<span style="color: #222222;">International Day of Cooperatives is marked annually on the first Saturday of July. This year, the day is being observed on 2 July to highlight the contributions of the cooperative movement. The occasion also spreads awareness about how cooperatives work in harmony for social, cultural, and economic development.<br />''<br />''This year all the cooperatives across the globe will be celebrating the International Day of Cooperatives under the theme of 'Cooperatives Build a Better World.' The International Day of Cooperatives is commonly known as Coops Day.<br />''<br />''Marked by cooperatives worldwide since 1923 and officially proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly on the centenary of the ICA in 1995, the International Day of Cooperatives is celebrated annually on the first Saturday of July.<br />''<br />''The aim of Coops Day is to increase awareness of cooperatives and promote the movement's ideas of international solidarity, economic efficiency, equality, and world peace. Since 1995, the ICA and the United Nations through the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) have jointly set the theme for the celebration of CoopsDay.<br />''<br />''Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah has said that the idea of cooperatives is the best medium to realize the vision of all-inclusive development. Mr. Shah today greeted the people on the 100th International Day of Cooperatives. In a series of tweets, Mr. Shah paid his respects to all the great men who worked tirelessly to strengthen the idea of cooperatives in India.<br />''<br />''The Minister also congratulated all those who are engaged in raising the standard of living of the poorest of the poor through the cooperative sector. He said, the Ministry of Cooperation is determined to make this sector more powerful, modern and transparent by taking many important steps.</span>