India

Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS)

With the approval of the Union Cabinet, the Ministry of Cooperation has set up three new national-level cooperative societies under MSCS Act 2002: The cooperatives of all levels, who are interested in activities specified for each of above societies. The details are as under: Initiatives undertaken by NCEL to promote cooperatives across the country: Initiatives undertaken by NCOL to promote cooperatives across the country:     Initiatives undertaken by BBSSL to promote cooperatives across the country:   The Government on 15.02.2023, has approved the Plan for strengthening cooperative movement in the country and deepening its reach up to the grassroots. The Plan entails establishment of new multipurpose PACS, Dairy and Fishery cooperative societies covering all the Panchayats/ villages in the country including the underserved regions in the next five years, through convergence of various existing GOI schemes, including Dairy Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF), National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD), PM Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), etc, with the support of National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD), National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) and State Governments. In order to ensure effective and timely implementation of the plan, Ministry of Cooperation in coordination with NABARD, NDDB and NFDB has launched a Standard Operating Procedure (Margdarshika) on 19.9.2024, indicating the targets and timelines for all stakeholders concerned. As per Margdarshika, Joint Working Committee (JWC) at the district level have been formed by States/ UTs to ensure timely execution of the plan at the grassroot level. As per National Cooperative Database, till now 3,654 new multipurpose PACS, 8,256 dairy and 990 fishery cooperatives have been registered in the country since the launch of this initiative. Government of India is implementing the Project for Computerization of functional PACS with a total financial outlay of ₹2,516 Crore, which entails bringing all the functional PACS onto an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) based common national software, linking them with NABARD through State Cooperative Banks (StCBs) and District Central Cooperative Banks (DCCBs). This common ERP software is provided to all the PACS in the project, across the country, to capture data on all functionalities of PACS, both credit and non- credit. This software is customizable for state-specific needs. The ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) based common national software brings about efficiency in PACS performance through a Common Accounting System (CAS) and Management Information System (MIS). Further, governance and transparency in PACS also improves, leading to speedy disbursal of loans, lowering of transaction cost, reduction in imbalances in payments, seamless accounting with DCCBs and StCBs.  A total of 50,455 PACS have been onboarded on ERP Software and hardware has been procured by 30 States/UTs. State-wise list of onboarded PACS is attached as Annexure. Annexure   S. No State/ UT PACS selected for Computerization ERP Onboarded 1. Maharashtra 12,000 10,979 2. Rajasthan 6,781 4,206 3. Gujarat 5,754 5,249 4. Uttar Pradesh 5,686 2,978 5. Karnataka 5,491 2,077 6. Madhya Pradesh 4,536 4,516 7. Tamil Nadu 4,532 4,529 8. Bihar 4,495 4,440 9. West Bengal 4,167 1,103 10. Punjab 3,482 1,720 11. Andhra Pradesh 2,037 1,734 12. Chhattisgarh 2,028 2,010 13. Himachal Pradesh 1,789 836 14. Jharkhand 1,500 1,467 15. Haryana 710 617 16. Uttarakhand 670 185 17. Assam 583 580 18. J & K 537 531 19. Tripura 268 245 20. Manipur 232 45 21. Nagaland 231 33 22. Meghalaya 112 103 23. Sikkim 107 107 24. Goa 58 35 25. ANI 46 46 26. Puducherry 45 37 27. Mizoram 25 25 28. Arunachal Pradesh 14 11 29. Ladakh 10 9 30. DNH & DD 4 2 Total 67,930 50,455   This was stated by the Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha. **** RK/VV/ASH/RR/PR/PS/456 With the approval of the Union Cabinet, the Ministry of Cooperation has set up three new national-level cooperative societies under MSCS Act 2002: The cooperatives of all levels, who are interested in activities specified for each of above societies. The details are as under: Initiatives undertaken by NCEL to promote cooperatives across the country: Initiatives undertaken by NCOL to promote cooperatives across the country:     Initiatives undertaken by BBSSL to promote cooperatives across the country:   The Government on 15.02.2023, has approved the Plan for strengthening cooperative movement in the country and deepening its reach up to the grassroots. The Plan entails establishment of new multipurpose PACS, Dairy and Fishery cooperative societies covering all the Panchayats/ villages in the country including the underserved regions in the next five years, through convergence of various existing GOI schemes, including Dairy Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF), National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD), PM Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), etc, with the support of National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD), National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) and State Governments. In order to ensure effective and timely implementation of the plan, Ministry of Cooperation in coordination with NABARD, NDDB and NFDB has launched a Standard Operating Procedure (Margdarshika) on 19.9.2024, indicating the targets and timelines for all stakeholders concerned. As per Margdarshika, Joint Working Committee (JWC) at the district level have been formed by States/ UTs to ensure timely execution of the plan at the grassroot level. As per National Cooperative Database, till now 3,654 new multipurpose PACS, 8,256 dairy and 990 fishery cooperatives have been registered in the country since the launch of this initiative. Government of India is implementing the Project for Computerization of functional PACS with a total financial outlay of ₹2,516 Crore, which entails bringing all the functional PACS onto an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) based common national software, linking them with NABARD through State Cooperative Banks (StCBs) and District Central Cooperative Banks (DCCBs). This common ERP software is provided to all the PACS in the project, across the country, to capture data on all functionalities of PACS, both credit and non- credit. This software is customizable for state-specific needs. The ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) based common national software brings about efficiency in PACS performance through a Common Accounting System (CAS) and Management Information System (MIS). Further, governance and transparency in PACS also improves, leading to speedy disbursal of loans, lowering of transaction cost, reduction in imbalances in payments, seamless accounting with DCCBs and StCBs.  A total of 50,455 PACS have been onboarded on ERP Software and hardware has been procured by 30 States/UTs. State-wise list of onboarded PACS is attached as Annexure. Annexure   S. No State/ UT PACS selected for Computerization ERP Onboarded 1. Maharashtra 12,000 10,979 2. Rajasthan 6,781 4,206 3. Gujarat 5,754 5,249 4. Uttar Pradesh 5,686 2,978 5. Karnataka 5,491 2,077 6. Madhya Pradesh 4,536 4,516 7. Tamil Nadu 4,532 4,529 8. Bihar 4,495 4,440 9. West Bengal 4,167 1,103 10. Punjab 3,482 1,720 11. Andhra Pradesh 2,037 1,734 12. Chhattisgarh 2,028 2,010 13. Himachal Pradesh 1,789 836 14. Jharkhand 1,500 1,467 15. Haryana 710 617 16. Uttarakhand 670 185 17. Assam 583 580 18. J & K 537 531 19. Tripura 268 245 20. Manipur 232 45 21. Nagaland 231 33 22. Meghalaya 112 103 23. Sikkim 107 107 24. Goa 58 35 25. ANI 46 46 26. Puducherry 45 37 27. Mizoram 25 25 28. Arunachal Pradesh 14 11 29. Ladakh 10 9 30. DNH & DD 4 2 Total 67,930 50,455   This was stated by the Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha. **** RK/VV/ASH/RR/PR/PS/456

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