- Cooperatives play an important role in the growth of a country, although they are rarely the focus of policy planning.
- According to the government, the formation of a new Union Ministry to manage the cooperatives sector will save it from neglect.
- Cooperatives aren’t supposed to follow the market logic of maximising profits, but rather to evenly distribute the advantages to all stakeholders.
- Cooperatives have made major contributions to poverty alleviation, food security, natural resource management, and environmental protection in India, albeit they are not consistent.
- True, the sector has devolved into a tool of favouritism and plunder. In several states, mismanagement and corruption ruined the sector.
- Cooperatives are effective at mediating politics at the local level, outside of the parliamentary system, in addition to helping localities and segments that markets may overlook.
- As market conditions change, cooperatives in states like Kerala have expanded their businesses to include IT parks and medical schools.
- More expansion opportunities, such as insurance, remain untapped, and the regulatory framework must keep pace.
- Because cooperatives are on the Constitution’s State List, the Centre will have to come up with new ways to ensure the new Ministry’s legal validity.
- However, the sector’s distributed capacity can be marshalled by a different Ministry.
- Conclusion-The need for greater openness and efficiency in the sector is compelling; yet, this goal must be pursued not by terrifying the industry’s very soul, but by fostering a cooperative spirit.
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