With a view to meet the financial needs of the small traders in Kopargaon town, Samata was established on 11 May 1986 in a premises of 10 by 15 feet on Shivaji Road with a share capital of Rs 1 lakh, deposits of Rs 3 lakh and 700 members to bring equality among the small traders of the taluka Civic Cooperative Credit Institution was established. Since the inception of Samata, maintaining the principles of co-operation on the basis of co-operative principles, in the initial four years till 1991, the institution had attained the deposits of Rs.1 crore. After that, under the guidance of Chairman Omprakash Dadappa alias Kaka Koyate and Board of Directors of Samata Credit Union, Samata is taking the graph of financial progress higher without looking back. Today, Samata Credit Union has 14 extended gold loan counters with 20 branches and has a network of Samata Credit Union all over Maharashtra. Samata Patsanstha has 97,349 members through 20 branches and 14 gold loan extensions counter,extended cells as on 31 march 2025. While disbursing Rs. 1036 crore 79 lakh deposits and disbursing loans of Rs 795 crore, it has crossed the milestone of Rs1,832 crore combined business.