Lok Sabha Question No. 2866 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-18
Subject: Cooperative Societies and Cooperative Banks
Ministry: COOPERATION
Asked by: Shri Rajeev Rai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2866 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 th  MARCH, 2025

## Cooperative Societies and Cooperative Banks

## 2866.   Shri Rajeev Rai:

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

- (a) the details of the number of cooperative societies and cooperative banks in the country, Statewise;
- (b) the details of the amount allocated by the newly created Ministry for the development of cooperative societies and cooperative banks in the country, year-wise and state-wise;
- (c) the  state-wise  details  of  the  cooperative  societies  and  banks  which  do  not  maintain computerized accounts yet,
- (d) whether  there  are  such  cooperative  banks  in  the  country  which  are  run  directly  by cooperative societies without the protection of any nationalized bank; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof, state-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) As  per  National  Cooperative  Database  (NCD),  the  total  number  of  cooperative societies, state-wise, as of 01-03-2025, is attached as Annexure-1 . The state-wise number of State cooperative Banks, District Central Cooperative Banks (DCCB) and Urban Cooperative Banks (UCB) is attached as Annexure-2 .

(b)      The  details  of  funds  allocated  by  the  Government  for  Computerization  of  Primary Agricultural Cooperative Credit Societies during last three years are at Annexure 3 and details of financial assistance disbursed by National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) for the development of cooperatives societies including cooperative banks during the last three years are given at Annexure 4.

(c) All the cooperative banks under the supervision of NABARD have been digitized and are functional on Core Banking Solution (CBS) platform.

(d) & (e) Cooperative banks are inherently cooperative societies which are registered under the Cooperative  Societies  Act  of  the  State  concerned  or  under  the  Multi-State  Cooperative Societies Act, 2002 (amended in 2023). When cooperative societies carry on the business of banking,  they  come  under  the  regulatory  purview  of  RBI  and  they  are  licensed  under  the provisions of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (as applicable to cooperative societies).

Annexure-1 State wise number of cooperative societies

| S.No   | State                     |   Number of Societies |
|--------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1      | ANDAMANANDNICOBAR ISLANDS |                  2231 |
| 2      | ANDHRA PRADESH            |                 17884 |
| 3      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH         |                  1302 |
| 4      | ASSAM                     |                 11325 |
| 5      | BIHAR                     |                 26324 |
| 6      | CHANDIGARH                |                   476 |
| 7      | CHHATTISGARH              |                 10980 |
| 8      | DELHI                     |                  5944 |
| 9      | GOA                       |                  5499 |
| 10     | GUJARAT                   |                 83748 |
| 11     | HARYANA                   |                 33300 |
| 12     | HIMACHAL PRADESH          |                  5439 |
| 13     | JAMMU AND KASHMIR         |                 10124 |
| 14     | JHARKHAND                 |                 11683 |
| 15     | KARNATAKA                 |                 45292 |
| 16     | KERALA                    |                 18209 |
| 17     | LADAKH                    |                   273 |
| 18     | LAKSHADWEEP               |                    43 |
| 19     | MADHYAPRADESH             |                 53740 |
| 20     | MAHARASHTRA               |                222864 |
| 21     | MANIPUR                   |                 11458 |
| 22     | MEGHALAYA                 |                  3152 |
| 23     | MIZORAM                   |                  1320 |
| 24     | NAGALAND                  |                  8017 |
| 25     | ODISHA                    |                  7598 |
| 26     | PUDUCHERRY                |                   461 |
| 27     | PUNJAB                    |                 19237 |
| 28     | RAJASTHAN                 |                 41095 |
| 29     | SIKKIM                    |                  3797 |
| 30     | TAMIL NADU                |                 22793 |
| 31     | TELANGANA                 |                 60517 |
| 32     | DAMANANDDIU               |                   566 |
| 33     | TRIPURA                   |                  3213 |
| 34     | UTTAR PRADESH             |                 44933 |
| 35     | UTTARAKHAND               |                  5572 |
| 36     | WEST BENGAL               |                 31779 |
|        | Total                     |                832188 |

