Co-operative education and training to Members, etc.

(1) Every society may organise co-operative education and training, for its Members, officers and employees through such State federal societies or the State Apex Training Institutes, as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify. Such education and training shall,— (i) ensure the effective and active participation of the Members in the management of the society ; (ii) groom talented employees for effective management ; (iii) develop professional skills through co-operative education and training. (2) Every Member of the Committee, whether elected or co-opted, may undergo such co-operative education and training. (3) (a) Co-operative societies specified by Government shall contribute annually towards the Co-operative Education and Training Fund, within such period and at such rates as may be prescribed and different rates may be prescribed for different societies or classes of societies and such contribution shall be paid in the manner as may be prescribed. (b) The Co-operative Education and Training Fund shall be used for the purpose of promotion of co-operative movement in the State by way of education of the Members and training of officers of the co-operative societies on co-operative principles and management practices, and for the training and incidental expenses borne by the institutions notified under sub-section (1). (c) The Co-operative Education and Training Fund shall be administered, utilised, maintained and audited, in the manner as may be prescribed, by such Authority or the Institution as may be notified by the State Government, in this behalf. (4) Where any society fails to pay the contribution towards the Co-operative Education and Training Fund, within the prescribed period, the amount of contribution due on the date of commencement of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue and on the Authority or the Institution notified in the clause (c) of sub-section (3) making a report of such failure to the Registrar, the Registrar shall, after making such inquiry as he deems fit, grant a certificate for recovery of the amount due as an arrear of land revenue.