摘要：The co-operative credit societies and DCC Banks in Maharashtra are playing key role in the growth of agriculture expansion of rural development and social and cultural activities. Maharashtra State is the pioneer and rank first in the growth of co-operative movement in India. The Maharashtra co-operative societies Act was passed in 1960. In co-operative sector in Maharashtra there is primary agricultural credit co-operatives, non-agricultural credit co-operatives, marketing cooperatives, productive co-operatives, sugar co-operatives, land development bank, state co-operative bank and DCC Banks are leading more. The various federal cooperatives at the state level are famous and at the national level also. It has been developed quantitatively and qualitatively more, comparatively with the other state. Maharashtra is leading in all the states in various co-operative sectors like productive, process, marketing, banking and housing co-operatives also. The cooperative credit movement in Maharashtra (old) Bombay presidency made a slow as compared to the spectacular growth in other part of country.
