Co-operative Movement In India

Description

INDIA’s attainment of her freedom in 1947, the partition and the grave regional disturbances and large transfers of population which succeeded it have not affected fundamentally the background against which the co-operative movement must be viewed or the weaknesses in the economic structure which challenge the constructive thinking of the greatest minds of the country. However, one significant recent develop- ment should be mentioned. This is the positive role accorded to co-operation in planning. Co-operative development is part of India’s Second Five-Year Plan. Herein lie vast opportun- ities for the expansion and progress of the movement, together with some problems connected with the preservation of the essential principles of co-operation in a planned economy of which the co-operative sector forms a part. To determine the weaknesses in the economic structure and the possibilities of co-operation in relation to them, it is necessary to analyse the conditions-geographic, social, economic and industrial, as well as political-which contri- bute to the present situation.
The Geographic Background.