KATHMANDU, Sept 13: The parliamentary probe committee formed to investigate the misappropriation of cooperative funds monitored and inspected a dozen cooperatives in the Kathmandu Valley, along with three cooperative organizations on Thursday.
On Thursday, the committee monitored and inspected the Department of Co-operatives, the Cooperative Training and Research Center and the Problematic Cooperative Management Committee, as well as a dozen cooperatives.
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The committee has monitored and inspected various cooperatives such as Gautam Shree Multipurpose Cooperative in Kuleshwar, Miteri Saving and Credit Cooperative Ltd at Mahalaxmisthan, Lalitpur, Guna Multipurpose Cooperative, Shree Laligurans Multipurpose Cooperative in Pulchowk, Gorkha Saving and Credit Cooperative in Satdobato Chapagaon, Shiva Shikhar Multipurpose Cooperative in Bhaktapur, Nagarik Bikas in Lokanthali, Sumeru Saving and Credit Cooperative in Pulchowk and Kalimati, Swarnalaxmi Saving & Credit Cooperative in Kalimati, Kantipur Saving & Credit Co-operative in Min Bhawan and Nepal Sahakari Bittiya Sanstha.
The House committee’s Chairperson Surya Bahadur Thapa said that during the monitoring and inspection process, they reviewed whether the cooperative institutions were operational, whether they were conducting business, who was coming to the office, and what work was being done and so on. He said that the official representatives of the cooperatives concerned were called and discussions and studies on the financial status of these institutions had already been completed. Thapa said that the committee has conducted the monitoring and inspection of these institutions.
Among the cooperatives monitored and inspected by the committee are Miteri Saving and Credit Cooperative Ltd at Mahalaxmisthan, Sumeru Saving and Credit Cooperative in Pulchowk and Guna Multipurpose Cooperative were found to be operational. The committee said that it conducted the monitoring and inspection of the cooperatives along with the completion of the 59th meeting on Thursday. Members of the committee, staff of the committee and others were involved in the monitoring and inspection of the cooperative sector. The parliamentary committee’s Chairman Thapa said that the monitoring and inspection was carried out as per the provisions of the committee’s procedures.
