| SOCIETY CLASSIFICATION UNDER MAHARASHTRA CO‐OPERATIVE SOCIETIES ACT, 1960 | |||
| [Rule 10(1) of Maharashtra Co‐operative Societies Rules, 1961] | |||
| Sr No | Society Catergory | Society Sub‐Catergory | Examples |
| 1 | Agricultural Societies | Marketing Societies | All Purchase and Sale Unions and Marketing Societies of Agricultural Produce |
| Other Agricultural Societies | Dairy and Cattle Breeding Societies | ||
| 1A | Crop Protection Societies | ||
| 1B | Lift Irrigation Societies | ||
| 2 | Consumers' Societies | Stores and Canteens | |
| 3 | Co‐operative Banks | Central Bank | District Central Banks |
| Other.Banks | Urban Banks | ||
| 3A | Land Development Bank having provisions in their bye‐laws to advance loans to Co‐operative Societies | Stores and Canteens | |
| 4 | Farming Societies | Collective Farming Societies | Farming societies where major area of lands is acquired from outside agency for cultivation by members |
| Joint Farming Societies | Societies where the major area of land brought together for cultivation is held by members | ||
| Dairy Farming Societies | Farming societies undertaking dairy activities complimentary to their arable farming activities or vice versa | ||
| 5 | Housing Societies | Tenant Ownership Housing Societies) | Housing Societies where land is held either on lease‐hold or freehold basis by Societies and houses are owned or are to be owned by members |
| Tenant Co‐partnership Housing Societies | Housing Societies which hold both land and buildings either on leasehold or free-hold basis and allot them to their members | ||
| Other Housing Societies | House Mortgage Societies and House Construction Societies | ||
| 6 | Processing Societies | Agricultural Processing Societies | Societies, which process agricultural produce like Cooperative Sugar Factories and Oil Mills |
| Industrial Processing Societies | Wool, Processing and Tanners' Societies | ||
| 7 | Producers' Societies | Industrial Producers Societies | Weavers', and Carpenters' Societies |
| Labourers' Industrial Society | Forest Labourers' Societies and Labour Contract Societies | ||
| 8 | Resources Societies | Credit Resource Societies | Agricultural Credit, Thrift, Urban‐Credit and Salary Earners' Societies |
| Non-credit Resource Societies | Seeds and Implements and Agricultural Requisites Societies | ||
| Service Resource Societies | Service Co‐operative and Multipurpose Co‐operative Societies | ||
| 9 | General Societies | Social | Better Living Societies and Education Societies |
| Commercial | Insurance and Motor Transport Societies | ||
| Commercial | Not fallings in either of the above sub-classes | ||
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