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Role Co-operative Movement in Economic Development and Rural Finance in India

Ajay Dagadu Kate · 2026 · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Summary. India's cooperative movement drives rural economic development by enabling rural women's empowerment and providing large-scale finance to farming communities. Cooperatives bring people from different sectors together to start businesses with shared capital, creating employment and raising living standards. In western Maharashtra, cooperatives and rural finance have generated substantial employment and investment growth in agricultural and farming sectors.

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Kate, A. D.. (2026). Role Co-operative Movement in Economic Development and Rural Finance in India. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19662077

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DOI
10.5281/zenodo.19662077
Countries
India
Regions
Asia
Categories
funding, entrepreneurship, regional-innovation-systems, general-innovation
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2026-04-29