The State government has taken a policy decision for up grading the skills of those working in the cooperative sector of the state and has entrusted Madhya Pradesh State Co-operative Union the role of nodal agency for conducting various skill up gradation trainings with the assistance of National Skill Development Corporation under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna.

The Union is working on a plan for the training of about 50,000 employees/members of various cooperative in the next five years. National Skill Development Corporation has awarded a pilot training of 2000 employees working in the retail sector to the Union. These trainings will be conducted at three training centres of the Union namely- Bhopal, Indore and Jabalpur.