Case study of

cooperatives
Milk cooperatives
About the project
The meaning, formation, history, and types of
cooperatives.
Emphasis on milk cooperatives
Mother dairy- example of a leading milk cooperative
In our country.
Recent developments in mother dairy and its
historical background
The present scenario
introduction
Definition- a cooperative is an autonomous association
of persons united voluntarily to meet their common
economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations
through a jointly- owned and democratically-
controlled enterprise.
Types of cooperatives
Consumer cooperative societies- formed by the
consumers to obtain their daily requirements at
reasonable prices.
Producer’s cooperatives- an association of producers
and artisans who join hands to face competition and
increased prices.
A) Industrial service cooperatives- the producers work
independently and sell their industrial output to the
cooperative society.
B) manufacturing cooperatives- the society provides raw
material and equipment to every member.
Marketing cooperatives- an association formed of
independent producers who want to sell their output
at remunerative prices.
Cooperative farming societies- voluntary association
of farmers who join together to obtain the economies
of large scale farming.
Housing cooperatives-formed by low and middle
income in urban areas to have a house of their own.
Credit cooperatives- formed by poor people to provide
financial help and to develop the habit of savings
among members.
features
Voluntary association- people can join and exit on
their will. Irrespective of their religion, gender and
caste, membership is open to all.
Separate legal entity- it is compulsary to get it
registered .
It does not get affected by the entry and exit of
members.
Limited liability- liability is limited to the extent of the
amount contributed by members as capital.
Electing managing committee- a committee has the
power to take decisions. Members have the right to
vote, by which they elect the members who constitute
the managing committee.
Mutual help and welfare- cooperative societies work
on the principle of mutual help and welfare. If any
surplus is generated, t is distributed amongst the
members as a dividend in conformity with the bye-
laws of the soctiety.
significance
Cooperative societies play a vital role in ensuring that
the nation’s economic progress confirms to the
requirements of democratic planning.
The poorly equipped rural folk need resources.
Small and marginal farmers need support in the form
of inputs,harvesting,storage, distribution channel,
market information system and technical guidance.
Cooperative societies helps in the pooling of
experience and knowledge.
The main significance in rural areas is due to the fact
that they provide sustainable development to the
agriculturists.
Present scenario
Cooperative societies are a very successful institution.
In india, they have helped in the country’s
development through ‘white revolution’ which was
developed in dairy, and ‘green revolution’ which was
developed in agriculture.
initiatives
The govt. has taken various measures for promotion and
development of the cooperative sector in the country.
They include:
framing of the national policy on cooperatives.
Assistance to cooperative education and training.
Enactment of a progressive legalisation of the multi
state cooperative societies act,2002.
Enactment of constitution (97th ammendment) act,
2011 for development of cooperative sector in the
country.
Assistance through national cooperative development
corporation for development of cooperatives.
Implementation of recommendations of the Prof
vaidyanathan committee to strengthen rural
cooperative credit structures.
ISSUES
Power is concentrated in a single family. Many people
of the same family influence the discussions and avail
benefits of the cooperative.
There is some kind of politics in the cooperatives.
Few societies give membership to the moneylenders.
This details the very objective of a cooperative society
of abolishing private credit.
In some societies the big farmers also become a
member. Therefore the marginal farmers are deprived
of the factilities.
Bureaucratic intervention disturbs the smooth
functioning of the cooperatives.
The peasants even during the normal times fail to
repay the loan taken by them. This results in failure of
the cooperatives.
MOTHER DAIRY
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Mother dairy was commissioned in 1974 as a wholly
owned subsidiary of the National dairy development
Board. It was initiative under Operation flood, a dairy
development program aimed at making India a
sufficient nation.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
Mother dairy’s R&D team is continually engaged into
development of novel products and innovative
packaging systems.
The centre is fully equipped with state of the art
modern laboratory equipped with sophisticated lab
scale processing equipment
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