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Comment on the role of co-operatives in rural development.

  • UPSC 2021
  • 10 marks
  • Rural and Agrarian Transformation in India

Rural development is wider than agricultural growth: it covers production, markets, infrastructure, services and the capacity of villagers to act collectively. The cooperative was the instrument the Indian state chose for all of these. My position is that cooperatives have been indispensable to rural development while remaining weak instruments of rural equality — they built…

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