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States
Pigmy collection is regulated state by state. What applies where, and which institutions operate in each.
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Telangana
Daily collection runs in Hyderabad under another name. Telangana's two co-operative Acts both limit who a society may take deposits from.
Updated 9 Oct 2026Read - States
Assam
Pigmy collection runs under that name in Guwahati. What Assam's co-operative law lets a society do with deposits, and who registers it.
Updated 9 Oct 2026Read - States
Karnataka
Karnataka is where pigmy collection began, in Udupi in 1928, and where a High Court ruling has unsettled the legal status of collection agents.
Updated 17 Oct 2026Read - States
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is the only state with a reported count of pigmy agents we have found, and the only one we found capping agent commission by government order.
Updated 4 Oct 2026Read