Lok Sabha Question No. 3549 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-10
Subject: Aims and Objectives of NCDC
Ministry: COOPERATION
Asked by: Anurag Sharma, Rebati Tripura, Vijay Kumar Dubey, Uday Pratap Singh, Umesh G. Jadhav, Annasaheb Shankar Jolle, B. Y. Raghavendra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3549

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  AUGUST, 2021

## AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF NCDC

3549.  SHRI ANURAG SHARMA, SHRI REBATI TRIPURA, SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY, SHRI UDAY PRATAP SINGH, DR. UMESH G. JADHAV, SHRI ANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE SHRI B.Y. RAGHAVENDRA

Will the Minister of COOPERATION सहकारता मंी be pleased to state:

- a) whether  the  National  Cooperative  Development  Corporation  (NCDC)  is  working  for development of co-operatives;
- b) if  so,  the  works  being  done by NCDC for development of cooperatives including the manner in which the farmers are going to get benefit through it and the details thereof;
- c) the aims and objectives of setting up of the NCDC in the country;
- d) whether  the  Government  is  implementing  schemes  to  provide  assistance  to  the cooperatives  for  their  overall  development  through  NCDC,  if  so,  the  details  thereof, State/UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh, North Eastern Region and Karnataka;
- e) the details of amount of funds allocated/sanctioned by the Government under the said scheme during each of the last three years and the current year; and
- f) the  other  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  for  strengthening  cooperative education and training system especially in Uttar Pradesh, North Eastern Region and Karnataka?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF COOPERATION सहकारता मंी (SHRI AMIT SHAH)

- (a) to (c) Yes Sir. National Cooperative Development Corporation Act, 1962 provides for planning  and  promoting  programmes  for  the  production,  processing,  marketing, storage,  export  and  import  of  agricultural produce,  foodstuffs, industrial  goods, livestock,  certain  other  commodities  and  services  on  co-operative  principles  and  for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

NCDC activities also assist farmers who are members of cooperatives. NCDC assists cooperatives only.

NCDC has  extended  cumulative  financial  assistance  to  cooperatives  to  the  tune  of Rs.1.86  lakh  crore  as  on  30.06.2021.Out  of  this,  Rs.1.31  lakh  crore  has  been disbursed in the last seven years (since 2014-15) signifying 286% increase compared to the period, 1963-2014.

Finance schemes of NCDC cover activities such as agro-processing, horti-processing, credit, inputs, computerization, storage, cold chain, textile, handloom, sugar, ethanol, dairy, fisheries, livestock, piggery, poultry, scheduled caste & scheduled tribes, women cooperatives, animal care/health etc.

Under its SAHAKAR-22 initiatives, NCDC has in the last two years, has reached out to over 10000 primary level cooperative societies.

To encourage youth towards cooperatives, NCDC has launched its YUVA SAHAKARCooperative Enterprise Support and Innovation Scheme which aims at enabling StartUps in cooperative sector different types of business activities.

Under its SAHAKAR MITRA scheme, NCDC offers internship opportunities to students get experience in areas offunctioning of NCDC and related aspects of cooperatives.

Government  of  India  schemes  such  as  the  Formation  and  Promotion  of  10,000 Farmers  Producer  Organizations  (FPO)  provide  for  registration  and  support  of  new cooperatives  as  FPOs.  NCDC  is  one  of  the  implementing  agencies  promoting  such FPOs.

The Formation and Promotion of Fish Farmers Producer Organizations (FFPO) under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) provides for registration and support  of  new  cooperatives  as  FFPOs,  NCDC  being  an  implementing  agency  for promoting such FFPOs.

- (d) The  'Central  Sector  Integrated  Scheme  on  Agricultural  Cooperation  (CSISAC)'  is  a Central  Sector  Scheme  for  Assistance  to  NCDC  programmes  for  development  of cooperatives. NCDC operates the scheme where loan is extended by NCDC from its own resources and subsidy provided by the Government of India. Subsidy disbursed under the CSISAC scheme in States /UTs including Uttar Pradesh, East Region and Karnataka in the last three years is at Annexure-I.
- (e) Details of subsidy allocated/sanctioned under the scheme for the last three years and current year is at Annexure-II
- (f) To strengthening cooperative education and training, national level body is organizing, directing,  monitoring  and  evaluating  arrangements  for  cooperative  training  for  the personnel  working  in  the  cooperative  sector  as  well  as  other  stakeholders  in  the cooperative sector. They organize need based training programs for cooperatives and to  facilitate  the  process  of  human  resource  development.  These  activities  are conducted through 20 institutions  across the  country at  national  level,  regional  level and state level.

