Sahakar Bharati

What Sahakar Bharati does

Sahakar Bharati is a non-governmental, non-statutory social institution founded in 1978 and headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, operating as a pan-India cooperative movement organization. It is an affiliated auxiliary organization of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in the cooperative sector, and its mission is to strengthen the cooperative movement for public welfare by coordinating relationships between producers, distributors, and consumers. Its core product is a unified membership program priced at ₹50 (Indian Rupees Fifty only) for three years, acquired via a digital payment gateway on its official website, which grants access to training programs, workshops, seminars, conferences, guidance for forming new cooperatives, literature distribution, exposure to national and regional cooperative best practices, and representation before government bodies on matters affecting cooperatives. The organization is led by its founder's legacy (Late Madhavrao Godbole, founder of Janata Sahakari Bank Sangli in 1935) and founding member Satish Marathe, who also directs the related Centre for Studies and Research in Cooperation, a Section 8 foundation registered under the Indian Companies Act, 2013, for study and research in the cooperative sector. Sahakar Bharati does not operate as a commercial enterprise; it is a movement organization whose economics are membership-fee based and ideologically aligned with its RSS parent ecosystem.

Name

Sahakar Bharati

Legal name

Sahakar Bharati

Website

https://sahakarbharati.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sahakar Bharati is a pan-India non-governmental cooperative movement organization affiliated with the RSS, offering ₹50 three-year memberships that grant access to training, workshops, advocacy, and government representation for cooperative members, employees, directors, and supporters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cooperative Movement Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Business Associations (813910), Civic and Social Organizations (81341), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

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PRIMARYEDADALAC

NGO/Nonprofit Education Programs & Service Delivery

Education/Education Administration, Accreditation & Policy/Education Partnerships, Intergovernmental & NGO Programs

SECONDARYTHAHAJAO

Nonprofit, Social Services & Community Development Congresses

Travel & Hospitality/MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions)/Association, Government & Academic Congresses

SECONDARYHLAJAKAD

International & Local Implementing NGOs

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Public Health, Government & Regulators/Global Health & Development Agencies (NGOs/Multilaterals)

Keywords

• Cooperative movement
• Cooperative training
• Cooperative advocacy
• Cooperative formation
• Cooperative education

Headquarters

HQ city

Mumbai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Sahakar Bharati generates revenue through membership fees of ₹50 per member, valid for 3 years from registration. Members gain access to training programs, workshops, seminars, conferences, guidance for cooperative formation, literature distribution, and representation before government.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Sahakar Bharati is a non-governmental, non-profit organization that runs a membership-based cooperative movement in India, enrolling individual supporters through a triennial membership program and delivering training, workshops, and seminars aimed at strengthening cooperative societies. It serves as a nationwide advocacy and capacity-building body for cooperative members, leaders, and promoters.

Product overview

Sahakar Bharati is a non-governmental organization affiliated with the RSS, established in 1978 to strengthen the cooperative movement for public welfare. The organization offers a unified membership program that provides access to training programs for cooperative members, employees and directors; workshops, seminars and conferences on cooperative issues; guidance for formation of new cooperative organizations; literature distribution; exposure to national and regional cooperative best practices; and representation before government on matters affecting cooperatives. The core offering is the membership program (₹50 for 3-year validity) which serves as the primary mechanism for engagement with the cooperative movement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Regional players

• SEWA (Self-Employed Women's Association): India's largest women's cooperative and worker-rights organization, providing training, formation support, and advocacy for self-employed women. Comparable as a cooperative-membership advocacy body delivering training and government representation, though with a specific gender and worker focus.

Broad incumbents

• AMUL (Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation): India's largest cooperative federation and a global benchmark for cooperative enterprise. Comparable as a flagship example of the cooperative ecosystem Sahakar Bharati seeks to advocate for, though operating commercially rather than as an advocacy NGO.
• International Cooperative Alliance (ICA): Global apex body for the cooperative movement, providing advocacy, principles, and networking. Comparable as a cooperative-movement advocacy organization, though operating internationally rather than India-domestic.
• National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED): A large government-promoted cooperative federation that aggregates agricultural producers and advocates for cooperative interests. Comparable as a cooperative sector representative body with national scope, but operates at vastly larger commercial scale.
• Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC): Statutory body promoting village industries and cooperatives in rural India. Comparable as a cooperative and rural-enterprise development institution with training, formation, and government-advocacy functions, though state-backed rather than a voluntary association.
• National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC): Statutory body financing and supporting cooperative development across India. Comparable in pan-India cooperative-development mandate and policy advocacy role, though as a government entity rather than an NGO.

Direct peers

• All India Cooperative Congress: Periodic national-level gathering and platform for the Indian cooperative movement, providing a forum for cooperative-sector dialogue, training, and policy representation — comparable in its conference-driven advocacy model serving cooperatives across India.
• Swadeshi Jagaran Manch: Another RSS-affiliated Sangh Parivar front organization focused on economic self-reliance and indigenous enterprise advocacy. Comparable as a parallel auxiliary body operating under similar ideological sponsorship and pan-India membership-driven advocacy structure.
• Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS): RSS-affiliated trade union center representing workers' interests — directly comparable as a Sangh Parivar auxiliary organization with a similar ideological backing, membership model, and pan-India NGO-style structure serving a different but structurally analogous constituency.
• National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI): The apex cooperative movement organization in India, providing training, education, advocacy, and representation for cooperatives — directly comparable to Sahakar Bharati's mission, though with a more formal institutional mandate and government recognition.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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