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June 30, 2025COOPERATIVES IN INDIA: A FACTUAL ELUCIDATION
*Sijo Jacob, V., & **Thomas Paul Kattookaran
*Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce, St. Thomas College (Autonomous), Thrissur, Affiliated to University of Calicut, Kerala, India.
**Professor (Rtd.), Department of Commerce, St. Thomas College (Autonomous), Thrissur, Affiliated to University of Calicut, Kerala, India.
Abstract
The present study is a descriptive one based on secondary data. This research aims to describe the history and evolution of cooperatives and tries to explain the structure of cooperatives in India. Further, the study attempts to provide a factual description of the various cooperative sectors and the total number of societies present in India. The study also gives a description of cooperative sector in Kerala. All data used in this study is collected from the National Cooperative Database (NCD). The study identifies that there are in all thirty cooperative sectors are in India and 8,44,330 cooperative societies are functioning in these thirty sectors. This study also finds that the cooperative sector in India comprises of primary cooperatives, cooperative federations, cooperative banks and multi-state cooperative societies. The study further identifies that, there are 29,12,80275 active members are there in these thirty cooperative sectors. It is evident from the data that cooperatives in India operate across a wide range of sectors, including agriculture, credit, housing, dairy, fisheries, marketing, education and more, helping millions of people, particularly small farmers, workers, women and marginalised communities and gain access to resources, finance and markets.
Keywords
structure of cooperatives, cooperative sectors, national cooperative database
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To cite this article
Sijo Jacob, V., & Thomas Paul Kattookaran. (2025). Cooperatives in India: A Factual Elucidation. Sparkling International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Studies, 8(2), 42-62.