Answer the following questions: Mention any six features or characteristics of co-operative societies.
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Solution
A cooperative society is an autonomous group of persons or group of association who united voluntarily to meet their common economic and social needs, goals and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise.
Characteristics of a cooperative society are :-
1. Autonomous group
2. Voluntarily united
3. Regulated by Cooperative Society Act, 1912
4. Common goals including economic as well as social goals