Co-Operate and Prosper

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Cooperation helps people achieve what they cannot do alone. In the chapter, poor cattle farmers improve their lives when they work together, sell milk collectively, and share the benefits fairly.

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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was a freedom fighter and the first Deputy Prime Minister of India. He is called the Iron Man of India. He felt sad देखकर the poor condition of cattle farmers and decided to o…

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He assigned Tribhuvandas Patel the task of organising the disorganised farmers into a co-operative. Tribhuvandas united them and started a co-operative dairy unit.

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Tribhuvandas Patel found it difficult to compete with a British dairy in Mumbai. He needed help to set up a milk processing plant, so he sought Verghese Kurien's assistance.

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Dr. Verghese Kurien was a young, energetic, intelligent, and ambitious Indian engineer trained in America. He was born in Calicut on 26th November 1921 and worked at the dairy research institute, Anan…

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Amul Dairy is a co-operative dairy unit that grew from the collaboration of Tribhuvandas Patel and Verghese Kurien in Gujarat. It was set up by the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation and b…

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Amul protected poor milk producers from exploitation by middlemen. The farmers got a better price for milk and also received a share of profits as dividend. This improved their income and rural life.

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It means to keep hunger and poverty away. In the chapter, it describes how Kurien's efforts helped protect farmers from poverty and hardship.