President of India Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday addressed a joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, underlining the vital role of the cooperative movement and agriculture in India’s development. The government is actively strengthening cooperatives in sectors such as agriculture and livestock. Highlighting capacity building, President Murmu pointed to the Tribhuvan Sahkari University (TSU), which is providing individuals associated with cooperatives the opportunity to learn and advance. She added that the agriculture sector is being further empowered through over 10,000 Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs). It bears recall that Tribhuvan Sahkari University was conceived as India’s first national university dedicated exclusively to the cooperative sector, with the objective of addressing a long felt institutional and knowledge gap.