Co-operative Legislation : Trends and Dimensions

Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. Co-operative democracy at cross-roads. 2. Re-structuring co-operative administration. 3. Co-operative legislation in retrospect (w.s.r. to 1904 and 1912 acts). 4. Co-operative legislation since independence. 5. Traditional legislation in co-operatives. 6. Model Co-operatives Act, 1991. 7. Multi-state Co-operative Societies Act, 2002. 8. Producer companies: the companies (amendment) act, 2002. 9. Co-operative bye-laws and amendments. 10. Parallel co-operative legislation: indispensable? Bibliography. Index.

"The treatise on Co-operative Legislation is a maiden attempt in the country to holistically ponder over the trends and dimensions as evolved during the last one century at one place. The efficacy and inevitability of subordinate legislation (Byelaws and amendments), restructuring of Union Administrative Ministry and above-all reinventing co-operatives in the new millennium, has also been vividly portrayed.

The painstaking comprehensive volume is an outcome of the author's varied experience as a teacher, researcher, nominee director on board of co-operatives and his skills in setting up a co-operative institute abroad.

This reference book is very relevant, informative and highly creditable for Co-operative professionals, academicians, trainers and students alike in public administration, law, business management and economics." (jacket)