Lok Sabha passes Tribhuvan Sahkari University Bill, 2025 for India's first cooperative university
The Lok Sabha passed the Tribhuvan Sahkari University Bill, 2025 on 26 March 2025 to set up India's first university dedicated to the cooperative sector, named after cooperative pioneer Tribhuvandas Patel.
Summary
The Lok Sabha passed the Tribhuvan Sahkari University Bill, 2025 on 26 March 2025 after a reply by Union Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah. The university will be the country's first dedicated to the cooperative sector, 75 years after Independence, and will be able to award diplomas, degrees or certificates to about 8 lakh candidates a year. It is named after Tribhuvandas Patel, who helped lay the foundation of cooperatives in India under Sardar Patel's guidance and is linked to the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Amul), whose journey began in 1946. Amit Shah said the university would provide trained human resources and promote research and innovation in the cooperative sector.
Key facts
- Passed
- 26 March 2025, Lok Sabha
- Reply by
- Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah
- First
- India's first cooperative university
- Named after
- Tribhuvandas Patel, cooperative pioneer
- Capacity
- About 8 lakh candidates a year (diploma, degree, certificate)
- Amul link
- GCMMF (Amul), journey began in 1946
Practice MCQs 3 questions
The Tribhuvan Sahkari University Bill, passed by the Lok Sabha on 26 March 2025, seeks to set up India's first university dedicated to which sector?
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Correct answer: D — Cooperatives
It will be India's first university dedicated to the cooperative sector.
Tribhuvan Sahkari University is named after Tribhuvandas Patel, a pioneer associated with which cooperative institution?
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Correct answer: B — Amul (GCMMF)
Tribhuvandas Patel is associated with the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, popularly known as Amul.
According to Amit Shah on 26 March 2025, Tribhuvan Sahkari University will be able to award diplomas, degrees or certificates to about how many candidates a year?
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Correct answer: C — 8 lakh
Amit Shah said the university will have the capacity to train about 8 lakh people a year.