{"id":13545,"date":"2023-07-30T02:38:19","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T21:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=13545"},"modified":"2025-04-02T05:15:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T23:45:34","slug":"national-cooperative-consumers-federation-of-india-nccf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/national-cooperative-consumers-federation-of-india-nccf\/","title":{"rendered":"National Cooperative Consumers Federation of India (NCCF)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About National Cooperative Consumers Federation of India (NCCF):<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was <strong>established on 16th October 1965<\/strong> to function as the <strong>apex body of consumer cooperatives <\/strong>in the country.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is an organization to <strong>promote consumer cooperative movement in the country<\/strong>, aspires to <strong>facilitate the voluntary formation and democratic functioning of cooperatives<\/strong>, based on self-reliance and mutual aid for overall economic betterment and financial autonomy.<\/li>\n<li>It is r<strong>egistered under the Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>NCCF <strong>functions under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs,<\/strong> Food and Public Distribution, Government of India.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Headquarters: New Delhi<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Structure:\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>management of NCCF vests in the Board of Directors.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>ultimate authority<\/strong> of NCCF vests <strong>in the hands of the General Body.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Board of Directors exercises all the powers of NCCF except those reserved for General Body.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The current <strong>sanctioned strength of the Board of Directors is 21.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>What is Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an o<strong>pen-source network <\/strong>set up to <strong>enable buyers and sellers to transact with each other irrespective of the e-commerce platform<\/strong> on which either of them is registered.<\/li>\n<li>It will <strong>enable local commerce across segments,<\/strong> such as mobility, grocery, food order and delivery, hotel booking and travel, among others, <strong>to be discovered and engaged by any network-enabled application.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is an <strong>initiative of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It <strong>comprises buyer-side apps w<\/strong>here consumers can place orders, <strong>seller-side apps<\/strong> that onboard merchants and display their listings, <strong>and logistics platforms that handle deliveries.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Benefits<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>It <strong>offers small retailers an opportunity to provide their services<\/strong> and goods to buyers a<strong>cross the country<\/strong> through an e-commerce system.<\/li>\n<li>ONDC enables merchants to save their data to <strong>build credit history and reach consumers.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is expected to <strong>digitise the entire value chain, promote the inclusion of suppliers, derive efficiencies in logistics <\/strong>and enhance value for consumers.<\/li>\n<li>ONDC protocols <strong>would standardize operations<\/strong> like cataloguing, inventory management, order management and order fulfilment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0What is a\u00a0 Co-operative Society?<\/h3>\n<p>A co-operative society is often a voluntary association of individuals who come together with the intention to work together and to promote their economic interest. These societies work on the principle of self-help as well as mutual help. The primary goal is to provide support to the members. The main purpose of a cooperative is to provide goods, services, or benefits to its members, who are also the owners and active participants in the cooperative&#8217;s activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.moneycontrol.com\/news\/business\/magicpin-starts-selling-tomatoes-for-rs-70-per-kg-through-ondc-partners-11047901.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Magicpin starts selling tomatoes for Rs 70 per kg through ONDC partners<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Cooperative Consumers Federation of India was established on 16th October 1965 to function as the apex body of consumer cooperatives in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13546,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}