GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

CO OPERATION CO OPERATIVE SOCIETIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The first marketing cooperative was organized at Hubli in the former Bombay province in
A
1905
B
1915
C
1925
D
1935
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The history of co-operative marketing in India dates back to 1912, when the Co-operative Marketing Societies Act, 1912 was passed. The first Co-operative Society was formed in Hubli in 1915 to encourage cultivation of improved cotton and to sell it collectively.

Detailed explanation-2: -National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) was established on the auspicious day of Gandhi Jayanti on 2nd October 1958. Nafed is registered under the Multi State Co-operative Societies Act.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first market society started in India was the Kumbakonam Agricultural Society in 1913, which supplied seeds, manures, implements and arrangement of sale of the products of its members. ADVERTISEMENTS: In the year 1915 and 1917 two Marketing Co-operative Societies were formed at Hubli and Gadag respectively.

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