SIMFED holds coordination meeting

GANGTOK, 18 July: A coordination meeting was convened by the Chairperson of the Sikkim State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation Ltd (SIMFED), Girish Chandra Rai on 15 July.
As per a press release, the SIMFED Managing Director, Kuber Bhandari, welcomed Mr. Rai back to a fresh term as the SIMFED chairperson and said that during his earlier terms on the post, SIMFED had progressed by leaps and bounds and now with him coming as the Chairman again, SIMFED could reach newer heights. The Managing Director appealed to work as a team to achieve the primary objectives of SIMFED.
The Chairman in his address to the officers and staff of the federation urged them to be dedicated in their duties. In order to achieve the Organic Mission by 2015, he directed the officers of the Federation to have a marketing strategy ready for the marketing of the organic produce. He also suggested that all the loss making units of SIMFED should be examined and ways found to correct the same and avoid losses. If the same was not possible then those units needs to be shut, he added.
Mr Rai requested all the employees to be serious in their work and be punctual and regular for their duties.  He urged all to work in the interest of the farmers of the state.
At the end of the meeting, the Chairman informed that he would have a separate meeting with the senior officers of the Federation to revamp the working of the Federation and to work out strategies to improve the marketing network of the organic produce of the state, the release adds.