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Write a note on the role of cooperatives in providing food and related items.(food security in india-exercise question no.-12) Please in points .

  • Along with the government, cooperatives are also playing an important role in ensuring food security in India, especially in the southern and western parts of the country.
  • The cooperative societies set up shops to sell low-priced goods to the poor.
  • Out of all fair-price shops running in Tamil Nadu, around 94 per cent are being run by cooperatives.
  • Mother Dairy, in Delhi, is involved in providing milk and vegetables at controlled rates decided by the government
  • Amul, responsible for the White Revolution in India, is a cooperative involved in providing milk and milk products.
  • The Academy of Development Science (ADS) in Maharashtra has been involved in the setting up of Grain Banks in different regions. It organises training and capacity-building programmes on food security for NGOs. Its efforts are also directed towards influencing the government’s policy on food security.
  • Thus, through these examples, it can be seen that cooperative are playing an active role in the distribution of food and related items.

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The cooperatives are also playing an important role in food security in India especially in the southern and western parts of the country. The cooperative societies set up shops to sell low priced goods to poor people. In Delhi, Mother Dairy is making strides in provision of milk and vegetables to the consumers at controlled rate decided by Government of Delhi. Amul is another success story of cooperatives in milk and milk products from Gujarat. It has brought about the White Revolution in the country. These are a few examples of many more cooperatives running in different parts of the country ensuring food security of different sections of society.

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