Speaking during the inauguration of the temporary campus of the Assam Rajiv Gandhi University of Cooperative Management (ARGUCM) in Sibsagar, Gogoi said cooperatives can play major role in increasing productivity and raising the per capita income, an official statement said.
"For this purpose, we need to strengthen the cooperative movement in the state. Our government is working to create a sustained structure for the small and medium industry segment by means of cooperatives," he said.
Gogoi said the Assam Rajiv Gandhi University of Cooperative Management can play a role in this process.
"Education today has to fit with the needs and aspirations of the time. Only with adoption of new skills and technologies will we be able to eradicate poverty and unemployment and create jobs and wealth," he said.
ARGUCM is slated to begin courses at the graduate level from July 2013.
The event was attended by Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region Paban Singh Ghatowar and state Cooperative Minister Siddique Ahmed.