Rajasthan mine workers form cooperatives
Mine workers in different parts of Rajasthan have got together to form cooperative. ARCHI RASTOGI visits them and finds that these cooperative are an entreprenurial success
RUN PDS SHOP IN RAJSAMAND, GET FISHING LEASE It sells kerosene, sugar, rice, wheat, and occasionally, corn, much like any other public distribution system outlet in the country. But the ration shop at Ummarwas in Rajasthan's Rajsamand district is refreshingly different from the archetypal public distribution system outlet. The difference lies in the way it's administered: the shop is run by a 17-member labourers' cooperative. The cooperative has even secured a fishing lease.
The venture had its beginnings in crisis. Mining had been the major avenue for employment people in Ummarwas