900 vacant posts in cooperative dept: Dy CM

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh deputy chief minister Mukesh Agnihotri said on Wednesday that the state govt would soon come up with a strategy to fill nearly 900 vacant posts in the cooperative department.
He added that the state govt had released the budget for computerisation of 1,789 cooperative societies, to increase their efficiency. Attending a state-level conference on ‘Cooperatives Create a Better Future for All’ organised at the State Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute, Mashobra, the deputy CM said in the first phase, 870 primary agricultural credit societies (PACS) have been computerised across the state, while for the second phase, 919 PACS have been selected. Agnihotri said as on date, nearly Rs 4,500 crore of the state is deposited in the cooperative sector. tnn