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Tamil Nadu has
the privilege of being pioneer in co-operative movement in the
country. Co-operatives have been playing a vital role in the
economic upliftment of the people, particularly the weaker
sections in rural areas during the last hundred decades and more.
The different types of co-operatives in the state serve the
people in the diverse economic activities. Its growth in Tamil
Nadu has been so spectacular that at present, there is
particularly no major sphere of economic activity of the people
which has not been touched by it.
Upto 1955, all
types of co-operative societies in the State were under the
administrative control of the Registrar of Co-operative
Societies. Since 1956-57, certain types and functions of
societies were transferred to the control of other Departments
and statutory Boards from time to time, conferring on the Heads
of these departments or Boards, as the case may be, the powers
that of the Registrar. There are now forteen such Functional
Registrars, besides the Registrar of Co-operative Societies.
The
developmental activities covered by the co-operatives under the
control of the Registrar of Co-operative Societies relate to
credit for Agricultural Production & Development, Urban
credit, Marketing and processing of agricultural produce,
Distribution of agricultural inputs and supply of consumer good
particularly essential commodities through Consumer cooperatives
and implementation of Public Distribution System in the entire
State and Co-operative Education, Technical Education and
Training and Propaganda / Publicity.
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