Source: NCD portal as of 01-03-2025

Annexure-2

## State wise number of State cooperative Banks, District Central Cooperative Banks (DCCB) and Urban Cooperative Banks (UCB)

| S.No   | State                                      |   State Cooperative Banks |   District Central Cooperative Banks (DCCB ) | Urban Cooperative Banks (UCB)   |
|--------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1      | ANDAMANAND NICOBAR ISLANDS                 |                         1 |                                            0 |                                 |
| 2      | ANDHRA PRADESH                             |                         1 |                                           13 | 39                              |
| 3      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                          |                         1 |                                            0 |                                 |
| 4      | ASSAM                                      |                         1 |                                            0 | 7                               |
| 5      | BIHAR                                      |                         1 |                                           23 | 2                               |
| 6      | CHANDIGARH                                 |                         1 |                                            0 | 2                               |
| 7      | CHHATTISGARH                               |                         1 |                                            6 | 12                              |
| 8      | DELHI                                      |                         1 |                                            0 | 17                              |
| 9      | GOA                                        |                         1 |                                            0 | 5                               |
| 10     | GUJARAT                                    |                         1 |                                           18 | 212                             |
| 11     | HARYANA                                    |                         1 |                                           19 | 7                               |
| 12     | HIMACHAL PRADESH                           |                         1 |                                            2 | 5                               |
| 13     | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                          |                         1 |                                            3 | 4                               |
| 14     | JHARKHAND                                  |                         1 |                                            1 | 2                               |
| 15     | KARNATAKA                                  |                         1 |                                           20 | 279                             |
| 16     | KERALA                                     |                         1 |                                            0 | 39                              |
| 17     | LADAKH                                     |                         0 |                                            0 |                                 |
| 18     | LAKSHADWEEP                                |                         0 |                                            0 |                                 |
| 19     | MADHYAPRADESH                              |                         1 |                                           38 | 38                              |
| 20     | MAHARASHTRA                                |                         1 |                                           31 | 448                             |
| 21     | MANIPUR                                    |                         1 |                                            0 |                                 |
| 22     | MEGHALAYA                                  |                         1 |                                            0 | 3                               |
| 23     | MIZORAM                                    |                         1 |                                            0 |                                 |
| 24     | NAGALAND                                   |                         1 |                                            0 |                                 |
| 25     | ODISHA                                     |                         1 |                                           17 | 10                              |
| 26     | PUDUCHERRY                                 |                         1 |                                            0 | 1                               |
| 27     | PUNJAB                                     |                         1 |                                           20 | 9                               |
| 28     | RAJASTHAN                                  |                         1 |                                           29 | 38                              |
| 29     | SIKKIM                                     |                         1 |                                            0 | 1                               |
| 30     | TAMIL NADU                                 |                         1 |                                           24 | 101                             |
| 31     | TELANGANA                                  |                         1 |                                            9 | 70                              |
| 32     | THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMANANDDIU |                         1 |                                            0 |                                 |
| 33     | TRIPURA                                    |                         1 |                                            0 |                                 |
| 34     | UTTAR PRADESH                              |                         1 |                                           50 | 55                              |
| 35     | UTTARAKHAND                                |                         1 |                                           10 | 6                               |
| 36     | WEST BENGAL                                |                         1 |                                            5 | 42                              |
|        | Total                                      |                        32 |                                          338 | 1454                            |

