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===== Cooperatives ===== | ===== Cooperatives ===== | ||
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+ | Cooperatives in India are not a new phenomenon: even though the formal cooperative structures came into existence post the passing of a law on cooperatives in 1904, the concept of cooperation and cooperative activities were already practiced in different regions of India. (( Section 44.1 of Chapter 44 [[ http:// | ||
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+ | The subject of cooperation was transferred to the (then) provinces under Government of India Act of 1919, and cooperatives remained a provincial subject in the subsequent Government of India Act of 1935. (( Para 1.1 in Section 1 of [[ https:// | ||
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+ | In the present legal framework, the item “Cooperative Societies” appears under entry 32 of the State List of the Constitution of India. </ | ||
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+ | To administer cooperative societies having membership in more than one province, the British-India Government enacted the Multi-Unit Cooperative Societies Act, 1942. Post-Independence this act was replaced by the [[ http:// | ||
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+ | With regard to constitutional provisions related to cooperatives, | ||
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+ | As cooperatives fall under the state list, each state in India has their own cooperative laws for governing cooperatives operating within the state. In the current legal framework, national cooperatives and cooperatives having multi-state operation are governed by the Central Act, whereas the cooperatives having the area of operation within the state are governed by the cooperative societies Act of the respective states. (( https:// | ||
+ | - Central Act: Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 2002 | ||
+ | - State laws for each of the 29 states. Example: Maharashtra has enacted ‘The Maharashtra Co-Operative Societies Act I960’ | ||
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+ | Notably, India doesn’t have sector specific law for cooperatives.. This means that all types of cooperatives including agriculture, | ||
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+ | In the most recent development around cooperatives in India, the ruling dispensation led by Narendra Modi has announced the creation of a separate ‘ Ministry of Cooperation’ for realizing the vision of “Sahkar se Samriddhi” i.e. prosperity through cooperation. (( https:// | ||
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