<span style="color: #222222;">The Centre has initiated a process for creating a National Cooperative database. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Cooperation Minister Amit Shah said, his Ministry has already started consultations with stakeholders on finalization of various parameters, procedures and process for inclusion in the database.<br />''<br />''He said, the proposed database may act as the main planning tool for Central Ministries, State Governments, Cooperative Federations, Cooperators and sectoral institutions including NABARD for the cooperative sector.</span><br />