Name and Area of Operation:
1. The Union shall be called 'The National Cooperative Union of India Ltd.'
The headquarters of the Union shall be at New Delhi.
The area of operation of the Union shall extend to whole of India.
Definition:
The words/expressions appearing to these bye-laws shall have the following meaning
unless otherwise provided:
(a) The 'Union' means the National Cooperative Union of India Ltd.
(b) 'Society' means a cooperative society registered under the the cooperative societies Act applicable to the State
or Union Territory in which it is established or under the Multi Unit Cooperative Societies Act, 1942.
(c) 'Federal Society' means:
(i) A society not less than five members of which are themselves societies; and
(ii) In which the voting rights are so regulated thatthe members which are societies have not less than four-fifth of
the total number of votes in the general meeting of such society.
(d) 'Apex society' means a federal society which has the area of its operation extending to the whole of a State of a
Union Territory.
(e) 'National Cooperative Federation/Society' means a federal society the area of operation of which extends to the whole
of India with membership including apex societies.
(f) 'Member' means a society or a person who, for the time being, is a member of the Union.
(g) 'Delegate' means a person who is duty appointed by a member-society in accordance with these bye-laws as its representative
to the General Body of the Union and includes an individual member.
Objects:
3. The objects of the Union shall be to promote and to develop the cooperative movements in India,
to educate, guide and assist the people in their efforts to build up and expand the cooperative sector and to serve as an
exponent of coopertive opinion in accordance with basic cooperative priinciples.
In furtherance of these objects, the Union may either by itself or in collaboration
with other cooperative institutions:
(i) organise cooperative education and training programmes and popularise the principles and practices
of cooperation;
(ii) develop inter-cooperative relationship and help the coordinated functioning of the cooperative
movement in various sectors as a coordinated system;
(iii) organise, conduct, collaborate and assist in carrying out research, investigations of projects
on important cooperative problems;
(iv) arrange for the production and publication of literature and audio-visual and other aids including
films, filmstrips on cooperation and allied subjects;
(v) give publicity to the achievements of coopertives through periodicals, journals, news papers,
pamphlets, brouchures, books, films, broadcasts and the like for creating favourable atmosphere for the development of the
cooperative movement;
(vi) maintain an information bureau and a library;
(vii) express opinion on matters of cooperative policy and act as the accredited repr3esentative
of the Indian Cooperative Movement in the national and international spheres;
(viii) convene and hold the National Cooperative Congress and cooperative seminars, meetings, conferences,
exhibitions etc;
(ix) select delegatres, representatives and observers on behalf of the Union for participation in
the international, natinal and state conferences;
(x) facilitate the promotion of cooperative institutions and assist the member societies in resolving
their problems and difficulties and formulation of programmes and their implementation;
(xi) acquire, purchase, own or dispose of immovable property by way of sale, lease or otherwise for
the furtherance of the objects of the Union; and
(xii) generally undertake such activities or funcitons asare considered incidental or conducive to
the attainment of the objects of the Union.
Membership:
4. The memebership of the Union shall be open to:
(i) National Cooperative Federations/Societies.
(ii) State Cooperative Unions.
(iii) Cooperative Unions of Union Territories.
(iv) State level and Union Territories cooperative
federations including other apex societies.
(v) State Tribal Development Cooperative Corporations registered under the Cooperative
Law.
(vi) Multi-unit Cooperative Societies not included in (i) above.
(vii) Ex-Presidents of the NCUI who have served their full term of office provided they
consent to become members.
(viii) Individuals with knowledge and distinction in the field of Cooperation, their number
not exceeding 15 at any given point of time.
Liability:
5. The liability of the members to meet the deficit in the event of liquidation of the Union
shall be limited to the amount of subscription payable by them on the date of liquidation.
