Sahakar Mitra: Scheme on Internship Programme (SIP) launched
Part of: GS-Prelims and GS-III – Agriculture
In News:
Union Agriculture Minister launched Sahakar Mitra: Scheme on Internship Programme (SIP).
Key takeaways
Its objective is to help cooperative institutions access innovative ideas of young professionals while the interns will gain experience of working in the field to be self-reliant.
The scheme is an initiative by National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), the cooperative sector development finance organization.
Professional graduates in disciplines such as Agriculture and alliedareas, IT etc. will be eligible for internship.
Professionals who are pursuing or have completed their MBA degrees in Agri-business, Cooperation, Finance, International Trade, etc. will also be eligible.
Each intern will get financial support over a 4 months internship period.
