The cooperative movement in India emerged as a Government policy to address the distress and discontent in the agricultural sector in the latter part of the nineteenth century due to famine conditions and the absence of institutional arrangements to provide finance to farmers. The Co-operative Credit Societies Act, 1904 envisaged formation of agricultural co-operatives.
The second and third coins will be issued in September 2010 and in September 2011, respectively. Both coins will have the inscription “Rs1200” underneath, with the surrounding inscription “FATHER OF THE NATION PLATINUM SERIES * MAURITIUS 2010 * AAPRAVASI GHAT *” and “FATHER OF THE NATION PLATINUM SERIES * MAURITIUS 2011 * LE MORNE BRABANT *” respectively.