OTHER
CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION,TRAINING
There
are 702 Miscellaneous Co-operatives organised under the
control of the Registrar of Co-operative Societies, These
include Live Stock Societies, Farming Societies Irrigation
Societies, Land Colonisation Societies, Social Welfare Societies
etc. only 129 Societies under the category are running on
profit. The remaining societies are running on loss.
CO-OPERATIVE
EDUCATION, TRAINING
The
Kerala State Co-operative union, is the principal agency
imparting Co-operative Education and Propaganda in the
State. The union is conducting seven co-operative colleges
and nine training centres in Kerala to provide in service
training to Department Staff Employees of Co-operatives
and also to Public. Co-operative Member Education programme
for non-officials is also implemented by the State Co-operative
Union. Apart from the Union, the National Co-operative
union of India has started two Institutes of Co-operative
Management at Thiruvananthapuram and Kannur Districts for
providing advanced training courses to the Department Officers,
employees and non-officials in Co-operative Sector. Sixty
two circle Co-operative unions have been constituted along
with the Kerala State Co-operative Union for propaganda
and publicity of co-operative Principles and of the developments
occurred in the Sector.
EMPLOYEES
OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES
About
36000 employees are working in various co-operative institutions
functioning under the control of Co-operative Department.
Section 80 of Kerala Co-operative Societies Act has been
implemented in these co-operatives fixing their salaries,
service regularization etc. Selection for appointments
in Apex, Central and Regional Co-operatives is ensured through
the Kerala Public Service Commission and for other societies
such as Primary Agricultural Credit Societies, Primary Co-operative
Agricultural and Rural Development Bank Societies, Kerala
Co-operative Service Examination Board has been constituted
. Welfare fund and pension schemes have been implemented
in co-operatives functioning under the administrative control
of Registrar of Co-operative Societies.
