International Year of Cooperatives 2025

• UN-designated observance for calendar year 2025 under the theme "Cooperatives Build a Better World", declared by UNGA Resolution on 19 June 2024.
• India is the global focal point: UN launched IYC 2025 at the ICA Global Cooperative Conference, New Delhi (25–30 Nov 2024) — the first time the ICA General Assembly was held in India in 130 years.
• Aligns with India's post-2021 Ministry of Cooperation push ("Sahkar se Samriddhi") — PACS computerisation, NCEL, NCOL, BBSSL, National Cooperation Policy 2025.
• High UPSC value: cuts across GS-II (governance, statutory bodies, schemes), GS-III (agriculture, economy) and current affairs.