Centre for Cooperatives and Livelihoods – Autonomous (CCL) at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA)

The Centre for Cooperatives and Livelihoods joined ICA in July as an Associate Member. It is a non-profit society registered under the Uttarakhand Cooperatives Society Act, 2003, with registered offices at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie, Uttarakhand in India under the chairmanship of the Director (LBSNAA). LBSNAA is a premier training institution for civil services in India. It is headed by a Director (an officer of the level of Secretary to the Government of India) and is an attached office of the Department of Personnel & Training, Government of India.

The Centre for Cooperatives and Livelihoods was earlier called the Centre for Cooperatives and Rural Development (CCRD). It provides capacity building services to government servants and undertakes research and studies related to the cooperative sector. Read more.

The Tamil Nadu Small Tea Growers ICTFs Federation Ltd. (INDCOSERVE)

INDCOSERVE is India’s largest Tea Cooperative Federation with 16 industrial tea factories as its members. They work with around 30,000 small tea farmers who are members of the industrial tea factories, manufacture about 13 million kgs of black tea annually. The value chain of INDCOSERVE includes sourcing of green tea leaves from its member growers, processing, distribution and trading operations. Set up in 1965 by the Government of Tamil Nadu, INDCOSERVE provides much-needed guardianship to small tea growers in Nilgiris District as a catalyst. INDCOSERVE’s product range is marketed across the country and includes “Mountain Rose Tea (Leaf & Dust Grades)”, “BlueMont Tea (Premium Dust)” and “Ooty Tea” offered through “Fair Price Shops” under the Public Distribution System of Government of Tamil Nadu, India. Read more..