EMPLOYMENT
ORIENTED CO-OPERATIVES
In order to generate more employment opportunities in Co-operative
Sector, employment oriented co-operative such as Auto rickshaw/Taxi
Drivers Co-operative Societies, Co-operative Printing Press,
Co-operative Educational Societies, Labour Contract Societies
etc. have been organised. Out of 450 Co-operatives registered
under the category, 71 Societies are running on profit and
remaining on loss. In order to ensure larger participation
of women in Co-operative Sector, and to provide more employment
opportunities, 569 women Co-operatives have been organised.
Four Ready Made Garment Manufacturing Vanitha Co-operatives
registered in order to provide employment opportunities
to 640 women also comes under the category. A Regional
Co-operative Society for coordinating the activities of
these societies was also registered in Kozhikode District.
Another venture in the sector was the organization of Sahithya
Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangham (S.P.C.S Ltd). The society
continues it’s function as a dependant institution of writers.
Printing and Publication of books written by eminent writers
in different field is the main object of the society. It
is having modernised printing and relinquishing unit which
was set up with the financial assistance of Government of
Kerala under Rehabilitation Package Scheme
