Canada's only national program devoted to co-operative development has fallen victim to government budget cuts. 

As the private traders are responsible for the distribution of fertilizer in Bihar, farmers keep facing   shortage of it at regular intervals. It is against this backdrop that Union Additional Agriculture Secretary has called upon the Bihar government to set up a body modeled on Haryana State Cooperative and Marketing Federation to ensure a reliable and timely supply of the essential commodity to farmers. Union Additional Secretary added there is tremendous scope for development in ...

The Maharashtra government has announced a waiver of loans given to weavers and hand loom workers till March 2010, a decision that may benefit thousands of independent workers as well as weavers engaged in cooperative and private sectors. Official sources claim the central govt had earlier approved nearly four thousand crore for the purpose   covering 2011-12 and 2013. According to the govt announcement, after 2010 weavers would get loans for 3 years with 3 percent subsidy on them.  The ...

The philosophy that inspired the cooperative movement was political. It sought to put the means of production and consumption under the control of the people who formed voluntary associations. The latter were managed and run by the members themselves. There was no outside management controlling these voluntary bodies. The primary aim of these voluntary associations was to eliminate the unwholesome competition between the members and to foster an egalitarian outlook on life by securing equality ...