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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
                                                  SESSION 2020-21
                                                       CLASS-IX

                              ECONOMICS- CHAPTER-4 FOOD SECURITY IN INDIA

                                                   LESSON NOTES
                                                     SUB TOPIC-5
                                        Role of cooperatives in food security

                     Cooperative societies in India are playing a significant role in ensuring food
                       security and are more active in western and southern regions of the country.
                     In Tamil Nadu, around 94% of all Fair Price shops run under the Public
                       Distribution System are managed by cooperatives.

                                                                  Mother Dairy is a cooperative that
                                                                  sells milk and vegetables at fixed
                                                                  rates decided by the Delhi
                                                                  government.


                                                                  Anand Milk Union Limited or Amul,
                                                                  Gujarat is one of the most successful
                                                                  cooperatives in India. Amul gave a
                              tremendous boost to milk production leading to the white revolution in
                              India. Amul not only encourages dairy farming, but also provides a
                              variety of milk products to consumers all over the country.

                              The Academy of Development Studies in Maharashtra is a society
                              devoted to welfare of tribals and rural communities. ADS has set up
                              grain banks in tribal and rural areas with the help of local NGOs to food
                              security. A grain bank functions like a normal bank. The members can
                              make deposits of surplus grain after harvest and make withdrawls
                              during lean periods. Grain bank members can also take loans in the
                              form of grain and repay the loans with interest at the time of the next
                              harvest.
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