Lok Sabha Question No. 3954 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-25
Subject: Multipurpose Primary Cooperative Societies
Ministry: COOPERATION
Asked by: Dr. Ganapathy Rajkumar P

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3954 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 th  MARCH, 2025

## Multipurpose Primary Cooperative Societies

## 3954. Dr. Ganapathy Rajkumar P:

Will the Minister of Cooperation ( सहकारिता मंत्री) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has established multi purpuse primary cooperative societies in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the number of primary agricultural societies established and the activities under PACs, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF COOPERATION सहकारिता मंत्री (SHRI AMIT SHAH)

(a) to (c): The  Government  on  15.2.2023,  has  approved  the  Plan  for  strengthening cooperative movement in the country and deepening its reach up to the grassroots. The Plan entails establishment of new multipurpose Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (M-PACS), Dairy, Fishery Cooperative Societies covering all the Panchayats/ villages in the country over a period of five years, through convergence of various existing GOI schemes, including Dairy Infrastructure  Development  Fund  (DIDF),  National  Programme  for  Dairy  Development (NPDD), PM Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), etc., with the support of National Bank for Agricultural  and  Rural  Development  (NABARD),  National  Dairy  Development  Board (NDDB), National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) and State Governments.

As per National Cooperative Database, a total of 12,957 (as on 27.01.2025) new PACS, Dairy and Fishery Cooperative Societies have been registered across the country since the approval of the plan on 15.2.2023. The State-wise status is attached at Annexure-I .

In order to diversify the business activities of PACS, the Government, in consultation with all stakeholders,  including  States/  UTs,  National  Level  Federations,  State  Cooperative  Banks (StCBs), District Central Cooperative Banks (DCCBs), etc., prepared and circulated Model Bye-laws  for  PACS  to  all  the  States/  UTs,  which  enable  them  to  undertake  more  than  25 economic activities, including dairy, fishery, floriculture, setting up godowns, procurement of foodgrains, fertilizers, seeds, LPG/CNG/Petrol/Diesel distributorship, short-term & long-term credit,  custom  hiring  centers,  Common  Service  Centers  (CSCs),  Fair  Price  Shops  (FPS), community  irrigation,  Business  Correspondent  activities,  etc.  So  far,  32  States/  UTs  have adopted Model Bye-laws or their existing bye-laws are in line with Model Bye-laws.

So far, 42,080 PACS are functioning as CSC; 36,193 PACS are functioning as PMKSK and 22,311 PACS are operating FPS. State-wise details of the same are enclosed at Annexure-II .

