EghtesadOnline: Iran’s cooperatives exported $800 million worth of goods in the first half of the current Iranian year (March 21-Sept. 22), according to a deputy minister of cooperatives, labor and social welfare.
EghtesadOnline: A total of 6.3 million tons of tomatoes have been produced in Iran since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 20), according to the CEO of the Central Organization for Rural Cooperatives of Iran.
EghtesadOnline: Representatives of workers and employers will resume talks with Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare officials on a new agreement on the current year’s minimum wage and housing allowance on Wednesday.
EghtesadOnline: U sing the International Labor Organization’s Social Protection Floors Calculator, the Social Welfare Department of the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare has estimated the costs of public works programs for those without jobs, disability and old-age pensions.
EghtesadOnline: Dr. Hossein Shirzad said that the full implementation of the cotton plan, the transfer of all four factories in the country to the Union of Agricultural Cooperatives of Cotton and Oilseeds, financial assistance and investment in the cotton sector and timely financial security with the development of new markets should be operational.
EghtesadOnline: Given the role and position of assemblies as the highest decision-making body in cooperatives, documented in Chapter 4 of the Companies Act and Chapter 5 of the Cooperatives Statute, this is undoubtedly an objective example of cooperative development in Iran.
EghtesadOnline: An official of the Agriculture-Jihad Ministry said institutionalization of the agro-cooperatives requires developing mono-crop cooperatives.
EghtesadOnline: A total of 228 new cooperatives were registered in Iran during the sixth month of the current Iranian year (August 23-Sept. 22), showing a 29% decline compared with the corresponding period of last year, the latest report released by the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare's Statistics and Strategic Data Center shows.
EghtesadOnline: Iran is home to 217,138 registered cooperatives as of Aug. 6, of which 93,306 or 43% are active, according to a report by the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare's Statistics and Strategic Data Center.
EghtesadOnline: A total of 229 new cooperatives were registered during the fourth month of the current Iranian year (June 22-July 22), which shows a 30% decline compared with the corresponding period of last year, latest data released by the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare's Statistics and Strategic Data Center show.