t the unit s follows:
Kochi-65,
uld like to the wareikely cost an unbalit into a ve.) air-condipanies. It ilities. To ge (http:// click on u can then hoose the among the ndra is the in India. utomobile rs on their index.asp ). ns or Interur choice. can go to

CASE:INDCOSERVE-AN
INDUSTRIAL
FACTORIES IN THE NILGIRIS
The
TamilNadu Small Tea Growers Industrial Cooperative
Tea
FactoriesFederation Limited, usually called Indcoserve, wasstablishedin the year 1965 and is functioning under the e administrative ontrol of the Department of Industries and c Commerce,
Government of Tamil Nadu. With the establishment the first Industrial Cooperative Tea Factory at Kunof dahin 1962, the small growers in the Nilgiris region in
Tamil
Nadu were able to realize a better price for their green leaf. n the four decades of its existence, Indcoserve has
I
enabled 15 member industrial cooperative tea factories to its command per cent of the total production of tea in the
17
Nilgiris
District by offering its expertise in technical, managerial. commercial competence. and The15 factories are functioning in the Nilgiris district with aggregate installed capacity to produce over 27.3 an milliong of tea per annum. Nearly 20,000 small growers k supplyreen leaf to these factories that are geographically g spread ut in the region. Table 10.14 presents some basic o details these factories. The table has data for 17 factoon ries. owever, two factories-Kotagiri
H
and Kilkotagirihave discontinued their operations. At the outset, it is evident from the table that the 15 factories vary considerablynseveral parameters. For instance, Salisbury has the o highest value in all the parameters. Nearly 20,000 small growers supply green leaf to these factories that are geographically spread out in the region.

COOPERATIVE

OF TEA