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{{Short description|Indian worker co-op in Kannur, Kerala}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Kerala Dinesh
| former_names = Kerala Dinesh Beedi
| type = [[Cooperatives|Cooperative]]
| logo =
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1969||}}
| location = [[Kannur]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| industry = [[Food Processing]], [[Beedi]], [[Clothing]], [[Software]]
| products = {{Bulleted_list|Apparels|Software|Food products|Umbrella}}
| revenue =
| num_employees =
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.keraladinesh.com/}}
}}

'''Kerala Dinesh BWCCS Ltd.''', [[Trade name|doing business as]] '''Kerala Dinesh''', is an Indian [[worker cooperative]] based in [[Kannur]], [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-02-13|title=Golden jubilee of Dinesh Beedi|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/golden-jubilee-of-dinesh-beedi/article26261531.ece|access-date=2020-06-14|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== History ==
The Cooperative was launched in 1969 with the help of assistance from [[T. V. Thomas]], Minister for Industries in [[Second E. M. S. Namboodiripad ministry]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Dinesh Beedi@50: From tobacco to cafes and IT, this transformation is priceless|url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/2019/02/28/the-tale-of-kerala-dinesh-cooperative.html|access-date=2020-06-14|website=OnManorama|language=en}}</ref> This cooperative came up as a result of workers' resistance against the exploitation of private capital. From the 1940s the organised labour movement in Kerala has demanded the implementation of special legislation to help beedi workers from the misery of exploitation. The initiatives of [[A. K. Gopalan]] pressurised the [[Jawaharlal Nehru|Nehru Government]] to introduce Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment Act) in 1966.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-05-06|title=As Malayalees Kick The Butt, A Once Proud Beedi-Maker Bets On Biryani|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/05/06/dineesh-beedi_n_9855142.html|access-date=2020-06-14|website=HuffPost India|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> However, the decision to implement the Act was left to the choice of state government.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act- 1966 |publisher=Government of India |year=1966 |url=https://wblc.gov.in/sites/default/files/upload/content_act_rule_pdf/1_Beedi%20&%20Cigar%20Workers%20(Conditions%20of%20Employment)%20Act,%201966.pdf}}</ref> This Act was implemented by Second E. M. S. Namboodiripad ministry, hence [[Kerala]] became the first state to implement it. This provoked the private beedi companies like Ganesh Beedi and they shifted their operation from Kerala to [[Karnataka]]. This left thousands of workers unemployed. As negotiations with the company failed, the trade union movement in Kerala put forth the idea of developing a cooperative. As a result, the cooperative was inaugurated in 1969.

The E.M.S. ministry invested {{currency|13.5|INR}} [[lakh]]s as share capital and sanctioned a huge working capital loan of {{INR|700000}} to initiate the functioning of this cooperative.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rise and Fall of a Workers' Cooperative: The Saga of Kerala Dinesh Beedi|url=https://www.labourfile.com/section-detail.php?aid=307|access-date=2020-06-14|website=www.labourfile.com}}</ref>

G. K. Panicker [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]], the then Joint Commissioner of Industries Department played a crucial leadership role in shaping the institution.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Urs|first=MV Sasikumar & B. Niranjan Raj|title=Cooperatives should reinvent themselves|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/cooperatives-should-reinvent-themselves/article9572460.ece|access-date=2020-06-14|website=@businessline|date=6 March 2017 |language=en}}</ref>

In the mid-seventies, Dinesh Beedi achieved a significant portion of Indian tobacco market and they increased their profit from {{INR|50000}} in 1969 to {{INR|44}} [[crore]] by 1994-95.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Pulikunnel|first=A. T.|date=1997-08-22|title=Dinesh Beedi Firm At Crossroads|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/dinesh-beedi-firm-at-crossroads-197082201007_1.html|access-date=2020-06-14}}</ref> With a 70 times increase in production it reached 6.85 billion beedis per year during the nineties. <ref name=":1" />

== Awards ==

* Fair Business Practice Award 2014 instituted by the [[ASSOCHAM|ASSOCHAM (Associated Chamber of Commerce & Industry of India)]].<ref name=":0" />
* Fair Business Practice Award 2015 instituted by the ASSOCHAM.<ref name=":0" />
* ICAI Award 2015 instituted by [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of India]].

== Further reading ==

* ''Democracy at work in an Indian industrial cooperative: the story of Kerala Dinesh Beedi'' . [[T. M. Thomas Isaac|Thomas Issac]], Richard W. Franke and Pyaralal Raghavan. Ithaca: [[Cornell University Press]]. 1998<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Isaac|first1=T. M. Thomas|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctv1nhkbf|title=Democracy at Work in an Indian Industrial Cooperative: The Story of Kerala Dinesh Beedi|last2=Franke|first2=Richard W.|last3=Raghavan|first3=Pyaralal|date=1998|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=978-0-8014-3384-9|jstor=10.7591/j.ctv1nhkbf }}</ref>
* ''Dynamics of industrial cooperatives: a study of traditional industries in Kerala.'' Pyaralal Raghavan. PhD thesis: Jawaharlal Nehru University. 1995.
* ''[https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/faculty_scholarship/1308/ When a Workers’ Cooperative Works: The Case of Kerala Dinesh Beedi].'' Mitu Gulati, [[T. M. Thomas Isaac]] and William A. Klein. UCLA Law Review 1417-1454 (2002).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Gulati|first1=Mitu|last2=Isaac|first2=T. M. Thomas|last3=Klein|first3=William|date=2002-01-01|title=When a Workers' Cooperative Works: The Case of Kerala Dinesh Beedi|url=https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/faculty_scholarship/1308|journal=UCLA Law Review|volume=49|pages=1417–1454}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Cooperatives in Kerala]]
[[Category:Companies based in Kerala]]
[[Category:Economy of Kannur]]
[[Category:1969 establishments in Kerala]]
[[Category:Worker cooperatives of India]]

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