National Seminar on “Transparency and Purity in Elections of Multi-State Cooperative Societies” held in New Delhi

• A national seminar organised by the Cooperative Election Authority (CEA) under the Ministry of Cooperation at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 12 March 2026 to deliberate on free, fair and transparent elections in Multi-State Cooperative Societies (MSCS).
• Operationalises the Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Act, 2023 which created the CEA to insulate cooperative elections from internal interference.
• UPSC relevance: governance, cooperative federalism, Sahkar se Samriddhi, 97th Constitutional Amendment, electoral reforms — straddles GS-II and GS-III.