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## Annexure-I

| Newly Registered Cooperatives      | Newly Registered Cooperatives   | Newly Registered Cooperatives   | Newly Registered Cooperatives   | Newly Registered Cooperatives   |
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| State/UT                           | PACS                            | Dairy                           | Fishery                         | Total (PACS/DCS/FCS)            |
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands        | 1                               | 1                               | 7                               | 9                               |
| Andhra Pradesh                     | 0                               | 896                             | 1                               | 897                             |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  | 12                              | 9                               | 12                              | 33                              |
| Assam                              | 59                              | 233                             | 29                              | 321                             |
| Bihar                              | 25                              | 283                             | 0                               | 308                             |
| Chhattisgarh                       | 0                               | 136                             | 195                             | 331                             |
| Goa                                | 12                              | 0                               | 0                               | 12                              |
| Gujarat                            | 291                             | 435                             | 7                               | 733                             |
| Haryana                            | 2                               | 43                              | 5                               | 50                              |
| Himachal Pradesh                   | 57                              | 350                             | 4                               | 411                             |
| Jammu And Kashmir                  | 84                              | 1005                            | 29                              | 1118                            |
| Jharkhand                          | 44                              | 131                             | 73                              | 248                             |
| Karnataka                          | 128                             | 453                             | 17                              | 598                             |
| Ladakh                             | 0                               | 3                               | 1                               | 4                               |
| Lakshadweep                        | 0                               | 0                               | 7                               | 7                               |
| Madhya Pradesh                     | 16                              | 443                             | 154                             | 613                             |
| Maharashtra                        | 148                             | 668                             | 73                              | 889                             |
| Manipur                            | 68                              | 17                              | 10                              | 95                              |
| Meghalaya                          | 193                             | 12                              | 1                               | 206                             |
| Mizoram                            | 25                              | 2                               | 2                               | 29                              |
| Nagaland                           | 12                              | 0                               | 2                               | 14                              |
| Odisha                             | 1535                            | 0                               | 0                               | 1535                            |
| Puducherry                         | 2                               | 2                               | 3                               | 7                               |
| Punjab                             | 0                               | 80                              | 0                               | 80                              |
| Rajasthan                          | 760                             | 1232                            | 3                               | 1995                            |
| Sikkim                             | 23                              | 34                              | 0                               | 57                              |
| Tamil Nadu                         | 21                              | 478                             | 21                              | 520                             |
| Telangana                          | 0                               | 15                              | 67                              | 82                              |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 4                               | 0                               | 1                               | 5                               |
| Tripura                            | 38                              | 0                               | 2                               | 40                              |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | 94                              | 1181                            | 189                             | 1464                            |
| Uttarakhand                        | 0                               | 66                              | 81                              | 147                             |
| West Bengal                        | 13                              | 86                              | 0                               | 99                              |
| Total                              | 3,667                           | 8,294                           | 996                             | 12,957                          |

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## State-wise details of PACS functioning as PMKSK, CSC and FPS

| S. NO.   | States/UTs               | PACS as PMKSKs   | PACS as CSCs   | PACS as FPS   |
|----------|--------------------------|------------------|----------------|---------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 0                | 3              | 0             |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh           | 1246             | 1866           | 70            |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh        | 0                | 8              | 23            |
| 4        | Assam                    | 0                | 620            | 402           |
| 5        | Bihar                    | 1483             | 3115           | 2774          |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh             | 2058             | 1897           | 1180          |
| 7        | DNH &DD                  | 0                | 8              | 7             |
| 8        | Goa                      | 2                | 34             | 64            |
| 9        | Gujarat                  | 3328             | 1979           | 798           |
| 10       | Haryana                  | 743              | 241            | 35            |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh         | 763              | 797            | 1948          |
| 12       | Jammu and Kashmir        | 144              | 481            | 30            |
| 13       | Jharkhand                | 363              | 1217           | 581           |
| 14       | Karnataka                | 1797             | 1273           | 2661          |
| 15       | Kerala                   | 976              | 12             | 230           |
| 16       | Ladakh                   | 0                | 7              | 0             |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh           | 4517             | 3793           | 3833          |
| 18       | Maharashtra              | 842              | 6055           | 1559          |
| 19       | Manipur                  | 39               | 77             | 1             |
| 20       | Meghalaya                | 0                | 75             | 4             |
| 21       | Mizoram                  | 0                | 14             | 0             |
| 22       | Nagaland                 | 0                | 7              | 1             |
| 23       | Odisha                   | 1636             | 628            | 77            |
| 24       | Puducherry               | 6                | 27             | 1             |
| 25       | Punjab                   | 1590             | 1770           | 103           |
| 26       | Rajasthan                | 4030             | 5096           | 1366          |
| 27       | Sikkim                   | 0                | 53             | 56            |
| 28       | Tamil Nadu               | 3183             | 4453           | 3949          |
| 29       | Telangana                | 679              | 536            | 24            |
| 30       | Tripura                  | 7                | 155            | 84            |
| 31       | Uttar Pradesh            | 6,295            | 5126           | 196           |
| 32       | Uttarakhand              | 466              | 625            | 23            |
| 33       | West Bengal              | 0                | 32             | 231           |
| TOTAL    |                          | 36,193           | 42,080         | 22,311        |

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