Buldana Urban Cooperative Credit Society (BUCCS)

CountryIndia

ICA regionAsia-Pacific (ICA Asia-Pacific)

MembershipFull Member

Organisation typePrimary cooperative / enterprise

Sector(s)Banking & Finance

Profile

The Buldana Urban Cooperative Credit Society (BUCCS) was founded on 15 August 1986, headquartered in Buldana, Maharashtra, India, initiated by Radheshyamji Chandak and others with the aim of rebuilding public confidence in the cooperative movement. The society focuses on microfinance and savings and credit services for farmers and the general public; since 2008 it has operated as a multi-state cooperative society with operations extended across several states. According to its website, it has a large membership and network of branches, and is regarded as one of India's largest cooperative credit societies, and an ICA Asia-Pacific member.

Supplementary Reference Material

Reference period: 2008—2016年资料库（具体年份待核）

Materials compiled from Sino-foreign exchange visits describe the Buldana Urban Cooperative Credit Society as a notably large, diversified cooperative in India, with operations spanning finance, education, hospitality, warehousing, healthcare, transport and other community-life services. The materials note that the society operates about 265 financial service outlets across 7 Indian states, providing financial services to more than 500,000 customers, and has expanded rural financial coverage through mobile banking; it also runs 18 schools and has built more than 300 storage facilities providing farmers with warehousing and loan facilities, and fulfils community responsibilities through ambulance services, charitable meal programmes, infrastructure construction, cultural and sporting activities, tree planting and the promotion of solar lighting.

Note: this section is compiled mainly from materials gathered during exchange visits between Chinese and international cooperative organisations, and does not represent an official position. Because it draws on first-hand exchanges and observed institutional practice, it is offered as contextual reference material.

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