The main objective of cooperatives is to promote self help, mutual help and help among the members for achievement of specific target to ensure economic betterment of the members and also to render services to the members without profit motive.

For achievement of the said objective, different types of societies are working as per the requirement of the members such as PACSs, JFCSs, LCCS, ECCSs, Consumer Cooperatives etc., The cooperatives have come into existence for removal of rural indebtedness and to bring out the rural poor from the clutches of money lenders. The cooperatives are being used as tools for alleviation of poverty. The philosophy of cooperation is "EACH FOR ALL AND ALL FOR EACH" and to propagate the ideas of cooperative philosophy and cooperative principles among the members for all round development of socio economic needs of the members concerned.

1. No. of Cooperative Societies in the district Category wise as on 31-3-2001 (under APCS Act, 7 of 1964)


a. District Level Societies.

1 Dist.Cooperative Central Bank Limited., Khammam
1
2 Dist. Cooperative Marketing Society Limited, Khammam.
1
3 Dist. S.C. Cooperative Society Limited Khammam.
1
4 KDCCC Stores Limited, Khammam.
1
5 Dist. B.C. Cooperative Society Limited Khammam.
1
6 Dist. Joint Farming Cooperative Societies Fedn.
1
7 Dist. Labour Contract Cooperative Societies Fedn.
1
8 Dist. SC & ST House Building Co-op. Society
1


b. Other Societies.


Sl.
No.
Category
Func-
tioning
Dormant
Total
1 Primary Agril. Cooperative Credit Societies.
206
--
206
2 Farmers Service Cooperative Societies.
2
--
2
3 Cooperative Urban banks
2
--
2
4 Cooperative Super bazaars
2
--
2
5 Mahila Cooperative Super Bazars
--
3
3
6 Employees Consumer Cooperative Stores.
4
23
27
7 Labour Contract Cooperative Societies
270
181
451
8 Bullock Cart cooperative societies
--
13
13
9 Employee Cooperative Credit Societies
45
62
107
10 Cooperative Joint Farming Societies
75
29
104


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