The upabhukti pramukha of any particular region within whose jurisdiction there is the maximum number of functioning producers’ and consumers’ cooperatives in any half-year - provided that the percentage of literacy in the upabhukti is more than 25 per cent (although the purodhá pramukha may change this whenever necessary) and nobody in that upabhukti has died of starvation or malnutrition during the concerned half-year - will be known as sándhivigráhika [organizer of service centres]. They will be allowed to use the word sándhivigráhika as a prefix to their names until another person of the same region acquires this respectable rank. An upabhukti pramukha retaining the status of sándhivigráhika continuously for two years (four half-years) will be eligible to prefix the word permanently to his/her name (but this is not hereditary). A permanent sándhivigráhika can no longer hold the post of upabhukti pramukha.

The sándhivigráhika having the largest number of functioning cooperatives in a half-year in his/her jurisdiction within an entire sector is to be known as janamitram [friend of the people]. The rules for the permanent janamitram are the same as those for sándhivigráhika.

Of the janamitrams in the world, the one who has the largest number of functioning cooperatives in a half-year within his/her jurisdiction will be known as lokamitram [friend of the world]. The rules for a permanent lokamitram are the same as those for sándhivigráhika and janamitram.