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VOL 2 | ISSUE NO. 5 | SEPTEMBER 2012 | `50 | PAGES 52 MAHARASHTRA AHEAD Cooperation: Synergy & Harmony Co-operative Milk Co-operative Sugar Factory Society Pvt. Ltd. Co-operative Spinning Mill Cooperatives In Maharashtra At a Glance • Cooperative Societies- 2.24 lakh • Turnover above Rs. 3,000 crore • Membership- 5.50 crore • 50% of the State population is member of cooperative societies • Direct and indirect employment generation- 20 lakh • District Central Cooperative Banks- 31 • Urban Cooperative Banks- 526 • Multipurpose Cooperative Societies- 21,402 • Cooperative Credit Societies- 15,575 • Cooperative Housing Societies- 85,335 • Cooperative Sugar Factories- 202 • Cooperative Marketing Societies – 1,227 • Ginning and Pressing Cooperative Societies -256 Milk Societies • Consumer Cooperative Societies- 3,111 • Total Societies- 11,962 • Cooperative Processing Socities – 657 • Total Membership- about 40 lakh • Other cooperative Societies- 86,067 • Per day Milk Procurement above 40 lakh liters • Under loan waiver/ loan repayment subsidy scheme -2009 a total of 34.03 lakh farmers are benefited of Rs 4008.48 crore Sugarcane Processing Plants with Power Cogeneration • Total Power generation Capacity- 1126.9 MW • Cooperative Sugar Factories Involved- 60 • Rs. 4,400 crore approved for 60 factories with 1126.9 MW projects • Rs.108.83 crore Government share capital for 35 sugar factories • 611.4 MW power generation from 37 factories 2 SEPTEMBER 2012 Contents MAHARASHTRA AHEAD 5 Cooperative Movement: VOL.2 ISSUE NO.5 SEPTEMBER 2012 `50 Backbone of Rural Economy - The Chief Minister 6 Strength of Cooperative Movement Editor-in-Chief - The Deputy Chief Minister Pramod T. Nalawade Energizing the Cooperative 8 Managing Editor Movement Pralhad Jadhav - Harshwardhan Patil, Minister for Cooperation Team Maharashtra Ahead 6 Remodelling Cooperation Suresh Wandile 11 in a Corporate Way Kirti Pande - Prakash Solanke, Minister of State for Kriti Lalla Cooperation Sales and Circulation The Sweet Story! 13 Digamber Palve - Vijay Singhal, Commissioner of Sugar Vilas Bodke 16 District Central Cooperative Banks: Biggest Credit Produced by Facilitators Navbharat Press Ltd. - Rajgopal Deora, Secretary, Cooperation Director Operations: D.B. Sharma 18 97th Amendment : A Boost for Project Management Team Cooperative Movement G.M. Operations: A. Shrinivas - B.N. Mahajan A.G.M.: Dalvinder Singh Cooperation in Economy 16 Manager: Ashok Shirke 20 - Prof. J.F. Patil Editorial Coordinator: Subhash Shirke Strengthening Cooperative 22 Prepress Sector A.G.M. Prepress: Sachin Phulpagar Cooperative Enterprises 25 Art Build a Better World Art Director: Mahesh Jadhav - Chandragupta Amritkar Photos Correction:Siddhesh Sawant 29 Deemed Conveyance: An Opportunity for True Maharashtra Ahead is printed on behalf of the Ownership Directorate General of Information and Public - Vilas Gawde Relations, Government of Maharashtra, at Navbharat Press Ltd 31 Initiatives Towards 25 Tribal Development Navbharat Bhavan, - Vilas Thakur Plot no. 13, Sector 8, Sanpada (East), 33 Capitalizing the Development Navi Mumbai 400 706. Milking the Prosperity 36 Published by Pramod T. Nalawade at Mantralaya, - Arun Narke Mumbai-400032 Warna: Epitome of 38 Letters should be addressed to Cooperative Movement Directorate General of Information and Public - Jeevankumar Shinde Relations, New Administrative Building, 17th Floor, 40 Master Key to Cooperation Opposite Mantralaya, Mumbai-400032. - Pradeep Dikshit Email: [email protected] Banking with Social Please visit the website 41 Responsibility 29 http://dgipr.maharashtra.gov.in - Ankushrao Nalawade 43 Vasantdada Sugar Institute: Setting the High Standards - Shivajirao Deshmukh 44 Co-operators’ Academia - Dr. M. R. Joshi 45 CVKSSS Joining Hand for Prosperity Directorate General of Information - Kiran Wagh and Public Relations Vilasrao Deshmukh: A Man 47 A Government of Maharashtra Production With Panache - Abhay Mokashi 41 49 Pioneer of Cooperative Dairy Movement - Chandragupta Amritkar Pls note: The views expressed by the writers are their own Towards Cooperative Movement: aNew The Dawn Way Ahead TheItWhileCome gives weather presenting Septemberme great in the thispleasure and month issue we ofto rememberof ‘Maharashtraplace July theis always‘Teacher’s June Ahead’ 2012 fascinating Day’I Specialam whichfilled Issue&cheerful. withreminds ofmixed Maharashtra Theus emotions. valuable magic ofAheadIncontribution monsoon, the milieuon Agriculture oftheof teachers the drizzling Maharashtra before in our has life.the itsDay, It readers. hasmagic 52 been years seen our flashback greatall over tradition showcases and toengulfs revere the teachersvoyageall. Farmers of along five weregloriouswithAs returning motherthe