National Cooperative Union of India

National Cooperative Union of India

Abbreviation	NCUI
Formation	1929
Founder	Lallubhai Samaldas
Founded at	Chennai
Formerly called	All India Cooperative Institutes Association (1929) Indian Cooperative Union (1951)

The National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI), is an umbrella organisation representing the cooperative movement in India. It was established in 1929 at Madras, now Chennai, as the All India Cooperative Institutes Association and its first president was Lallubhai Samaldas. In 1951 it was reorganised as the Indian Cooperative Union (ICU) by the merger of the Indian Provincial Cooperative Banks' Association with the All India Cooperative Institutes Association. In 1961 it was renamed the NCUI. ^{[1] [2] [3] [a]}

Notes

1. Jasleen Dhamija describes an organisation called the Indian Cooperative Union formed in Delhi in 1949 by Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay. ^[4]

References

1. Shaffer, Jack (1999). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Cooperative Movement. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 86. ISBN   0-8108-3666-1.
2. Agricultural Finance and Co-operation. EduGorilla Publication. 2024. pp. 34–35. ISBN   978-93-6817-168-3.
3. Trade and Technology Directory of India. Economy & Trade. 1991. p. 33.
4. Dhamija, Jasleen (2008). "4. Independence & after". Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya. New Delhi: National Book Trust. pp. 59–76. ISBN   978-8123748818.

Further reading

• Role of National Cooperative Union in Promoting Cooperative Education, Training and Reesearch Programmes in India (PDF). Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University. 1987. A dissertation submitted to the Allgarh Muslim University in partial fulfilment for the Post Graduate Diploma in Cooperation and Rural Development

External links

• "National Cooperative Union of India". ncui.coop.