Source: NCD portal as of 01-03-2025

## Funds allocated for PACS Computerisation

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

| States/UTs        |   BE allocated for FY 2022-23 |   BE allocated for FY 2023-24 |   BE allocated for FY 2024-25 |
|-------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Maharashtra       |                         87.95 |                        134.58 |                         27.81 |
| Rajasthan         |                         23.78 |                         78.06 |                         52.42 |
| Gujarat           |                          0    |                        106.7  |                         44.37 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |                         11.28 |                         43.87 |                         50.88 |
| Karnataka         |                         40.25 |                         61.58 |                         21.17 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                         33.23 |                         50.85 |                          0    |
| Tamil Nadu        |                         33.2  |                         49.84 |                         24.95 |
| Bihar             |                         32.95 |                         50.41 |                         29.32 |
| West Bengal       |                         30.54 |                         46.73 |                         40.49 |
| Punjab            |                         25.52 |                         39.05 |                         13.32 |
| Andhra Pradesh    |                         14.93 |                         22.84 |                         18.12 |
| Chhattisgarh      |                         14.86 |                         22.75 |                         20.41 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |                          9.56 |                         14.64 |                          6.18 |
| Jharkhand         |                         10.99 |                         16.83 |                         15.1  |
| Haryana           |                          4.85 |                          8.33 |                          3    |
| Uttarakhand       |                          0    |                          0    |                          7.03 |
| Assam             |                          6.41 |                          9.81 |                          6.6  |
| J&K               |                          5.25 |                          8.03 |                          3.71 |
| Tripura           |                          2.95 |                          4.5  |                          3.03 |
| Manipur           |                          2.55 |                          3.9  |                          3.86 |
| Nagaland          |                          0.36 |                          0.56 |                          3.2  |
| Meghalaya         |                          1.23 |                          1.13 |                          1.97 |
| Sikkim            |                          1.18 |                          1.8  |                          0.79 |
| Goa               |                          0.32 |                          0.5  |                          0.44 |
| ANI               |                          0    |                          1.33 |                          0.84 |
| Puducherry        |                          0.44 |                          0.67 |                          0.29 |
| Mizoram           |                          0.27 |                          0.43 |                          0.44 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                          0.15 |                          0.24 |                          0.09 |
| Ladakh            |                          0    |                          0.31 |                          0.04 |
| DNH&DD            |                          0    |                          0    |                          0.12 |

## Annexure 3

## Funds disbursed by NCDC for cooperative societies and banks

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

| S.No.   | Name of the State   | FY 2022-23   | FY 2023-24   |   FY 2024-25* |
|---------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
| 1       | A&N                 | 0            | 1.69         |          0.56 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh      | 9734.7       | 13,280.13    |      14732.7  |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh   | 0.38         | -            |          0.16 |
| 4       | Assam               | 17.48        | 0.89         |          1.86 |
| 5       | Bihar               | 4053.75      | 815.83       |          6.31 |
| 6       | Chandigarh          | 0.03         | -            |          0    |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh        | 8502.24      | 18,991.35    |      28081    |
| 8       | Daman &Diu          | 0            | 0.11         |          0.03 |
| 9       | Goa                 | 0            | -            |          0.03 |
| 10      | Gujarat             | 370.8        | 586.99       |        297.89 |
| 11      | Haryana             | 6655.24      | 9,887.36     |      12380.5  |
| 12      | Himachal Pradesh    | 12.91        | 1.85         |          4.12 |
| 13      | J&K                 | 0.58         | 0.71         |          0.8  |
| 14      | Jharkhand           | 4.63         | 2.54         |         28.34 |
| 15      | Karnataka           | 112.54       | 261.35       |        432.13 |
| 16      | Kerala              | 704.74       | 275.89       |        736.78 |
| 17      | Lakshadweep         |              |              |          0.06 |
| 18      | Madhya Pradesh      | 284.4        | 322.86       |        290.07 |
| 19      | Maharashtra         | 751.16       | 2,101.42     |       3278.36 |
| 20      | Manipur             | 30.38        | 6.60         |          0.39 |
| 21      | Meghalaya           | 0.14         | 0.22         |          0.12 |
| 22      | Mizoram             | 4.23         | 3.24         |          1.16 |
| 23      | Nagaland            | 1.2          | 0.67         |          0.52 |
| 24      | Odisha              | 1.61         | 3.24         |          3.47 |
| 25      | Punjab              | 0.42         | 1,650.44     |       2000.22 |
| 26      | Puducherry          | 0.06         | -            |          0.11 |
| 27      | Rajasthan           | 4.91         | 66.09        |         67.33 |
| 28      | Sikkim              | 0.14         | 0.22         |          0.05 |
| 29      | Tamil Nadu          | 30.49        | 4.28         |         19.29 |
| 30      | Telangana           | 9304.97      | 12,174.11    |      20982.4  |
| 31      | Tripura             | 12.35        | 1.55         |          1.27 |
| 32      | Uttar Pradesh       | 350.24       | 13.04        |        207.58 |
| 33      | Uttarakhand         | 10.5         | 149.13       |          4.56 |
| 34      | West Bengal         | 63.36        | 4.96         |          2.94 |
| 35      | Delhi + Others**    | 10.82        | 9.71         |       1016.55 |
|         | Total               | 41,031.40    | 60,618.47    |      84579.6  |

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