In this book an attempt to examine the working of co-operative Societies from different dimensions. Keeping in view of the Globalization and Liberalization context, the present study adopted a micro analysis approach for gaining deeper insights into the role of cooperative sector in rural development. This book explains the use of cooperative credit, borrowing and repayment behaviour and the perceptions of the sample respondents of the PACSs. This book also identifies the impact of co-operative movement on rural development and the transformation of the living standards of the members of the...

Women are the backbone of the village economy of rural India. Women take up different works to eke out their livelihood and the majority of the rural women depend on agriculture, which is the major unorganized sector in India. Many of these labour are landless belongs to lower social and economic status. The role and status of women are altered in the process of agrarian social transformation due to the technology of cultivation. The disaggregated pattern of development has varied impact on women members of every region, group, class and caste. In this backdrop, it is pertinent to examine the...