Union Minister for Home and Cooperation Amit Shah launches Sahakar Sarathi to digitally empower rural cooperative banks.

Key facts

• Sahakar Sarathi Private Limited is a shared-services technology platform designed to revolutionise India’s rural cooperative banking ecosystem.
• The platform unveiled 14 digital products including Sahakar Setu, digiKCC, ePACS, Cooperative Governance Index and the World’s Largest Grain Storage Plan Portal.
• Expert-as-a-Service modules launched under the platform are CISO Sarathi, Tax Sarathi, CBS Sarathi, Regulatory Compliance Sarathi and Shiksha Sarathi.
• Additional services include AI-driven Cross Sell Sarathi, Campaign Sarathi, unified Collections Sarathi call-centre service and bank.in migration support.
• NABARD–BCG report The Future of Rural Banking released, outlining a strategic roadmap to enhance rural credit and strengthen cooperative banking institutions.
• Rural economy budget has grown 3.75 times since 2014, reflecting the government’s commitment to India’s villages.
• Government targets 50 crore Indians participating in cooperatives, tripling their contribution to India’s GDP.