RURAL DEVELOPMENT, EMPLOYABILITY THROUGH COOPERATIVE SECTOR : A CRITICAL EVALUATION

The said research paper is examine the rural development and also employment
generation though cooperative sector in the study area. The study area is divided into two
parts, rural and urban. The researcher has also studied the economic development, lifestyleof
selected respondents in the study area. Cooperatives, credit cooperatives in particular, are an
integral part of the Indian rural economy. They are having far reaching direct and indirect
impacts on agricultural growth and rural development. In the changing scenario characterized
by globalisation, structural adjustment programmes, transition from a centrally planned to a
market oriented economy, processes of democratisation and decentralisation, agricultural
industrialisation and rural out-migration, cooperative are facing new challenge. But they must
succeed and have to be resilient to weather the transition. They need to re-evaluate and
reinvent themselves, adapt to the changing paradigm and re-establish their relevance as
effective rural institutions. This paper reviews the evolution of cooperative movement,
examines its role and problems, and highlights its potential to adjust to the new perspectives
in the context of Pune, India. It concludes with some policy suggestions reposing great hope
on the cooperative sector.