Sugarcane production has had a very positive impact on the economic and social conditions of Maharashtra. Sugarcane production has increased the income of the people of Maharashtra and improved their standard of living. Sugarcane production has contributed greatly to the cooperative. Various branches of cooperatives have been established in Maharashtra including banks, credit unions, co-operatives, sugar factories, milk unions, spinning mills, etc. Cooperatives have been an important part of Maharashtra's economic development for the past 50 to 60 years. In the early period after the formation of Maharashtra, co-operation was given an important place and a separate Ministry of Co-operation i.e. Department was created at the Centre. Co-operation has brought great changes in the social and economic spheres and improved the standard of living of the people