Co-Operatives in India

One of the most effective and efficient tools for fighting against all odds is togetherness; and especially in a country like India, where a large number of people are socio-economically backward, a sense of collective effort is desirable to enhance the livelihood of the marginalized. Forming CoOperatives is one of the most tested and trusted tools to bring homogeneous people closer and to prosper together by confronting the challenges. Although not being an indigenous concept, and introduced by the British rulers, in India the cooperative movement has taken its shape in a positive direction. The collective approach for development is a boost to the direction towards socio-economic progress. This article tries to reflect a few perspectives of cooperatives in India and it also tries to find out the course of direction since its inception in this countr