Madurai Collector, though a non cooperative man has begun one of the finest examples of cooperative exercise. Collector C Kamraj has initiated the process of involving primary cooperative societies in selling vegetables straight from farm to consumers.
He has asked his department to prepare list of vegetable growers who can sell their produce directly to cooperative banks who in turn ensure its selling directly to consumers with the help of cooperative societies.
This has led to massive reduction in prices as brinjal selling at the rate of Rs 24 a kgin open market is sold at Rs 13 a kg at cooperative stores. There are numbers of vegetable stalls in different areas and the collector is determined to open more.
Such soldiers of cooperative movement must be felicitated by organization like NCUI.