6. The membership of a cooperative society or individual member of the Union shall cease:
(i) on the cancellation of the registration or liquidation of a society;
(ii) on a member society deciding to withdraw from the membership of the Union provided that
such a decision is taken by a competent body of the society and is duly communicated to the Union. The withdrawal in
such cases shall take effect after three months from the date of receipt of such a resolution by the Union subject to the
payment of arrears, if any;
(iii) on death, resignatkon or completion of term of member-ship, int hecase of individuals.
7. The membership of the Union maybe terminated by a resolution of the Governing Council in
case a member society fails to pay the annual subscription for a consecutive period of two years wth due notice as deceded
by the Governing Council.
Funds:
8. The funds of the Union may be raised as under:
(i) Annual membership subscription;
(ii) Contributions or donations;
(iii) Grants from Government;
(iv) Contributionn from annual profits of member socieites;
(v) Sale proceeds of publications, journals periodicals, text books, films etc;
(vi) Loans and advances; and
(vii) Income from exhibitions or projects or any other activities undertaken by the Unbion
in the normal course of the functions.
Annual Subscription from Members:
9. (i) Each member-society shall pay subscription to the Union every year
as under:
(a) National Cooperatvie Business Federation/Societies: Rs.15,000/-
(b) National Coop. non-business Federation/Societies: Rs.10,000/-
(c) State Coop. Unions, State UCCredit Associations: Rs. 3,000/-
(d) Cooperative Unions of Union Territories:
Rs. 2,000/-
(e) State level Coop. Business Federations incluiding
State Coop. Land Development Banks and those
of Union Territores:
Rs. 6,000/-
(f) State level Coop,. non-business Federations:
Rs. 5,000/-
(g) Tribal Development Coop. Corporations:
Rs. 5,000/-
(h) Multi-Unit Coop. Socieites not included in (a) and (b)Rs. 2,000/-
(i) Ex-Presidents:
-Nil-
(j) Individuals:
-Nil-
9. (ii) Every member institution other than the State Cooperative Unions and Cooperative
Unions or Union Territories and other non-business Cooperative Institutions shall pay on the basis of its profits or surplus
of the preceding year at the rate not exceeding 1% of the profits or surplus subject to a maximum of Rs.25,000/- in the case
of national cooperative business federations/societies and Rs.7,500/- for others.
9. (iii) The State Cooperative Unions and Cooperative Unions of Union Territories shall contribute
50% of the receipts under edeucation fund of Rs.5,000/- whichever is less to the NCUI.
9. (iv) The annual subscription from members shallfall due at the commencement
of each cooperative year i.e. on the 1st day of July every year and shall be payable not later than 1st October of the year.
General Body
10. (i) The General Body of the Union shall consist of delegatesof member socieites and
individual members.
10. (ii) The delegatesof member society shall be nominated fora period of 3 years by
a resolution of the General Body or Management or other competent body of the member-society as the case may be. Such
delegates shall continue to function till otherwise their nomination is withdrawn by a competent authority of the society.
In case of change of delegate(s) a 30 days notice shall be given and new delegate (s) shall function for the unexpired term
ofthe original delegate(s).
11 (a) Each member society will send delegates to General Body as follows:
(i) National Cooperative Federations/Societies,
(ii) State Cooperative Unions and Cooperative Unions of Union Territories:
(a) with population of 1 crore and above of the State 3 each
(b) with population of 25 lakhs and above but less than
1 crore.
3 each
(c) with population of less than 25 lakhs
1 each
(iii) State level including Union Territories Cooperative Federations including Central Coopereative
Land Development Banks and State Tribal Development Cooperative Corporations:
(a) with population of 2 crores and above
3 each
(b) with population of 40 lakhs and above
but less than 3 crores 2
each
(c) with population of less than 40 lakhs
1 each
(The population figures will be taken from the previous census).
11. (b) Every delegate and individual member shall have one vote, provided that in the case of equality
of votes the Chairman, Presiding Officer shall have an additional casting vote.
11. (c)
(i) The delegate or delegates of a member society which
has notbeen a member for at least 90 days
before the
date of the General Body may attend the General
Body
Meeting but shall n not be eligible either to exercise
the
right of vote or to hold office.
