Syllabus For The Subject PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF CO-OPERATION

UNIT - 01

PRINCIPLES OF CO-OPERATION - DEFINITION AND MEANING OF CO-OPERATION -

SALIENT FEATURES OF CO-OPERATION - SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND MORAL BENEFITS OF

CO-OPERATION - PRINCIPLES OF CO-OPERATION - HISTORY OF CO-OPERATIVE

PRINCIPLES FROM ROCKDALE PIONEERS TO I.C.A`S THIRD COMMISSION PRINCIPLES

UNIT - 02

THEORY OF CO-OPERATION - CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY ROBERT OWEN, ROCKDALE,

PIONEERS, DR. WILLIAM KING, RAIFFEISEN - CHARLES FOURIER, DR. FAUQUET,

CHARLES GLIDE, HORACE BLUNKETT AND DR. GADGIL- CO-OPERATION AND OTHER

ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

UNIT - 03

CO-OPERATION IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES - ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF CO-OPERATIVES IN

THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES - CONSUMER CO-OPERATIVES IN ENGLAND, CREDIT COOPERATIVE

IN GERMANY, DAIRY CO-OPERATIVE IN DENMARK, MARKETING COOPERATIVES

IN CANADA, FARMING CO-OPERATIVES IN ISRAEL

UNIT - 04

HISTORY OF CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN INDIA - ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF COOPERATIVE

MOVEMENT IN INDIA BEFORE INDEPENDENCE - AFTER INDEPENDENCE -

CO-OPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT UNDER PLANNING ERA

UNIT - 05

CO-OPERATIVE BANKING - CONSTITUTION, OBJECTIVES AND FUNCTIONS OF PRIMARY

CO-OPERATIVE BANKS, CENTRAL CO-OPERATIVE BANKS AND STATE CO-OPERATIVE

BANKS - FUNCTIONS AND WORKING OF AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

BANKS (PRIMARY AND APEX)

UNIT - 06

RESOURCES MOBILIZATION AND PROBLEM OF THE ABOVE BANK - CONSTITUTION,

OBJECTIVES AND FUNCTIONS OF URBAN CO-OPERATIVE BANKS, EMPLOYEES CREDIT

SOCIETIES AND INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATIVE BANKS - BANKING REGULATIONS ACT (AS

APPLICABLE TO CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES) - ITS SALIENT FEATURES.

UNIT - 07

NON CREDIT CO-OPERATIVES - CONSTITUTION, OBJECTIVES, WORKING OF MARKETING

AND PROCESSING CO-OPERATIVES - CONSUMER CO-OPERATIVES AND SUPER

MARKETS - DAIRY CO-OPERATIVES - WEAVERS CO-OPERATIVES AND SPINNING MILLS -

HOUSING CO-OPERATIVES

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

MASTER OF COMMERCE IN CO.OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT

2 Yr.

PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF CO-OPERATION(2032001)

UNIT - 08

STATE AND CO-OPERATION - VARIOUS FROM OF STATE AID - LIMITATIONS OF STATE

AID - VARIOUS FORMS OF STATE INTERFERENCE - FUTURE OF STATE AID

UNIT - 09

CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION AND TRAINING - INSTITUTIONS CATERING TO COOPERATIVE

EDUCATION AND TRAINING (NCUI, STATE AND DISTRICT CO-OPERATIVE

UNIONS, NCCT AND ITS AFFILIATES)

UNIT - 10

ROLE OF ICA AND ILO IN CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION AND TRAINING

UNIT - 11

ROLE OF RBI, NABARD AND SBI - IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CO-OPERATIVES AND

PROMOTIONAL ROLES PLAYED BY NCDC, NAFED, NDDB AND NCCF

UNIT - 12

RESEARCH IN CO-OPERATION - NEED FOR RESEARCH IN CO-OPERATION - AREAS OF

RESEARCH IN CO-OPERATION - VARIOUS METHODS OF RESEARCH AND TOOLS OF

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