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CoOps For Inclusive Growth & Development:  Scenario in India and Abroad
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CoOps For Inclusive Growth & Development: Scenario in India and Abroad

  Satish Marathe,Founder Member, Sahakar Bharati and Director, Central Board, Reserve Bank of India Indian Scenario: CoOperatives (CoOps) are self help Economic Enterprises and play a vital role in uplifting socio-economic conditions of their members and the local community amongst in which they operate. Locally owned, people-centric CoOps have served as catalysts for social organization and cohesion. Concerned as they are for their members and the community, CoOps have evolved into a unique model nurturing democratic functioning, human values and respect for environment.  In India, CoOp sector has always had a spiritual content and evolved on ethical values as it was led by towering leaders like Acharya Vinoba Bhave, Vaikunthbhai Mehta and Dhanan...
Sahakar Bharati meets India’s Sherpa to the G20: discusses Co-op Development Forum
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Sahakar Bharati meets India’s Sherpa to the G20: discusses Co-op Development Forum

Sahakar Bharati leader Satish Marathe, Uday Joshi, D N Thakur and others met India’s Sherpa to the G20 and former Union Minister Suresh Prabhu on Tuesday at his office in Delhi and discussed a host of issues pertaining to the cooperative sector. The constitution of the Cooperative Development Forum (CDF) also came up during the discussion, among others. Talking to Indian Cooperative Marathe said, “We met Sri Prabhu and discussed the issue of the establishment of the Cooperative Development Forum (CDF). We hope that in the middle of March, the inauguration of the CDF will be held. The office will be in Delhi and the forum will work to strengthen the cooperative movement of the country”, he added. This forum will be chaired by Suresh Prabhu. IFFCO MD Dr U S Awasthi, Kribhco Cha...
Co-Operative Movement

Websites of Co-op Institutes

Co-op Institutes Websites Sr. No Institute Website URL 1 National Co-operative Union of India http://www.ncui.coop/welcome.html 2 Indian Dairy Industry www.indiadairy.com 3 National Co-operative Development corporation www.ncdc.in 4 International Co-operative Alliance www.ica.coop 5 Datanet India Pvt. Ltd.(Statistics available to Members) www.indiastat.com 6 Reserve Bank of India www.rbi.org.in 7 National Yuva Co-operative Society www.yuvacooperative.com 8 The Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank Ltd www.mscbank.com 9 National Bank for Agricultural & Rural Development www.nabard.org 10 Gujrath Milk Co-operative Federation (AMUL) www.amul.com 11 Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Co-op. Mgmt ...
Co-Operative Movement

Cooperative: Definition and Principle

सहकारिता परिभाषा एवं सिद्धांत परिभाषा     सहकारी समिति व्यक्तियों की एक ऐसी स्वायत्त संस्था है जो संयुक्त स्वामित्व वाले और लोकतांत्रिक आधार पर नियंत्रित उद्यम के जरिए अपनी समान्य, आर्थिक, सामाजिक एवं सांस्कृतिक आवश्यकताओं को पूरा करने के लिए स्वेच्छा से एकजुट होते हैं। सम्पूर्ण विश्व भर में, 100 मिलियन से अधिक महिला एवं पुरुष सहकारी कार्मिकों तथा 800 मिलियन से अधिक व्यक्तिगत सदस्यों ने छोटे पैमाने से लेकर कई मिलियन डॉलर के व्यवसायों तक अपनी पहुँच बनाई है । मान सहकारिताएं आत्म-सहायता, स्व- उत्तरदायित्व, लोकतंत्र, समानता, समता और एकजुटता के मूल्यों पर आधारित हैं। अपने संस्थापकों की परंपरा का अनुसरण करते हुए सहकारिता के सदस्य ईमानदारी, खुलापन, सामाजिक उत्तरदायित्व और परहित चिंतन जैसे नैतिक मूल्यों का भी अनुसरण करते हैं.  सिद्धांत  सहकारी सिद्धांत वे मार्गदर्शिकाएँ हैं जिनके...
Co-Operative Movement

