Liberal Cooperative Law in Other States

Cooperatives across the states with parallel law will be member-sensitive, the member responsible, and member-controlled democratic organizations, clearly accountable to members, and work efficiently as tools for the socio-economic development of their members.

The Parallel Law division of Sahavikasa envisages that people make an informed choice of forming cooperatives under the new parallel law with clear perception and understanding of the contents and implications of this liberal law.

To make this vision a reality, Sahavikasa has taken up a two-pronged approach:

  1. propagation of parallel law; and
  2. promotion of cooperatives under parallel law.

Sahavikasa has made it a policy to pursue both these approaches only through collaboration with local institutions and individuals of respective states

To build up awareness among cooperators, legislators, administrators, NGOs, Media and through them the general public on the contents and implications of the parallel law, workshops, seminars, conferences at the state and regional level are organized.

For the dissemination, Sahavikasa helps to bring out various publications like occasional papers, etc. In addition, it also helps local institutions to publish respective parallel laws in local languages with commentary.

Sahavikasa encourages and assists individuals and institutions, desirous of promoting swa-kru-shi model thrift cooperatives, in forming cooperative development organizations (CDOs). This enables the local people to take initiative locally in a concentrated way. In addition, Sahavikasa conducts study visits for the representatives of CDOs to swa-kru-shi thrift cooperatives in the Sahavikasa fieldwork area. Training programs on promotion and monitoring of cooperatives, feasibility workshops for setting up of various types of cooperatives and maintenance of accounts in thrift cooperatives, etc, are also conducted specifically for the representatives of CDOs.

Sahavikasa has a separate division for propagation and promotion activities in Telangana. For various reasons, Sahavikasa does not work in Jammu & Kashmir. In the rest of the states, Sahavikasa is encouraging and assisting the local initiatives for the propagation and promotion of parallel law.

States with Liberal Law (Click on the Act Titles below to read the full Act..)

National Laws