Subject(s): Cooperative Marketing -- Rural Eletrification -- Rural development : Community development programmes, Small farmers developemnt agency, Drought prone area programme, national rural employment programme, Rural landless programme, Training of rural youth for self employment, Development of women and children in rural area, Integrated child development services projects, Minimum needs programme, Integrated rural development programme -- Developmental role of co-operatives : Role assigned by government, NCUI model for RD -- Co-operatives in India : Histiry, Cooperatives under plans, Types of cooperatives, major problems of cooperatives -- Impact- case studies : Kerala economy ,Composition of cooperatives, Credit structure,Determinants f role performance -- Cooperative experience : present role of cooperatives, Cooperative efforts