The Spirit of Cooperation

सहकारिता     सहकारी समितियां एक प्रकार का सामाजिक उद्यम होती हैं जो सदस्यों की भलाई के लिए सदस्यों के द्वारा संचालित की जाती हैं। सहकारी समितियां आकार में छोटे भण्डार से लेकर फ़ोच्र्यून 500 कम्पनियों जितनी बड़ी हो सकती है। वास्तव में, सहकारी समितियां कृषि, मत्स्यपालन, उपभोक्ता तथा वित्तीय सेवाएं, आवास तथा उत्पादन (श्रमिक सहकारी समितियां) जैसे सभी पारंपरिक आर्थिक क्षेत्रों में स्थापित की जा सकती हैं। दूसरे प्रतिष्ठानों से कई तरह से समान होते हुए, सहकारी समितियां कई प्रकार से विशिष्ट होती हैं, जो वास्तव में समाज और अपने सदस्यों की चिंता करती हैं। स्वामित्व:सहकारी समितियों का स्वामित्व निवेशकों की अपेक्षा अपने सदस्यों के लोकतांत्रिक नियंत्रण में निहित होता है, जो सहकारी समितियों की सेवाओं का उपभोग करते हैं या उनके उत्पाद खरीदते हैं। सहकारी समितियों के सदस्य अपने सदस्यों में से ही निदे...
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Co-Operative Movement

Co-Operative Flag

Rainbow is regarded as an auspicious omen, Farmers see the Rainbow and Start ploughing their fields, They read in it the message about rains to come, It is thus a symbol of hope, a harbinger of peace. Men see co-operation in its multi-coloured pattern, each colours blending with the other to make one harmonious whole and ultimately all-pervading harmony-unity in Diversity. The seven hues of the Rainbow when blended together reunite to present pure unstained white effulgence. Thus it stands for purity, truth and righteousness. It symbolizes the aims and idea of the cooperative movement. Like the Rainbow, Co-operation brings hope to the depressed, achieves harmony among diverse interests and offers the promise of ultimate and universal peace. Co-operator by...
Co-Operative Movement, National Level Associations / Federations Of Co-Operatives

Co-operative Movement

National Level Associations / Federations Of Co-Operatives International Co-operative AllianceHeadquarters – 11. Upper Grosvenor Street, London, WIX 9 P. A. England.South-East Asia office-9, Aradhana Enclave (Ring Road), Sector 13, R.K. Puram, New Delhi 110066National Co-operative Union of India 3Siri Institutional Area, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi 110 016.National Federation of Urban Banks and Credit Societies Ltd. B-14, 3rd floor, A Block, Shopping, Center Naraina Vihar, Ring Road, New Delhi 110028National Federation of State Co-operative Bank Ltd. P.B.No.114, J. K. Chambers, 5th Floor, Sector 17, Vashi, Navi Mumbai 400 703.National Co-operative Agricultural & Rural Development Banks Federation Ltd. Takshila, Madhavdas Pasta Road, Dadar (E), Mumbai 400 014.All India industrial ...
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Membership

Membership Category Organizational (Yearly Fees) Urban Co-op Bank – Rs. 10,000/- Credit Co-op. Society – Rs. 1,000/- Dist./State Co-op. Federation. – Rs. 1,000/- All Other Primary Societies – Rs. 100/- To : The President, Sahakar Bharati Dear Sir, We hereby apply for membership of Sahakar Bharati, All India organization (NGO) for Co-operative movement as per the following details : For Co-op. Society Membership : Individual Membership Category : Individual : Rs. 100/- (for every 3 years) To, The President, Sahakar Bharati Dear Sir, I hereby apply for membership of Sahakar Bharati, All India organization (NGO) for Co-operative movement as per the following details : For Individual Membership
Late Shri. Laxmanrao Inamdar
Sahakar Maharshi

Late Shri. Laxmanrao Inamdar

Swargiya Laxmanrao Inamdar was born on 21st September 1917 on the day of Rishi Panchami. He had seven brothers, of whom he was third, and two sisters. He hailed from Satara Dist. of Maharashtra and he was a practising lawyer by profession. He visualised a value-based and ethical Co-operative movement for rapid, sustainable & equitable growth of the Country.  He was the chief motivational force in the formation of  Sahakar Bharati in 1978. Lakshmanrao Inamdar, popularly known as Vakil Saheb, was one of the early Pracharaks of RSS in Gujarat. He is credited with inducting Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Bal Swayamsevak in RSS. Vakil Saheb  is credited with shaping Narendra Modi’s career  and shared a special bond. Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, author of a 2013 biogra...
Late Shri. Madhavrao Godbole
Sahakar Maharshi

Late Shri. Madhavrao Godbole

Late Madhavrao alias Annasaheb Godbole, BA, LLB was born on the 27th March 1905 in Islampur, Dist. Sangli, to a humble yet cultured family. In his childhood he faced dire conditions and completed educatio fighting against all odds. High moral, cultural and social values were imbibed in him in early childhood. It was very natural for him to take up social cause and serve society ceaselessly. He dedicated his life to social cause as a worker of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He has a distinction of being elected as the first MLA on the ticket of then Jansangh and now BJP. His contribution towards development of co-operative movement, especially in urban co-operative sector, was right from grass root was commendable. In 1935 during British Raj period, to serve common Indian, local...