Write a note on the role of cooperatives providing food and related items.

In southern and western India cooperatives play an important role in providing food and related items.

● Shops are set up by the cooperative societies to sell goods to poor people at lower rates.

● In Tamilnadu, about 94% of the fair priced shops are being run by the cooperatives.

● Another success story of cooperatives is by Amul in milk and milk products from Gujarat.

● Cooperatives are running in different parts of the country and ensuring an adequate supply of food to different sections of the society.

● Academy of Development Science in Maharashtra has facilitated a network of NGOs for setting up grain banks in different regions. It is also acknowledged as a successful and innovative food security intervention.