decades month and to on offather their oneJune fieldshand,as begins most whilewith venerable attention fullon the of hopedeity.other focuses and handDr. Sarvapallionenergy the the severe monsoonsafter Radhakrishnan scarcity completing andsituation schools. who wari thatwas & known as an ideal teacher rose to highest post of the land ‘President of India’. We celebrate darshanAllhas thosegripped of who theirsome bear belovedparts the of bruntthe deity State ofLord hasthe Vitthalofgrieved relentless the Pandharpur. mind.heat and humidity The chirping be it animals,sound of younghisThe birthday ones issue has ondetails 5th been September information returned as to aboutour schools. tribute efforts toAdmission ofthe the ‘Guru State Shishya’ process Government tradition. in colleges to mitigate has been the birds‘Ganesh and vegetation Festival’, started anxiously by Lokmanya wait for Tilak the 120monsoons years ago to is arrive. very popular The first in the showers country morescarcity or lesssituation. over. ThesePeople measures are beaming should with make respite people and from joy. the Guru scarcity Pournima hit areas comes feel livenalso fallsup the in September.atmosphere The and Festival the whole is a symbol of nature of rich is overjoyed. social tradition The ofrainfall the State. in June With insecured. this month. We take In this view opportunity of this we to have present dedicated before youthis the issue praiseworthy for education experiments and tried of givesthe arrival a new of energy ‘Lord Ganesh’, of rejuvenation enthusiastic to atmospherethe farmers. is Betweenspread throughout June to Septemberthe State. The a tosome spell people all aspects in the fieldin this of water field. conservation. These success stories are the testimonies of farmermonsoon is completelyshowers are alsoengrossed graciously in agriculturepresent all over related the State work. bringing joy. Maharashtra’s Maharashtra strength has athat very has richmade tradition it the guiding of Guruspirit forShishya(Teacher- others. Disciple) fromHeThe ancient then United begins times. Nations to The dream General European of Assemblythe bountiful style has of education declaredharvest of2012 which food as grains, theintroduced International vegetables by British Year and of Cooperatives,Immediate highlightingnecessary measures the contribution taken by of cooperativesthe Government to socio-economic has provided development.relief to the inflowers India thathas hewitnessed hopes to many find inchanges his field over in the comingtime. Education winter season. which Laterwas once the peopleIn this issue,facing we the have ordeal tried of tothe spell scarcity. many The aspects Employment of the Cooperative Guarantee movement Scheme has in theprovided State. fiefdomapproaching of elite summer class has months now accessiblecomplete the to all.natures The literacycycle. Our rate Indian which agriculture was just 5 %livelihoodIndia in 1901 has atohas long lakhs now history of reachedpeople. of Cooperative More up to works 75 Movement. %. are The on the credit The shelves. first goes ActThe toabout Government two Cooperativevisionary has leaders,ensuredSocieties is dependent on this nature’s weather cycle. The farmers also have to face the Panditthatcame there Jawaharlalinto will existence be no Nehru, paucity in 1904 our of and funds first the Primeto ambit tackle Ministerof the the situation. Act and was our extended first Education in 1912. In Minister 1925 the MaulanaconsequencesthenH.E. Bombay Governor Abul Provinces Kalamof K.any Sankaranarayanan Azad. calamities passed its ownthat Cooperative arise, Hon. out Chief oflaw Ministerthe on thereverses lines Prithviraj of in the this 1912Chavan weather Act. andThe cycle.Hon.Maharashtra The Deputy With social the Chief Cooperativereformers help Minister from of Societies theAjitMaharashtra State Pawar Act Government are 1960 personallyworked is the foundation hardand giving theto spreadattention never-say-die of cooperative reach to situation. of attitude institutionseducation Every of in the State. atthemember the farmers doorstep in the such ministryof calamities the poor. and the areThe wholesurmounted. effort Government of Mahatma machinery Jotiba Phuleis dedicatedly and Savitribai putting Cooperative Movement, based on democratic values has played a pivotal role in the Phule’sefforts to remarkable combat situation. influence It is time was for apparent citizens to in be theunited field and of support education. the Government It is the developmentThe practice of ofrural agriculture areas of the has State. been The the network focal point of 2,24,000 of the human Cooperative socialization Societies visionaryto overcome approach the situation. of Savitribai I am sure, Phule in the which time inspiredof crisis