Lok Sabha Question No. 1879 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: Cooperative Societies in Telangana
Ministry: COOPERATION
Asked by: Kavitha Malothu, Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta, Gaddam Ranjith Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1879 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01/08/2023

## Cooperative Societies in Telangana

## 1879.  SHRIMATI KAVITHA MALOTHU: SHRI VENKATESH NETHA BORLAKUNTA: DR. G. RANJITH REDDY:

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

(a) the details of cooperative societies including Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) in Telangana;

- (b) whether  the  Government  has  decided  to  computerize  all  cooperative  societies  in  the country and has allocated Rs. 2,500 crore for this purpose;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  of  cooperative  societies  going  to  be computerized  in  Telangana  and  the time by which the project is going to be completed; and
- (d) whether there are any multi-State Cooperative societies in Telangana under liquidation and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a):  Details  of  cooperative  societies  including  Primary  Agricultural  Credit  Societies  (PACS)  in Telangana is enclosed as Annexure.

(b) & (c): 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 computerization process would be completed by FY 2024-25 with a support system for further two years.  Proposals  for  computerization  of  60,685  PACS  received  from  28  States  and  Union Territories have been sanctioned.  Software  has  been  developed  by  NABARD.  Hardware procurement,  onboarding  of  system  integrator  and  digitization  of  legacy  data  by  the  States  and Union Territories Administration are under process. However, no proposal for computerization of PACS has been received by this Ministry from the State of Telangana.

(d): Multi-State Cooperative societies under liquidation in Telangana are as follows:

1. Jatropha Growers & Bio-Fuel Development Cooperative Ltd.
2. Grahak Bazar Cooperative Society Ltd.

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## Cooperative Societies in Telangana

1. As  per  available  data,  details  of  cooperative  societies  in  the  State  of  Telangana  are  as under:
2. The number of State/ District level federations in the State of Telangana is 26.
3. The number of Multi-State Cooperative Societies having headquarters in Telangana is 13.

| Sl. No.   | Sector                                     | No. of Cooperative Societies   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1.        | Agriculture and Allied Cooperative         | 818                            |
| 2.        | Processing / Industrial Cooperative        | 230                            |
| 3.        | Bee Farming Cooperative                    | 1                              |
| 4.        | Consumer Cooperative                       | 444                            |
| 5.        | Credit &Thrift Society                     | 24,366                         |
| 6.        | Dairy Cooperative                          | 2,141                          |
| 7.        | Educational and Training Cooperatives      | 1                              |
| 8.        | Fishery Cooperative                        | 5,175                          |
| 9.        | Handicraft and Weaver Cooperative          | 192                            |
| 10.       | Handloom Textile &Weavers Cooperative      | 291                            |
| 11.       | Jute and Coir Cooperative                  | 2                              |
| 12.       | Labour Cooperative                         | 4,266                          |
| 13.       | Livestock &Poultry Cooperative             | 7,866                          |
| 14.       | Miscellaneous                              | 6,941                          |
| 15.       | Miscellaneous Credit Cooperative Society   | 152                            |
| 16.       | Multipurpose Cooperative                   | 78                             |
| 17.       | Primary Agricultural Credit Society (PACS) | 1,009                          |
| 18.       | Primary Housing Cooperative Society        | 2,633                          |
| 19.       | Primary Marketing Cooperative Society      | 680                            |
| 20.       | Sericulture Cooperative                    | 5                              |
| 21.       | Social Welfare and Cultural Cooperative    | 1,096                          |
| 22.       | Sugar Mills Cooperative                    | 2                              |
| 23.       | Tourism Cooperative                        | 1                              |
| 24.       | Transport Cooperative                      | 28                             |
| 25.       | Tribal-SC/ST Cooperative                   | 32                             |
| 26.       | Urban Cooperative Bank (UCB)               | 71                             |
| 27.       | Women Welfare Cooperative Society          | 2,238                          |
|           | Total                                      | 60,759                         |

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