<P> India since the country's independence from Britain in 1947 has seen a huge growth in Cooperative societies serving mainly the farming sector . </P> <P> For example, most of the sugar production in India takes place at mills owned by local cooperative societies . The members of the society include all farmers, small and large, supplying sugarcane to the mill . Over the last fifty years, the local sugar mills have played a crucial part in encouraging political participation and as a stepping stone for aspiring politicians . </P> <P> This is particularly true in the state of Maharashtra where a large number of politicians belonging to the Congress party or NCP had ties to sugar cooperatives from their local area and has created a symbiotic relationship between the sugar factories and local politics . Unfortunately, due to a policy of "profits for the company but losses to be borne by the government", has made a number of these operations inefficient . </P>

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