The Ministry of Law and Justice (Legislative Department) has issued a Gazette notification announcing the promulgation of The Andaman and Nicobar Islands Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Regulation, 2025 (No. 5 of 2025) by the President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, under Article 240 of the Constitution.

The Regulation seeks to amend The Andaman and Nicobar Islands Co-operative Societies Regulation, 1973, with the objective of strengthening cooperative governance and ensuring equitable participation in cooperative societies.

The amendment introduces key changes to sections 6 and 41 of the principal Regulation. Under the new provision for Section 6, no member of a cooperative society, except the Government, shall hold more than one-fifth of the total subscribed share capital of that so

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