For the purposes of section 149,––

(a) “consumers’ co-operative society” means a society for the benefit of the consumers;

(b) “primary agricultural credit society” has the same meaning as assigned to it in Part V of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949; and

(c) “primary co-operative agricultural and rural development bank” means a society having an area of operation confined to a taluk, the principal object of which is to provide long-term credit for agricultural and rural development activities.