Rural Development Minister Vilas Rao Deshmukh today said that infrastructure development projects should be implemented through labour cooperatives in rural areas in order to generate more employment. Inaugurating fifth National Labour Cooperative Congress in New Delhi today he added that state government should prioritise labour cooperatives while allocating development projects like Indira Awas Yojna and Pradhanmantri Sadak Vikas Yojna in rural areas. Advocating exemption from direct taxes for rural labour cooperatives, he said that his ministry has consulted other departments for amendment in the new tax slabs. Assuring full support from the government he also said that corruption prevailing in cooperative structure should be checked and fund leakages should be rectified.