**Executive Summary**
This document is "The Andaman and Nicobar Islands Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Regulation, 2025", Regulation No. 5 of 2025, published by the Ministry of Law and Justice (Legislative Department) on November 10, 2025. It amends the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Co-operative Societies Regulation, 1973. The regulation will come into force on a date appointed by the Administrator via notification in the Official Gazette.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Amendment of Section 6:**
* Replaces the existing section 6 of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Co-operative Societies Regulation, 1973.
* Limits individual shareholding in co-operative societies to one-fifth of the total subscribed share capital, excluding government holdings.
* **Amendment of Section 41:**
* Substitutes the third proviso in section 41 of the principal Regulation.
* Requires the rate of dividend to be declared by the society's General Body meeting.
* Dividend declaration is subject to allocation of funds for reserve and the Co-operative Education Fund under section 43.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Co-operative Societies in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands**
* **Impact:** Societies need to adhere to the revised shareholding limits for individual members (excluding the government). They must also have the rate of dividend declared by the General Body meeting, as well as allocation of funds to both reserve fund, and the Co-operative Education Fund under section 43.
* **Action Required:** Societies need to update their bylaws and procedures to comply with the new shareholding limit (Section 6) and dividend declaration process (Section 41). They must have dividend rates declared in the General Body meeting, with the allocation of reserve funds and the Co-operative Education Fund considered.
**Stakeholder: Members of Co-operative Societies (excluding the Government)**
* **Impact:** Individual members, excluding the government, are restricted from holding more than one-fifth of the total subscribed share capital in any cooperative society.
* **Action Required:** Members who currently exceed the new shareholding limit may need to adjust their holdings to comply with the updated regulation.
**Stakeholder: The Administrator of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands**
* **Impact:** The Administrator has the authority to determine the effective date of the Amendment Regulation.
* **Action Required:** The Administrator must issue a notification in the Official Gazette to specify the date on which the Amendment Regulation comes into force.
Key Entities Referenced
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Co-operative Societies Regulation, 1973: The principal Regulation that the amendment regulation modifies.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Regulation, 2025: A regulation amending the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Co-operative Societies Regulation, 1973.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands: The Union territory where this regulation applies.
Ministry of Law and Justice (Legislative Department): The ministry responsible for this legislative document.
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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 10th November, 2025/Kartika 19, 1947 (Saka)
THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS CO-OPERATIVE
SOCIETIES (AMENDMENT) REGULATION, 2025
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Promulgated by the President in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of India.
A Regulation further to amend the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Co-operative
Societies Regulation, 1973.
In exercise of the powers conferred by article 240 of the Constitution, the
President is pleased to promulgate the following Regulation made by her:
1. (1) This Regulation may be called the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Short title,
Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Regulation, 2025. extent and
commencement.
(2)It extends to the whole of the Union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar
Islands.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Administrator may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [Part II—Sec1]
Substitution of 2. For section 6 of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Co-operative Societies
new section for Regulation, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Regulation), the following Reg. 3 of 1973.
section 6.
section shall be substituted, namely:
Restriction on -operative society, other than the Government,
holding of shall hold more than one-fifth of the total subscribed share capital of such
shares.
Amendment of 3.In section 41 of the principal Regulation, for thethirdproviso, the following
section 41. proviso shall be substituted, namely:
also that the rate of dividend, to be declared by the society,
shall be decided in the General Body meeting, subject to allocation of reserve
fund under this section and the Co-operative Education Fund under
section 43.
DROUPADI MURMU,
President.
DR. RAJIV MANI,
Secretary to the Govt. of India.
UPLOADED BY THE MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI–110002
AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI–110054.
MGIPMRND—297GI—10.11.2025.