Participation and Control-Study of a Co-operative Tea Factory in the Nilgiris

Co-operative organisations can best protect and promote the interests of the weaker sections of society when they are truly democratic. However the autonomy of co-operatives is often undermined by state governments. The major toot of government dominance is co-operative legislation. A case study of a co-operative tea factory in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu details the bureaucratisation of a co-operative.