(ii) The delegates from defaulting members shall not be
entitled to exercise the right of vote or to seek
election
to any office. The delegates of defaulting societies,
if holding any office of the Union, shall forfeit
their right tohold such office with effect from
the
date on which the society becomes defaulter under
bye-law 9 (iv), provided notive is given to the
defauting
society and it fails to pay within thirty days after
the receipt
of notice.
Meeting of the General Body:
12. (i) The meetings of the General Body shall be of the
following types:
(a) Annual General Meeting.
(b) Special General Meeting.
(ii) The Annual General Meeting of the Union shall be
held every year within a period
of six months after
the 15th of July following expiry
of each cooperative
year, at such place and time as
the Governing Council
of the Union may decide.
At least 30 days' notice
shall be necessary for Annual
General Body Meeting.
(iii) Special General Meeting may be convened by the
Governing Council of the Union
to transact any
urgent business at any time by
giving 15 days, notice
as also on requsition by members'
as provided in
clause (iv)
(iv) The Governing Council shall convene the Special
Meeting on requsiition within
one month of the
receipt of requisition in writing
from not less than
1/5th of the total members of
the General Body or
30 member whichever is less.
Period of notice for
such a meeting shall be 15 days.
A requsition for Special General
Meeting shall state the purpose of the meeting, time and date of the meeting and shall be signed by the members and sent to
the registered office of the Union. Such a meeting shall transact the subject specified in the notice only.
The quorum for a General Body
Meeting shall be 1/3rd of the total number of members subsisting as such on the date of the notice of meeting subject to a
minimum of 10 members. In case of want of quorum within an hour of the scheduled time, the meeting shall stand adjouned
for the same day, time and place in the next week. Prodived that at the adjourned meeting no quorum shall be necessary.
If themeeting a called upon the requisition of the members and there is no quaorum, it shall stand dissolved and requisition
shall lapse.
(v) The Agenda for the meeting of the General Body
shall be circulated by the Chief Executive/Director.
In case of the Annual General Meeting
any member
delegate may give notice of any item
of business for
inclusion in the Agend, which shall
be sent to the
Union within not less than 15 days of
the date of the
meeting. The President of the
Union shall consider
such items before they are included
in the Agenda
and take necessary steps for their inclusion
if such
subjects are necessary.
In case of Special Meeting of the General
Body the
Agend shall be the one circulated alongwith
notice.
Functions of the General Body:
13. The authority of the Union shall vest in the General Body.
Besides exercising a general supervison and control on the activities
on the Union, the General Body shall perform the following functions:
(i) Elect the following office-bearers of the Union once in
three years from among the delegates to the
General
Body.
(a) The President;
(b) 5 Vice-Presidents
The General Body shall elect on Vice-President from each the following
Zones:
1. North Zone: Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,
Jammu & Kashmir, Chandigarh, Delhi
and Rajasthan.
2. West Zone: Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa &
Daman,
Nagar Haveli
3. Central zone:Uttar Pradesh & Madhya
Pradesh.
4. South Zone: Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala,
Andhra
Pradesh and Pondicherry.
5. Eash Zone : West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa,
Assam,
Meghalaya,
Manipur, Tripura, Nagaland,
Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram.
(ii) To consider the Report, Audit Note and the Balance Sheet;
(iii) Approve the programme of work and budget estimates for
the ensuing year;
(iv) Fix the maximum credit limit of the Union subject to the
approval of the Registrar;
(v) Amend the bye-laws and rules of business of the Union
whenever necessary;
(vi) To consider, decide appeal against the decision of the
Governing Council.
(vii) Consider the problems or questions of policy regarding
cooperative development affecting any section of
the
movememnt or group of member-societies referred
to it by
the Governing Council;
(viii) Expulsion of the members ;
(ix) To elect Governing Council as per bye-law No. 14.
