_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: atanusarkar1954@gmail.com; Advances in Research 18(6): 1-12, 2019; Article no.AIR.48306 ISSN: 2348-0394, NLM ID: 101666096 Building Sustainable Communities: A Reality Check on Performance of Fishermen’s Cooperative Societies in Tripura, India Chakrapani Pegu 1 , A. Sarkar 2* , A. D. Upadhyay 3 , P. Pal 4 , P. Biswas 5 and Y. J. Singh 6 1 College of Fisheries, CAU (Imphal), Lembucherra, Tripura -799210, India. 2 Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Fisheries, CAU (Imphal), Lembucherra, Tripura -799210, India. 3 Department of Economics, College of Fisheries, CAU (Imphal), Lembucherra, Tripura -799210, India. 4 Department of Statistics, College of Fisheries, CAU (Imphal), Lembucherra, Tripura -799210, India. 5 Department of Aquaculture, College of Fisheries, CAU (Imphal), Lembucherra, Tripura -799210, India. 6 Department of Fisheries Extension, College of Fisheries, CAU (Imphal), Lembucherra, Tripura -799210, India. Authors’ contributions This paper is an outcome of collaborative work among all authors. Author CP designed the study, managed the literature searches, performed the primary survey and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Author AS guided in formulating conceptual framework and wrote the protocol. Authors ADU and PP managed the analyses of the study. Authors PB and YJS assisted in preparing the survey schedule. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/AIR/2019/v18i630111 Editor(s): (1) Gamal Abdel-Hafez Mahmoud Bekhet, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, King Faisal University, College of Science, Saudi Arabia. Reviewers: (1) Eric A. L. Li, The University of Hong Kong, China. (2) Sani Yakubu Gombe, Federal College of Education (Technical), Nigeria. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle3.com/review-history/48306 Received 15 January 2019 Accepted 03 April 2019 Published 15 April 2019 ABSTRACT The study was conducted in two purposively selected districts of Indian north-eastern state of Tripura viz. West Tripura and Gomati, during September, 2017 to February, 2018 with objective to examine the functional status of fishermen's cooperative societies in the light of financial performance vis-a-vis perception of the society members regarding their own societies. While from Original Research Article