ICSO counsellor lauds Lanka's progress in coop sector

Atapattu BANDARA

The International Cooperative Society Organization's Senior Counsellor Rangan Datta, expressed his wonder over the progress archieved by Sri Lanka in the cooperative sector and highly appreciated the enormous support of the Sri Lankan government for developing the cooperative sector.

He was addressing the 9th Asia Pacific Cooperative Ministers' Conference held at Bangkok in Thailand yesterday. He said the government was committed to protect the cooperative sector and had provided tax anomalies in addition to the concessions given by the Mahinda Chinthana concept frame work.

Cooperatives and Internal Trade Minister Johnston Fernando explained the vast development achieved by the cooperative sector in Sri Lankan as Sri Lanka was allowed to describe the functions of the cooperative sector yesterday. The conference was being held under the supervision of the UNO. The conference will review measures taken in pursuance of the declarations and recommendations made during a previous Asia Pacific conference of Cooperative Ministers' Conference held at Kuala Lumpur.