Governing Council
14. (a) The Union Shall have a Governing Council consisting of:
(i) all office-bearers elected under bye-law 13 (i);
(ii) the outgoing President provided he has
served for a
full term;
(iii) one representative from each National Cooperative
Federation/Society;
(iv) one representative from each State Cooperative
Union;
(v) two representatives from Cooperative Unions
of the
Union Territories;
(vi) one representatives from State Cooperative
Marketing
Federation;
(vii) one representative from State Cooperative
Banks;
(ix) one representtive from State Cooperative Consumers
Federation;
(x) one representtives from State Cooperative Housing
Finance Societies/Housing Societies
Federations;
(xi) one representative from other State Cooperative
Federations not included in (vi),(vii),(viii),(ix)
and (x);
(xii) one representative from Tribal Development Coope-
rative Cooperation (s);
(xiii) one representative from Multi-Unit Cooperative
Societies;
(xiv) three eminent Cooperators, who may be coopted by
the Governing Council. Out of them two
shal be
ladies provided no lady is elected/nominated
under
the above provision. The other will
be representative
of weaker section, if not elected;
The representatives mentioned in (v), (vi),
(vii), (viii),
(ix), (x), (xi),(xii), and (xiii) wil be elected
by
respective constituencies according to procedures
as
may be laid down by rules frmaed by the Governing
Council:
14.(b) The Governing Council shall ordinarily meet twice a
year;
14.(c) Except under the special circumstances 15 days' notice
for the meeting shall be necessary.
14.(d) The quorum for a meeting of the Governing Council
shall be 15.
Function of the Governing Council
15. The Governing Council may:
(i) decide the manner in which the funds of the
Union shall
be invested;
(ii) subject to a righty of appeal to the General Body,
decide
applications for membership;
(iii) consider and accept the resignation of the President,
Vice-
Presidents or any other
member of the Governing Council,
Executive Committee or other
Committees;
(iv) formulate policy and programme of work, prepare budget
and consider audited statement
of accounts and adminis-
tration reports;
(v) confer membership on distinguished cooperators in
accordance with bye-law
No.4 (viii) for a period co-
terminus with the new Governing
Council.
(vi) call the meeting of the General Body and fix agenda
for
the same;
(vii) convene the National Cooperative Congress in accordance
with the rules framed for
the purpose;
(viii) determine the strength of the staff, create posts, fix scales
of pay and frame leave and
service rules of the employees
of the Union or any other
rules relating to recruitment
and service conditions of
the employees;
(ix) institute provident fund, gratuity and such other funds
for the employees of the Union
as might be considered
desirable and frame rules for
their administration;
(x) fix the scale of travelling and other allowances for the
employees;
(xi) consider for further section the recommendations of
Executive and Standing Committees;
(xii) fix honorarium or allowances for the office-bearers and
members of the Union;
(xiii) consider quarterly statement of receipts and payments and
quarterly progress reports;
(xiv) fill a vacancy that may occur in the Governing Council by
coopting a delegate (for the remainder
of the term) from
the same State or constituency
to which the vacating
member belonged;
(xv) fill within 45 days any vacancy that may occur inthe office
of the President due to resignation,
death or otherwise,
by electing one of the Vice-Presidents
as President till the
next meeting of the Gneral Body;
(xvi) fill a vacancy that may occur in the office (s) of the Vice-
President(s) due to resignation,
death, withdrawal of dele-
gation or otherwise to be elected
out of member of the
Governing Council from that particular
region for the
remainder of the term from the
same constituency to
which the vacating Vice-President(s)
belonged;
(xvii) generally do all acts as are necessary to give effect to the
objects of the Union;
(xviii) excepting the power to admit members, the Governing
Council may delegate such of its powers
and functions to
any Committee or office bearers
of the Union as it may
deem necessary.
