1953

Establishment of Department of Cooperatives (DOC) under the Ministry of Agriculture for Planning and Development

1954

Realizing need of cooperatives for the resettlement programme initiated for the flood-stricken people through Multipurpose Development Plan of Government of Nepal.

1956

a.

Promulgation of the Executive Order of Government of Nepal and recognition of cooperative society under it.

b.

Credit Cooperative Society for the first time, was established in Chitwan District.

1958

The district level staff of DOC under the administrative control of Rural Development Block carried out cooperative activities.

1959

a.

DOC was kept under the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry

b.

Cooperative Society Act, 1959, came into effect

1961

a.

Cooperative Society Rules, 1961, came into effect

b.

The first amendment of Cooperative Society Act, 1959

c.

Establishment of Cooperative Development Fund

d.

Establishment of Sajha Society (Sajha Central Office)

1962

a.

Establishment of Cooperative Training Center

b.

Establishment of Credit and Marketing Cooperative Union.

c.

Cooperative Bank Act, 1962,  came into effective

d

DOC was transferred  to the Ministry of Panchayat

1963

a.

Establishment of Cooperative Bank

b.

Conversion of Rural Development Blocks into District Panchayat Cooperative section was kept under the District Panchayat

1964

a.

Initiation of Agriculture Re-organization Programme

b.

Initiation of Supervised Credit System

c.

Transfer of Staff members in Cooperative activities to the Land Reforms programme

d

Publication of "Sahakarita" (Cooperation).

1966

a.

DOC was kept under the Ministry of Land Reforms, Agriculture and Food.

1967

a.

 Formation of Central Investigation Committee on cooperatives

b.

Emphasis on 'Sajha Management' in the 7^th  point  in the  Back to the Village National Campaign

c.

Conversion of Cooperative Bank into Agricultural Development Bank (ADB)

1968

Transfer of  administrative and developmental works being carried out  by DOC  to the Department of Land Reforms.

1969

a.

DOC was kept under the control of  the Ministry of Land Reform.

b.

Implementation of the Coordinated Agricultural Development Programme

c.

Compulsory Saving for the first time converted into shares in Bhaktapur

d.

Credit and Marketing Cooperative Union was converted into District Cooperative Union

e.

Return of Cooperative promotional and strengthening of activities undertaken by the Department of Land Reform to DOC                          

f.

Introduction of guided cooperative programme emphasizing qualitative growth through reorganization and amalgamation.

1970

a.

The second amendment of the Cooperative Society Act, 1959.

b.

Introduction of Cooperative Strengthening Programme.

c.

Establishment of Central Cooperative Strengthening Committee.

d.

Establishment of District Cooperative Strengthening Committee.

e.

Transfer of management of Cooperatives to ADB.

1971

The first amendment of Cooperative Societies Rules, 1961

1973

Implementation of Cooperative Education Programme regularly

1976

a

Integration of Population Education with Sajha

b.

Implementation of Sajha Programme emphasizing Sajha in a wider scale 

c.

The second amendment of Cooperative Society Rules, 1961

d.

Compulsory Savings was converted into the share capital of Sajha Society

1977

Introduction of Sajha Society Administrative and Financial Regulation, 1977

1978

a.

Transfer of Sajha Societies' Management handled by ADB to the managing committee of cooperatives.

b.

Introduction of Sajha Society Financial and Administrative Regulation, 1978

c.

More emphasis on the qualitative growth of Sajha Societies than on quantitative growth

1980

a.

Implementation of Small Farmer Cooperatives

b.

Introduction of Sajha Society Financial and Administrative Regulation, 1980

c.

Special focus on co-operative system in the Constitution of Nepal. 

1984

Enactment of Sajha Society Act, 1984, for making the cooperative development campaign effective 

1985

a.

Conversion of DOC into Sajha Development Department

b.

Conversion of Cooperative Training Center into Sajha Development Training Center

c.

Conversion of the Regional Cooperative Office into Regional Sajha Development Office

d.

Conversion of the Cooperative Section into Sajha Development Section

1986

Announcement of Sajha Sanstha Rules, 1986,

1987

a.

Formation of a 17-member 'High Level Central Coordination Commission for making the Sajha campaign more strong and effective

b.

Sajha Development Department was transferred to the  Ministry of Agriculture

1988

Announcement of compulsory savings to be refunded to the depositors

1990

a.

Remittance was announced by Government of Nepal up to the interest and compensation exceeding the principle amount in case of a full payment of principal paid by debtors within July, 1991.

b.

Formation of an ad hoc committee for National Sajha Cooperative

1991

a.

Formation of a seven-member National Cooperative Federation Consultative Committee for submitting its opinion in order to strengthen the Sajha campaign and make it effective. The report presented by the Committee.

b.

Dissolution  of Sajha Central Office

c.

Formation of a 11-member National Cooperative Development Board for the preparation of policy based norms, organizational structure its mobilization system, activities of cooperative movement for the preparation of necessary rules, bye-laws and other infrastructure in order to establish organizations from village level to central level.

1992

a.

Enactment of Cooperative Act, 1992.

b.

Formation of District Cooperative Implementation Committee and an interim steering committee for continuation of cooperatives until January,1992

c.

Conversion of Sajha Development Department into DOC.

d.

Conversion of Sajha Development Training Center into CTC.

e.

Conversion of Regional Sajha Development Office into Regional Cooperative Office