Lok Sabha Question No. 4441 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-28
Subject: Functional PACS
Ministry: COOPERATION
Asked by: Nusrat Jahan Ruhi, Y. S. Avinash Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4441 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28/03/2023

## Functional PACS

## 4441.  MS. NUSSRAT JAHAN: SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY:

Will the Minister of COOPERATION ( सहकाįरता मंũी ) be pleased to state:

(a) the  number  of  Primary  Agricultural  Credit  Societies  (PACS)  that  are  functional  in  the country, State-wise;

- (b) whether all the computers of PACS are functional and upgraded from time to time; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF COOPERATION सहकाįरता मंũी (SHRI AMIT SHAH)

(a)  to  (c):  A  State-wise  list  of  functional  Primary  Agricultural  Credit  Societies  (PACS)  is annexed as Annexure .

A Centrally  sponsored  project  for  Computerization  of  63,000  functional  PACS/  Large Area Multi-purpose Cooperative Societies (LAMPS) / Farmers Service Societies (FSS) across the country with a total financial outlay of Rs. 2,516 Crore is under implementation. The project entails bringing all the functional PACS on ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) based common software,  linking  them  with  NABARD  through  State  Cooperative  Banks  (StCBs)  and  District Central Cooperative Banks (DCCBs).

Project  Monitoring  Units  (PMUs)  have  been  set  up  at  Central  and  State  Levels  for Computerization  of  PACS.  Development  of  software  has  been  started  by  the  National  Level Project  Software  Vendor  (NLPSV)  selected  by  NABARD.  The  process  of  procurement  of hardware  and  digitization  of  legacy  data  has  also  been  initiated  by  the  States  and  Union Territories  Administration  under  the  project.  A  support  system  would  be  established  for providing handholding support to the PACS for a period of two years.

Maintenance  of  the  hardware  installed  at  PACS  will  be  the  responsibility  of  the respective  PACS,  DCCBs/  StCBs  on  an  ongoing  basis  even  after  completion  of  the  project period. The central infrastructure facility and common software will be maintained and updated by NABARD periodically.

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## State-wise list of functional PACS*

The term 'functional PACS' is understood to cover those PACS that have been audited as on 31 st March, 2022

|   S.No | State/UT          | No. of functional PACS   |
|--------|-------------------|--------------------------|
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh    | 2046                     |
|      2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 14                       |
|      3 | Assam             | 775                      |
|      4 | Bihar             | 3779                     |
|      5 | Chhattisgarh      | 2028                     |
|      6 | Goa               | 44                       |
|      7 | Gujarat           | 6016                     |
|      8 | Haryana           | 646                      |
|      9 | Himachal Pradesh  | 810                      |
|     10 | Jharkhand         | 1782                     |
|     11 | Karnataka         | 5168                     |
|     12 | Kerala            | 1299                     |
|     13 | Madhya Pradesh    | 4536                     |
|     14 | Maharashtra       | 20788                    |
|     15 | Manipur           | 232                      |
|     16 | Meghalaya         | 128                      |
|     17 | Mizoram           | 30                       |
|     18 | Nagaland          | 150                      |
|     19 | Odisha            | 1239                     |
|     20 | Punjab            | 3367                     |
|     21 | Rajasthan         | 4050                     |
|     22 | Sikkim            | 178                      |
|     23 | Tamil Nadu        | 7 **                     |

| 24    | Telangana                      | 727     |
|-------|--------------------------------|---------|
| 25    | Tripura                        | 268     |
| 26    | Uttar Pradesh                  | 2330    |
| 27    | Uttarakhand                    | 8       |
| 28    | West Bengal                    | 4173    |
|       | Union Territories              |         |
| 1     | Andaman And Nicobar Islands    | 41      |
| 2     | Jammu And Kashmir              | 537     |
| 3     | Ladakh                         | 10      |
| 4     | Puducherry                     | 45      |
| 5     | Dadra &Nagar Haveli Daman &Diu | NO PACS |
| 6     | Chandigarh                     | NO PACS |
| 7     | Delhi                          | NO PACS |
| 8     | Lakshadweep                    | NO PACS |
| Total | Total                          | 67251   |