Committees
16. (i) The Governing Council shall constitute an Executive
Committee which shall comprie 15 members
including
office-bearers provided that there will
be not more than
one member on the Executive Committee
from one State,
provided that a member representing
a National Coopera-
tive Federation would not be deemed
to represent a State,
(ii) The Governing Council may constitute the following and
other such committees;
a. National Council for Cooperative
Training to deal
with Cooperative
Training programmes;
b. Committee for Cooperative Education
to deal with
Cooperative
Education Programme and National
Centre
for Cooperative Education.
c. and the following specialised
Sub-Committee to deal
with specific
matters and such other sub-committees
as may
be necessary to carry on the functions and
business
of NCUI:
(i)
Committee on Development of Cooperation in
Hill and Tribal Areas,
(ii) Committee
for Development of Cooperative
Movement in cooperatively backward areas and
for weaker sections.
(iii)
Committee for Planning, Development and
Review of Cooperative Movwement and Indian
Cooperatibe Congress,
(iv) Committee
for Cooperative Law and Personnel
Management,
(v) Committee
for International Relations consisting
of the President and the 5 Vice-Presidents, 2
members of the Executive Committee out of
which one will be representative of State Co-
operative Federations,
(vi) Zonal Co-ordination
Council.
(vii) Committee
on Publicity and Publications,
(viii) Committee for
Womern & Youth in Cooperative
Movement,
(ix) Committee
for involvement of Women in Co-
operative Movement.
16. (iii) The Governing Council may include in special committees
constituted under (a), (b), (c)
above persons who are not
members of NCUI whose association
is considered
desirable.
16. (iv) The Sub-Committees so consituted small frame their
own rules of business.
16A.1. Notwithstanding any thing contained in any others Bye-
Law, the Governing Council of the
NCUI shall constitute
a Standing Body to be known as the
National Council
for Cooperative Training to be known
as the Natinal Council
for Cooperative Training to be referred
to hereinafter as
NCCT.
2. NCCT shall be consituted by the NCUI after obtaining
approval of the Government of India.
3. The Composition of NCCT shall not exceed 30 persons
and shall include the following:
1. President of the NCUI as Chairman.
2. One of the Vice-Presidents of
the nCUI to be
nominated by the
President as Vice-Chairman,
3. Director0General of NCCT as Executive
Vice-
Chairman.
4-5. Two representatives of National Cooperative Fede-
rations.
6-11.Six representatives of State Cooperative Unions--
one from each Zone.
12-15.Four Chief Executives of National/State level Co-
operative Federations
including atleast one each from
banking, marketing
and consumer sectors.
16-18.Three nominees of the Central Government.
19. Managing Director, NCDC.
20. Executive Director, RBI.
21. Deputy Director-General (Education) ICAR.
22. Diector, VMNICM,
23. A representative of the University Grant Commission.
24. A representative of Agricultural Universities.
25. A representative of Institute of Management,
26. A Secretary, Cooperation of a State Government.
27. A Registrar of Cooperative Societies.
While selecting the representatives/nominees, there shall be
not more than one representative from any State. This shall not
apply to representatives of Central Government and National Institutions.
4. The Chief Executive, NCUI, shall be the Director
General
of NCCT, unless otherwise
decided by the NCUI with the
approval of Government of
India.
5. NCCT shall have the following functions and responsi-
bilities:--
(i) To formulate overall
plicites and plans relating to
cooperative
training;
(ii) To organise and direct arrangements
in regard to the
training
of personnel employed in the cooperative
departments
and cooperative institutions in the
country;
(iii) To assess periodically the
needs of training for co-
operative
personnel to facilitate planning and design-
ing
of training arrangements (such assessment may
preferably
be for the Five Year Plan periods).
