Explanation:

The 97th Constitutional Amendment Act of 2011 gave constitutional status and protection to cooperative societies. • In this context, it made the following three changes to the Constitution: o It made the right to form cooperative societies a fundamental right (Article 19) under Part III of the Constitution. o It included a new Directive Principle of State Policy on the promotion of cooperative societies (Article 43-B) under Part IV of the Constitution. Hence option (b) is the correct answer. o It added a new Part IX-B in the Constitution which is entitled “The Co-operative Societies” (Articles 243-ZH to 243-ZT). o The new Part IX-B contains various provisions to ensure that the cooperative societies in the country function in a democratic, professional, autonomous, and economically sound manner. It empowers the Parliament in respect of multi-state cooperative societies and the state legislatures in respect of other cooperative societies to make the appropriate law. • The Fundamental Duties are provided under part IV-A of the Constitution and this part does not have provisions regarding Co-operative societies. • Scheduled V provides for the management of scheduled areas and does not have provisions regarding Cooperative societies.