organisational set up

  The Government may by notification in the Gazette constitute a Board to be called the “Kerala Co-operative Deposit Guarantee Fund Board” for the administration of the Fund. The Board has the jurisdiction of the whole state and the head office is situated at Thiruvananthapuram and there is no regional or branch offices.

i) The minister in charge of co-operation, who shall be the chairman of the Board.

ii) The chairman, state co-operative union

iii) Four representative of the committee of primary Agricultural Credit Societies to be nominated by the Government.

iv) One representative of the committee of Non-Agricultural Credit Societies to be nominated by the Government.

v) One representative of the committee of Employees Credit Societies to be nominated by the Government.

vi) One representative of the committee of Vanitha Co-operative Societies to be nominated by the Government.

vii) One representative of the committee of all other types of societies which accept deposit from their members, to be nominated by the government.

viii) One eminent co-operator to be nominated by the government.

 ix)  The Secretary to Government, Co-operation Department.

x) The Registrar of Co-operative societies.

xi) The Director of Co-operative Audit.

xii) The secretary –Treasurer of the Board.

*  One of the members from among the representatives of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies or the eminent Co-operator shall be nominated by the government as Vice –Chairman of the Board

* The term of the Board shall be for a period of five years from the date of the first meeting of the Board. The representatives and eminent co-operator nominated by the Government under clause (iii),(iv), (v), (vii), and (viii) shall hold office during the pleasure of the Government.