## Subsidy disbursed under the CSISAC scheme to State/UT wise in the last three years Rs. In crore

|   Sl. No. | Name of the state   |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 (upto 31.07.2021) |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|
|         1 | A & N ISLANDS       |      0    |      0.7  |      0    |                        0    |
|         2 | ANDHRA PRADESH      |      4.34 |      5.31 |     28.93 |                        0    |
|         3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   |      1.14 |      1.69 |      1.44 |                        0    |
|         4 | ASSAM               |      2.92 |      3.98 |      1.55 |                        0    |
|         5 | BIHAR               |     15.29 |      9.13 |     22.32 |                        0    |
|         6 | CHATTISGARH         |      0.04 |      0.35 |      0    |                        0    |
|         7 | DELHI               |      0    |      0    |      0    |                        0    |
|         8 | GOA                 |      0    |      0.02 |      0.04 |                        0    |
|         9 | GUJARAT             |     21.64 |     10.03 |      5.85 |                        0.02 |
|        10 | HARYANA             |      0.12 |      0.16 |      0.09 |                        0    |
|        11 | HIMACHAL PRADESH    |     17.39 |      2.42 |      6.45 |                        0    |
|        12 | JAMMU & KASHMIR     |      0    |      0    |      0    |                        0    |
|        13 | JHARKHAND           |      0.83 |      4.83 |      0.7  |                        0    |
|        14 | KARNATAKA           |      0.71 |      2.52 |      0.34 |                        0    |
|        15 | KERALA              |      1.76 |      3.99 |      7.98 |                        0    |
|        16 | MADHYA PRADESH      |      8.76 |      5.21 |      6.3  |                        0    |
|        17 | MAHARASHTRA         |      1.1  |     10.37 |     55.29 |                        0.03 |
|        18 | MANIPUR             |      0    |      0    |      0    |                        0    |
|        19 | MEGHALAYA           |     13.47 |      0    |     13.46 |                        0    |
|        20 | MIZORAM             |      0    |      0    |      0.61 |                        0.23 |
|        21 | NAGALAND            |      3.99 |      3.88 |      1.79 |                        0    |
|        22 | NATIONAL FEDN./MSCS |      0    |      1.06 |      0    |                        0    |

| 23   | ODISHA        |   0.32 |   0.37 |   0.16 |   0.00 |
|------|---------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 24   | OTHERS        |   0.2  |   1.07 |   0.27 |   0    |
| 25   | PUNJAB        |   4.11 |   0    |   0    |   0    |
| 26   | RAJASTHAN     |   6.47 |   8.03 |  25.72 |   0    |
| 27   | SIKKIM        |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
| 28   | TAMIL NADU    |   0    |   3.01 |   4.6  |   0.36 |
| 29   | TELANGANA     |  11.48 |  15.13 |  54.77 |   0    |
| 30   | TRIPURA       |   0    |   0    |   2.01 |   0    |
| 31   | UTTAR PRADESH |   2.37 |   4.4  |   8.8  |   0.52 |
| 32   | UTTARAKHAND   |   0.83 |   8.03 |  17.12 |   0    |
| 33   | WEST BENGAL   |   6.32 |  12.43 |  36.83 |   0    |
|      | All India     | 125.59 | 118.13 | 303.42 |   1.16 |

## Annexure - II Details of subsidy allocated/sanctioned under CSISAC scheme in last three years and current year

## Rs.  In crore

| YEAR    |   SUBSIDY ALLOCATED / SANCTIONED |
|---------|----------------------------------|
| 2018-19 |                           125.6  |
| 2019-20 |                           118.13 |
| 2020-21 |                           311.39 |
| 2021-22 |                           313.08 |

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