Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on June 11, 2020 launched Sahakar Mitra: Scheme on Internship Programme (SIP).
The programme has been launched to provide paid internship to youth and ensure availability of assured project loans to young cooperators.
It is an initiative by the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), which has embarked upon a series of initiatives in the cooperative sector entrepreneurship development ecosystem, through capacity development.
Under the scheme, professionals in disciplines including Agriculture and allied areas, IT, Agri-business, Cooperation, Finance, International Trade, Forestry, Rural Development, Project Management will be eligible for the paid internship. Each intern will get financial support over the 4 months internship period for which the online application is available on NCDC website.
