Lok Sabha Question No. 529 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-06
Subject: Cooperative Societies in Agriculture Sector
Ministry: COOPERATION
Asked by: Manoj Kumar Tiwari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 529 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06/02/2024

## Cooperative Societies in Agriculture Sector

## 529. SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

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

(a)    the  number  of  cooperative  societies  operational  in  the  agricultural  sector  across  the country, State/UT-wise;

(b)  the total procurement of fruits and vegetables by cooperative societies directly from the farmers, State/UT-wise;

(c)    whether  the  Government  proposes  to  formulate  a  policy  for  the  agriculture  based cooperative societies;

- (d)  if so, the details thereof; and

(e)  the time by which the final decision in this regard is likely to be taken?

## ANSWER

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

(a): A comprehensive National Cooperative Database (NCD) has been developed by Ministry of Cooperation, Government of India, with the support of State Governments. The data of all the  Cooperative  Societies  from  various  sectors,  including  PACS,  has  been  entered  in  the database  by  nodal  officers  appointed  by  the  States  /UTs  for  this  purpose.  As  per  data available  on  NCD,  the  details  of  number  of  cooperative  societies  operational  in  the agricultural sector across the country, State/UT-wise is placed at Annexure 'A'.

(b): The information related to procurement of fruits and vegetables received from Ministry of  Consumer  Affairs,  Food  &  Public  Distribution  and  National  Agricultural  Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED) are placed at Annexures 'B' and 'C' respectively.

(c) to (e): A 49-member National Level Committee was constituted under the chairmanship of Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, consisting of experts of the cooperative sector, representatives  from  National/State/District/Primary  level  cooperative  societies,  Secretaries (Cooperation) and RCSs from States/UTs, officers from Central Ministries /Departments to formulate the New  National  Cooperation  Policy.  In  this regard, the National Level Committee  held  17  meetings  and  4  regional  workshops  throughout  the  country  to  elicit suggestions/recommendations.    Draft  report  on  the  New  National  Cooperation  Policy, prepared by the expert committee has been received and the same is being considered.

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The  number  of  cooperative  societies  operational  in  the  agricultural  sector  across  the country, State/UT-wise.

|   Sr.No | State/UT Name                                | Agriculture& Allied Cooperative Societies (Non- Credit)   |   Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (PACS) |
|---------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|       1 | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS                  | 11                                                        |                                            45 |
|       2 | ANDHRA PRADESH                               | 515                                                       |                                          2002 |
|       3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                            | 129                                                       |                                            10 |
|       4 | ASSAM                                        | 469                                                       |                                           770 |
|       5 | BIHAR                                        | 576                                                       |                                          8307 |
|       6 | CHANDIGARH                                   | 1                                                         |                                             4 |
|       7 | CHHATTISGARH                                 | 65                                                        |                                          1563 |
|       8 | DELHI                                        | 6                                                         |                                             0 |
|       9 | GOA                                          | 72                                                        |                                            76 |
|      10 | GUJARAT                                      | 6831                                                      |                                          9630 |
|      11 | HARYANA                                      | 273                                                       |                                           778 |
|      12 | HIMACHAL PRADESH                             | 66                                                        |                                          2085 |
|      13 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                            | 442                                                       |                                           438 |
|      14 | JHARKHAND                                    | 313                                                       |                                          2391 |
|      15 | KARNATAKA                                    | 517                                                       |                                          5883 |
|      16 | KERALA                                       | --                                                        |                                          1594 |
|      17 | LADAKH                                       | 2                                                         |                                           113 |
|      18 | LAKSHADWEEP                                  | 1                                                         |                                             0 |
|      19 | MADHYA PRADESH                               | 1619                                                      |                                          4073 |
|      20 | MAHARASHTRA                                  | 4898                                                      |                                         20844 |
|      21 | MANIPUR                                      | 253                                                       |                                           148 |
|      22 | MEGHALAYA                                    | 137                                                       |                                           506 |
|      23 | MIZORAM                                      | 167                                                       |                                            65 |
|      24 | NAGALAND                                     | 796                                                       |                                           800 |
|      25 | ODISHA                                       | 93                                                        |                                          2854 |
|      26 | PUDUCHERRY                                   | 4                                                         |                                            50 |
|      27 | PUNJAB                                       | 208                                                       |                                          3504 |
|      28 | RAJASTHAN                                    | 310                                                       |                                          6143 |
|      29 | SIKKIM                                       | 24                                                        |                                           170 |
|      30 | TAMIL NADU                                   | 150                                                       |                                          4466 |
|      31 | TELANGANA                                    | 563                                                       |                                           889 |
|      32 | THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU | 13                                                        |                                             9 |
|      33 | TRIPURA                                      | 129                                                       |                                           214 |
|      34 | UTTAR PRADESH                                | 738                                                       |                                          6722 |
|      35 | UTTARAKHAND                                  | 189                                                       |                                           669 |
|      36 | WEST BENGAL                                  | 58                                                        |                                          4701 |

## Information received from Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

## (A) Procurement of Tomato under Price Stabilization Fund

To  control  the  increase  in  the  prices  of  tomato  during  July  and  August,  2023,  the government undertakes  the  procurement and simultaneous disposal of  tomato  under Price Stabilisation Fund. National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED) and National  Cooperative  Consumers  Federation  (NCCF)  procured  tomato  from  mandis  in Andhra  Pradesh,  Karnataka  and  Maharashtra  and  dispose  of  them  in  major  cities  where retail prices have recorded the maximum increase in the last one month. A total of 1603.42 MT of tomato had been procured by NCCF and NAFED and continuous disposal in major consumption centres of Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, UP and Bihar.

## (B) Procurement of Onion under Price Stabilization Fund

Buffer stock of onion is maintained under the Price Stabilisation by procuring onions from farmers/  Farmer  Producer  Organizations  through  two  Farmers'  Cooperative  Agencies namely,  NAFED  and  NCCF  for  subsequent  release  in  a  calibrated  manner  to  moderate prices. The procurement target of onion under Price Stabilisation in 2023-24 is approved at 7.00 LMT as against 2.5 LMT in 2022-23. Till date a total of 6.30 LMT of onion has been procured by NAFED and NCCF.

## Information  received  from  National  Agricultural  Cooperative  Marketing  Federation (NAFED)

The details of State -wise procurement of Fruits and Vegetables by NAFED during 2022-23 are given below:

| Year    | Name of Fruit / Vegetable   | State          |   Quantity Procured (in MT) |   Cost (in Rs.) |
|---------|-----------------------------|----------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|
| 2022-23 | PSF Rabi Onion              | Maharashtra    |                   238196    |     3.51237e+09 |
| 2022-23 |                             | Gujrat         |                     7476.47 |     1.01384e+08 |
| 2022-23 |                             | Madhya Pradesh |                     5383.54 |     7.4746e+07  |
| 2022-23 | PSF Kharif Onion            | Maharashtra    |                    16602.3  |     1.58495e+08 |
| 2022-23 |                             | Gujrat         |                     1259.46 |     1.03266e+07 |