Lok Sabha Question No. 3881 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-21
Subject: Irregularities by Multi-State Cooperative Organisations
Ministry: COOPERATION
Asked by: Dilip Ghosh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  3881 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST  DECEMBER, 2021

## IRREGULARITIES BY MULTI-STATE COOPERATIVE ORGANISATIONS

3881.  SHRI DILIP GHOSH:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  about  the  increasing  illegal  and  irregular activities of the Cooperative Societies' in the country, particularly in the State of West Bengal during the year 2012-2020, if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  take  stringent  action  against  such Multi-State Cooperative Organizations including any corrective steps taken/being taken by the Government to curb the same, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)  whether the Government has established any mechanism to provide relief to the investors of such Societies and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF COOPERATION सहकारता मंी (SHRI AMIT SHAH)

(a) to (c): Complaints have been received for non - repayment of funds against some of the  multi-State  cooperative  societies,  including  those  in  the  State  of  West  Bengal.  In case of delinquent societies, action for winding up is taken under section 86 of the Multi State  Cooperative  Societies  (MSCS)  Act,  2002.  State-wise  list  of  such  societies  is placed at Annexure - I.

## Annexure -I

## List of multi-State cooperative societies against which winding up proceedings under Section 86 of the MSCS Act, 2002 has been initiated

|   Sl. No. | Name of the society                                                                         | State          |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
|         1 | Jatropha Growers & Bio-Fuel Development Cooperative Ltd., Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh         | Andhra Pradesh |
|         2 | The Regional Resource Development Cooperative Society Ltd., Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh      | Andhra Pradesh |
|         3 | South Indian Fisherman Coop. Society Ltd., Vishakapatnam, A.P.                              | Andhra Pradesh |
|         4 | Grahak Bazar Cooperative Society Ltd., Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh                            | Andhra Pradesh |
|         5 | Tourism Development Coop. India Ltd., Jangpura, New Delhi                                   | Delhi          |
|         6 | Jyoti Credit & Savings Swablambi Sahakari Samiti Ltd., Mathura Road, New Delhi              | Delhi          |
|         7 | Skylark Multi-State Cooperative Group Housing Society Ltd., Paschim Vihar, New Delhi        | Delhi          |
|         8 | Crown Credit Coopertaive Society Ltd., Dwarka, Delhi                                        | Delhi          |
|         9 | Success Valley Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Shakarpur, Delhi                            | Delhi          |
|        10 | Cooperative Store Ltd., Super Bazar, New Delhi                                              | Delhi          |
|        11 | HBN Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Pashim Vihar, New Delhi                                | Delhi          |
|        12 | Lokhit Bharti Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Shivaji Marg, New Delhi                      | Delhi          |
|        13 | Aadi Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., New Delhi                                             | Delhi          |
|        14 | Eye Vision India Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., New Delhi                                 | Delhi          |
|        15 | Petrofils Cooperative Ltd. Vadodara, Gujarat                                                | Gujarat        |
|        16 | Adarsh Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Ahmedabad, Gujarat                                  | Gujarat        |
|        17 | Rainbow Multi State Credit Cooperative Society ltd., Dhanbad, Jharkhand                     | Jharkhand      |
|        18 | The Pfizer Employees Co-operative Credit Society Limited, Mumbai, Maharashtra               | Maharashtra    |
|        19 | Bhandara Laxmi Multi State Credit Co-operative Society Limited, Bhandara, Maharashtra       | Maharashtra    |
|        20 | Daulat Shetkari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd., Kolhapur, Maharashtra                                 | Maharashtra    |
|        21 | Shri Mahalaxmi Multi State Coop. Credit Society Ltd., Mumbai, Maharashtra                   | Maharashtra    |
|        22 | Shree Dhokeshwar Multi State Urban Cooperative Credit Society Ltd., Ahmednagar, Maharashtra | Maharashtra    |
|        23 | Shubh Kalyan Multi State Cooperative Credit Society Ltd., Osmanabad, Maharashtra            | Maharashtra    |

