Lok Sabha Question No. 3827 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-16
Subject: Farmers Cooperatives
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Jayant Sinha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3827

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  16 TH  JULY, 2019

## FARMERS COOPERATIVES

## 3827.  SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is encouraging farmers' cooperatives;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the number of farmer cooperatives, State-wise; and
- (d) the details of the number of farmer cooperatives in Jharkhand, district-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी ( SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a): Yes Sir.
- (b): Central  Government,  through  Central  Sector  Integrated  Scheme  on  Agricultural Cooperation,  has  been  encouraging  and  promoting  cooperatives  in  the  agriculture  sector. Assistance is provided for providing training to farmers who are members and employees of various  types  of  cooperative  societies  through  the  National  Cooperative  Union  of  India (NCUI)  and  National  Council  of  Cooperative  Training  (NCCT).    Besides,  assistance  is provided  to  the  National  Cooperative  Development  Corporation  (NCDC)  for  promoting, developing and financing post-harvest  activities  through  cooperatives  in  agriculture  sector. These comprise, inter alia, marketing, storage and processing of agricultural produce besides supply of agricultural inputs. Subsidy to the tune of 15% to 25% is provided to Cooperatives through NCDC depending on the category of state in addition to term loan.
- (c): The details of number of farmers' cooperatives, State-wise as per data maintained by NCUI is given at Annexure.
- (d): There  are  2346  farmers'  cooperatives  operating  in  the  State  of  Jharkhand.  The district-wise information is not being maintained by this Ministry.

## State-wise Farmers Cooperatives

| States/Union Territories    |   No. of Farmer Cooperatives |
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                          113 |
| Andhra Pradesh              |                         2065 |
| Arunachal Pradesh           |                           36 |
| Assam                       |                          797 |
| Bihar                       |                         8985 |
| Chandigarh                  |                           18 |
| Chhattisgarh                |                         1519 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli      |                            8 |
| Daman and Diu               |                            0 |
| Delhi                       |                            0 |
| Goa                         |                          101 |
| Gujrat                      |                        10665 |
| Haryana                     |                          802 |
| Himachal Pradesh            |                         2453 |
| Jammu and Kashmir           |                          754 |
| Jharkhand                   |                         2346 |
| Karnataka                   |                         5790 |
| Kerala                      |                         2264 |
| Lakshadweep                 |                           30 |
| Madhya Pradesh              |                         4837 |
| Maharashtra                 |                        22443 |
| Manipur                     |                          247 |
| Meghalaya                   |                          208 |
| Mizoram                     |                          166 |
| Nagaland                    |                         1805 |
| Odisha                      |                         2702 |
| Puducherry                  |                           56 |
| Punjab                      |                         3628 |
| Rajasthan                   |                         6902 |
| Sikkim                      |                          284 |
| Tamil Nadu                  |                         4639 |
| Telangana                   |                          808 |
| Tripura                     |                          269 |
| Uttar Pradesh               |                         9188 |
| Uttarakhand                 |                          789 |
| West Bengal                 |                         7643 |
| Total                       |                       105360 |

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## Annexure