Q.How does a District Central Co-operative Bank differ from a primary agricultural credit society? Explain any three points.

A District Central Co-operative Bank (DCCB) is a co-operative bank at the district level whose principal members are the primary co-operative societies of the district and whose main work is to finance those societies, hold their surplus, and link them with the State Co-operative Bank. The word 'central' means it is the district's central financing agency, not the central government; there is normally one DCCB per district. Because its members are themselves societies, it is a co-operative of co-operatives. …