|   24. | Kolpe-Patil Multi State Cooperative Credit Society Ltd., Pune, Maharashtra                    | Maharashtra   |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|    25 | S.P. Global Multipurpose Cooperative Society ltd., Pune, Maharashtra                          | Maharashtra   |
|    26 | Shrinath Multi State Urban Cooperative Credit Society Ltd., Ahmednagar, Maharashtra           | Maharashtra   |
|    27 | Aditya Aarthik Niyojan Multi State Cooperative Credit Society Ltd., Pune, Maharashtra         | Maharashtra   |
|    28 | Samruddha Jeevan Multi State Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society ltd., Pune, Maharashtra        | Maharashtra   |
|    29 | Bhaichand Hirachand Raisoni Multi State Cooperative Credit Society Ltd., Jalgaon, Maharashtra | Maharashtra   |
|    30 | Artha tatwa Multi State Credit Coop. Society Ltd., Bhubaneswar, Odisha                        | Odisha        |
|    31 | Swastik India Multi State Credit Cooperative Society ltd., Bhubaneswar, Odisha                | Odisha        |
|    32 | Mideast Multi State Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Bhubaneswar, Odisha                      | Odisha        |
|    33 | Utkal Multi State Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Bhubaneshwar, Odisha                       | Odisha        |
|    34 | Sai Kishore Multi State Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Bhubaneswar, Odisha                  | Odisha        |
|    35 | Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Multi-State Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Bhubaneswar, Odisha        | Odisha        |
|    36 | SLB Multistate Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Bhubaneshwar, Odisha                          | Odisha        |
|    37 | Vista Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Bhubaneshwar, Odisha                                   | Odisha        |
|    38 | Sunray Multi State Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society Ltd., Balasore, Odisha                   | Odisha        |
|    39 | Micro Finance Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Bhubaneswar, Odisha                            | Odisha        |
|    40 | Green India Multi State Members Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Ganjam, Odisha               | Odisha        |
|    41 | Lakshya Multipurpose Cooperative Society ltd., Bathinda, Punjab                               | Punjab        |
|    42 | Bhavishya Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Udaipur, Rajasthan                                 | Rajasthan     |
|    43 | Apeshwar Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Sirohi, Rajasthan                                   | Rajasthan     |
|    44 | ARGOSY Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Sirohi, Rajasthan                                     | Rajasthan     |
|    45 | Shri Khoteshwar Urban Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Sirohi, Rajasthan                      | Rajasthan     |
|    46 | Marwar Urban Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Barmer, Rajasthan                               | Rajasthan     |
|    47 | Arbuda Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Sirohi, Rajasthan                                     | Rajasthan     |
|    48 | Power Build Home Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Jodhpur,                                    | Rajasthan     |

|    | Rajasthan                                                                                 |                    |
|----|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
| 49 | Sahyog Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Sirohi, Rajasthan                                 | Rajasthan          |
| 50 | Sundaram Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Sirohi, Rajasthan                               | Rajasthan          |
| 51 | Bharti Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Ajmer, Rajasthan                                  | Rajasthan          |
| 52 | Sanjivani Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Barmer, Rajasthan                              | Rajasthan          |
| 53 | Prompt Multi State Cooperative House Building Society Ltd., Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu        | Tamil Nadu         |
| 54 | ICICI Bank Staff Cooperative Thrift & Credit Society Ltd., Madurai, Tamil Nadu            | Tamil Nadu         |
| 55 | The Happy Future Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd., Chennai, Tamil Nadu               | Tamil Nadu         |
| 56 | Imayam Multi State Housing Co-operative Society Limited Chennai, Tamil Nadu               | Tamil Nadu         |
| 57 | Silver Finance & Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., U.T. of Chandigarh                      | U.T. of Chandigarh |
| 58 | Janlaxmi Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd., Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh                    | Uttar Pradesh      |
| 59 | Anant-Nidhi Credit Cooperative Society Limited, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh                    | Uttar Pradesh      |
| 60 | Gab Gramya Vikas Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh                  | Uttar Pradesh      |
| 61 | Uttar Bharat Urban Cooperative Bank Federation ltd., Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh               | Uttar Pradesh      |
| 62 | National Farmers' Cooperative Ltd., Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh                              | Uttar Pradesh      |
| 63 | Evergreen Agro Multi State Co-operative Society Limited, Noida, Uttar Pradesh             | Uttar Pradesh      |
| 64 | Uttar Pradesh Cooperative Construction and Development Ltd., Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh       | Uttar Pradesh      |
| 65 | Prithivi Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh                          | Uttar Pradesh      |
| 66 | Capital Credit Cooperative Multi State Society Ltd., Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh             | Uttar Pradesh      |
| 67 | Chakra MS Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Kolkata, West Bengal                           | West Bengal        |
| 68 | Misal Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd., Kolkata, West Bengal                         | West Bengal        |
| 69 | Sovereign Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd , 24 Parganas (North) Kolkata, West Bengal | West Bengal        |
| 70 | Rage Multi State Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., North 24 Parganas, West Bengal          | West Bengal        |
| 71 | Universal Multi State Credit Cooperative Society Ltd., Kolkata, West Bengal               | West Bengal        |

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