A Good entrepreneur should always shun negative thoughts and face all challenges with a positive bent of mind. During 1989 there was abundant water in Krishna River. But the same was not used for Irrigation purpose. The crops here relied on rain water. After giving deep thought in this regard I decided to provide irrigation facility to my land but during those time needed lot of investment but securing a bank loan was not an easy task. The stringent rules made it difficult to avail loan. Still I managed to contact one of the banks and succeeded in availing loans for pipelines and eventually got irrigation facility for my land.
When irrigation facility to the land reaped rich rewards, other farmers too tried to follow suit. But finance was the biggest hurdle. As irrigation system attracted many farmers, financial need also increased. When I discussed this with a few friends, we thought about starting a society on our own. In the next few days it was decided to establish a society.
Chairman -
1) Regional Oil Seeds Growers Co-Op Societies Union Ltd., Hubli.
Director -
1) Belagavi Dist. Central Co-Op Bank Ltd., Belagavi.
2) National Co-Op Dairy Federation of India Ltd., Anand (Gujarat).
3) Shri Doodhganga Krishna Sahakari Sakkare Karkhane Ltd., Chikkodi.
4) Karnataka Co-Op Oil Seeds Grower's Federation Ltd., Bangaluru.
Shri Annasaheb Jolle, had a humble beginning being the son of a farmer. He studied in Sainik School at Vijaypur. With the new found confidence he made lots of development in Examba and Chikodi. Examba a village in the Taluka of Chikodi is surrounded by the Dhodaganga and Krishna rivers. But it so happened that in the earlier days the farmers were dependent on the rains for growing their crops. They found it difficult to avail loans from Banks to dig pipelines for their lands. Annasaheb came forward and set up his own financial organization for the economic development of the farmers. As a result he founded the Shri Beereshwar Co-Op Credit Society in the year 1991, which helped bring in a Green Revolution in the area. He also laid the foundation stone for the Co-operative Society in Belagavi District.