Subject(s): Agriculture, Cooperative in India. -- Introduction to co-operation & co-operatives -- Philosophical and theoretical foundations of co-operatives : ICA statement on co-operative identity, statistical importance, theoretical foundations, global perspective -- Genesis and coverage of agricultural co-operatives in India -- SWOT analysis of agricultural co-operatives -- Co-operative legislation -- Co-operative legislation in India : Co-operative laws of 1904, 1912, 1932, 1952, co-operative laws in independent Indian till 1995 and afterwards -- Professionalisation of co-operatives : Review of issues on business development planning (BDP) -- MIS for formers co-operative : Review of literature on IT based MIS in co-operatives, GCMMF -- Financial management and taxation in co-operatives : AMUL, MARKFED -- Co-operative member education and training