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What role do co-operatives play in poverty alleviation in rural India?

  • UPSC 2022
  • 10 marks
  • Rural and Agrarian Transformation in India

Cooperatives were introduced in India as an anti-poverty instrument: to free the cultivator from the moneylender without disturbing the landlord. Their record on poverty is therefore double-edged — impressive where they organised the poor around an activity the poor already performed, thin where they simply distributed subsidised credit through an unequal village structure.

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  • How cooperatives reach the rural poor
  • Why cooperatives often fail the poorest
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