(iv) To keep effective liaison with and
coordinate the
activities
of Government of India, State Govern-
ments,
Reserve Bank of India, Fenancing institutions,
Universities,
including Agricultural Universities, Uni-
versity
Grants Commission, InterntionalAgencies
like
the International Cooperative Alliance etc, in
matters
relating to cooperative training;
(v) To establish and manage
cooperative training insti-
tutions;
(vi) To identify problem areas of
cooperatives requiring
research
and organise research studies; to establish
and manage
cooperative research institutions;
(vii) To arrange for training of teaching
staff of coopera-
tive
training institutions;
(viii) To ensure maintenance of high academic
standards
in cooperative
education and training in various
institutes
in the country and suggest syllabi and
standards
of examinations for different courses;
(ix) To promote education in cooperation
is schools and
colleges
and for this purpose to suggest syllabi and
standards
of examination and arrange the publication
of standard
text-books on cooperation
(x) To explore the possibility of
obtaining recognition for
Vaikunth
Mehta National Institute of Cooperative
Management
as an institution of national importance
or explore thepossibility
of its recornitition as deemed
to be University;
(xi) To evaluate the various courses in cooperative
train-
ing and suggest
measures for improvement;
(xii) To arrange for provision of consultancy services
to
cooperatives,
particularly on problems of manage-
ment; and
(xiii) To raise funds by way of grants, fees, subscriptions
and contributions
from Central Government, coope-
ratives and other
institutions.
6. The term of National Council for Cooperative
Training
shall be co-terminus
with that of the Governing Council
of NCUI.
7. There shall be a separate fund to be known
as the
National Cooperative
Traiing Fund. All grants contri-
bution etc., received
for the aforesaid purposes, shall be
credited to this fund
and all expenses met from the fund
This fund willbe subjecty
to audit.
8. The National Council for Cooperative Training shall be
a
successor to the erstwhile Committee
for Cooperative
Training for the purpose of the latter's
assets and liabilities.
Rules of Business
17. For carrying out the obects of the Union and adminis-
tering its bye-laws the Govrning Council of the Uion shall have
powers to make urles of business and rules for admission of mem-
bers. The rules of business thus framed by the Governing Council
shall be palced before the General Body for approval.
Powers and Fucntions of the Executive Committee
18. The functions of the Executive Committee shall be as
follows:
(i) to prepare annual report, balance sheet and budget of the
National Cooperatvie Union of India.
(ii) to arrange for carrying on the administration of the Union
and to initate such action as may by necessary for the
execution of the decisions and resolutions passed by the
Governing Council and General Body/Executive
Committee.
(iii) to raise funds forthe Union and control its finances;
(iv) to authorise person/persons to sign the bills, notes, recei-
pts, acceptances, enter into contract and documents on
behalf of the NCUI and operative bank account etc;
(v) to appoint trustees, attorneys and agent for the Union to
defend and institute legal proceedings on behalf of the
NCUI.
(vi) to organise State Cooperative Conferences and National
Cooperative Congress;
(vii) to arrange the publication of cooperative journals and
other literature;
(viii) to acquire, purchase, own or dispose of immovable pro-
perty by way of sale, lease or otherewise for the furtherance
of the object5s of the Union;
(ix) to take action on all administrative matters and also to
arrange for the custody of cash;
(x) the recruitment of various categories of staff for the
Union's Secretariat including Chief Executive and also
for Zonal Committee except class III & IV;
(xi) to deal with all staff matters, except class III & IV
including promotion/disciplinary action, suspension
of removal etc.,
(xii) to delegate powers to the President, Vice-Presidents
and Chief Executive or any other officer of the
Union;
(xiii) any other duty or function entrusted by the govern-
ing Council'
(xiv) the Executive Committee may meet as often as
possible and at least once in a quarter. An interim
vacancy on the Executive Committee may by filled up
by co-option by the remaining members of the
Governing Council.
Powers and Functions of the President
19. The President shall have the following powers and
functions:
(i) The President shall be the spokesman of the Policy of
the NCUI and shall have overall control and
supervision of the administration and programme
of the National Cooperative union of India.
He
shall preside over the meetings of the General Body,
Governing Council, Executive Committee and
National Cooperative Congress.
(ii) He shall be the Chairman of the National Council for
Cooperative Training.
