Co-operation is a wonderful idea and subject. Co-operative movement in India has a record of almost hundred years. Both as a popular movement and as a business proposition, it has seen many upheavals during its existence. Organisation and evaluation of Co-operative institutions to look after exclusively of tribal people in India is a little over a quarter century old. These institutions are established to cater to the economic needs of tribal people They owe their organisation mainly to the K.S.- Bawa Committee report, 1973. These institutions are multi-purpose with their main thrust on collection and sale of minor forest produces. The book analyses in depth the structure, organisation, working successes and failures of tribal co-operatives in India in general and in Karnataka State in particular.