(iii) He will approve and sanction expenditure on any one
item as approved in the budget up to Rs.10,000/-
at a time and such other expenditure as approved
and sanctioned by the Governing Council and
Executive Committee as the case may be.
(iv) Notwithstanding anything contained in the bye-laws it
shall be competent for the President to empower the
Chief Executive to ascertain the opinion of the
Governing Council or Executive Committee on any
matter he might consider urgent or expedient by
circulation of paper to the members. On receipt of
such information, the President may decide the
question as per the opinion of the majority of the
members. The decision taken shall be placved before
the next meeting of the Governing Council for
information.
(v) The President shall sign the proceedings of all the
meetings presided by him.
(vi) In the event of eqality of votes on a resolution the
President shall have an additional casting vote in the
meeting.
(vii) To convene the meetings of the Governing Council,
Executive Committee and other Sub-Committees of
which he is the President.
(ix) The President mayy delegate any of his powers and
functions to the Vice-Presidents or to the Chief
Executive.
Vice-Presidents
19. (a) Powers and functions of the Vice-Presidents.
The Vice-Presidents shall have the following powers and
functions:
(i) They will the Chairman of the Zonal Planning &
Co-ordination Council of the respective
zone.
(ii) One of the Vice-Presidents will be theChairman of
the Cooperative Education Committee including
the
National Centre for Cooperative Education.
(iii) To be incharge of various functional committees
mentioned under bye-law 16 above.
(iv) To Preside over the meetings of the General Body,
Govrning Council, Executive Committee in the
absence of the President and exercise such other
powers of the President in his absence in the
execution of the duties of the President.
(v) One of the Vice-Presidents shall also be on the
National Council for Cooperative Training.
(vi) To convens the meetings of such Sub-Committees of
which a Vice-President is the Chairman.
Powers and Functions of the Chief Executive
20, The Chief Executive shall function under the over-all
control and supervision of the President. He shall have the
following powers, functions and responsibilities:
(i) To summon meetings of various committees includings
of the General Body under the instructions of
the
President/Vice-President, as the case may be, To
maintin proper records of the Union.
(ii) To attend to all correspondence of the Union.
(iii) To manage the funds of the Union and cause proper
accounts to be maintainted and audited.
(iv) To be responsible for collection and safety of the Funds.
(v) To execute the policies and programmes of the Union and
take such action as is necessary to give effect
to the
resolutions of the General Body, Governing Council
or
any other Committee constituted under these
bye-laws.
(vi) To sign all deposit receipts of teh Union with banks in
accordance with the resolution of the Executive
Committee.
(vii) To endorse and transfer promissory notes and other
securities and it endorse, sign, encash
cheques and nego-
teate instruments on behalf of the Union.
(viii) To be the officer of the Union to sue to be sued on be-
half of the Union and sign all bonds and agreements
in
favour of the Union.
(ix) To appoint class III and IV personnel in the Union in
consultation with the President.
(x) To determine powers, functions and responsibilities of the
employees of the Union of all categories.
(xi) To maintain a list of members correct and up-to-date.
(xii) To exercise administrative control in respect of all officers
and staff, including granting of leave, granting
of annual
increments and other matters relating to the service
condi-
tions of the employees.
(xiii) To sanction contingent expenditure in so far as the
amount involved is up to Rs.1,500/-
(xiv) To sign on behalf of the National Cooperative Union of
India and conduct its correspondence.
(xv) To record proceedings of meetings and have duly signed
(xvi) To perform all duties entrusted to hikm and to exercise such
other powers as may be delegated to him by the Govern-
ing Council, Executive Committee and President.
General
21. In the event of conflict between the bye-laws of the
Union and the affiliated socieites the bye-laws of the
Union shall prevail.
22. No act of the General Body, the Governing Council or
other Committees shall be deemed invalid by reasons of
defect in the election of the member thereof or by reasons
of any vacancy therein not havingbeen filled in accor-
dance with these by-laws.
23. All questions at the meegins shall be decided by a
majority of votes. Presiding officer shall have casting
vote.
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