Lok Sabha Question No. 2659 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-05
Subject: Share of Cooperatives in National Economy
Ministry: COOPERATION
Asked by: Shri Mukeshkumar Chandrakaant Dalal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 2659 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05 th  AUGUST, 2025

## Share of Cooperatives in National Economy

## 2659. Mr. Mukeshkumar Chandrakant Dalal:

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

- (a)  the  details  of  the  estimated  percentage  share  of  cooperatives  in  various  sectors  in  the national economy for the last five years;
- (b)  whether  the  tracking  of  fund  releases  and  utilisation  through  the  Public  Financial Management System (PFMS) system has significantly improved transparency and accountability in the implementation of Government schemes, if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  mandatory  registration  of  all  implementing  agencies  on  PFMS  facilitates seamless direct transfer of funds and real-time monitoring of expenditures, if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  the  details  of  the  cooperative  sector's  contribution  in  helping  to  strengthen  India's agricultural, fertilizer and dairy industries; and
- (e)  whether  the  reported  data  on  cooperative  sector  contributions  in  areas  like  agricultural credit, sugar production and wheat procurement reflect positive trends in these areas and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a), (d) & (e): At present, no separate database is maintained for assessing the contribution of cooperative  sector  in  national  and  state  level  Gross  Domestic  Product  (GDP).  Therefore, information  on  contribution  of  cooperatives  sector  in  percentage  of  GDP  is  not  available. However, as per the Statistical Profile-2018 on Indian Cooperative Movement published by National  Cooperative  Union  of  India  (NCUI)  in  2018,  the  estimated  percentage  share  of Cooperatives in various Sectors in National Economy are as follows:

## PERCENTAGE SHARE OF COOPERATIVES IN NATIONAL ECONOMY

| Cooperative Sector                                                                                        |   Percentage (%) |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
| Total Agricultural Credit Disbursed by Cooperatives (2016-2017)                                           |            13.4  |
| Short Term Agricultural Credit Disbursed by Cooperatives to Small and Marginal Farmers                    |            19.13 |
| Kisan Credit Cards Issued by Cooperatives Banks + Regional Rural Bank (as at end- March 2017)             |            67.3  |
| Kisan Credit Cards Issued by Cooperatives (as at end - March, 2017)                                       |            50.2  |
| Fertiliser Distributed (2016-2017) Estimated                                                              |            35    |
| Fertiliser Production Capacity (5.35 Million Tonnes for the year 2016- 2017)                              |            24.92 |
| Fertiliser Production (51.62 Million Tonnes for the year 2016-17)                                         |            28.8  |
| Capacity of Fertiliser Products (10.77 Million Tonnes for the year 2016-2017)                             |            20.32 |
| Installed Capacity of Fertiliser Manufacturing Units (3.638 Million Tonnes, N Nutrient, As on 31.03.2017) |            25.6  |
| Installed Capacity of Fertiliser Manufacturing Units (1.713 Million Tonnes, P Nutrient, As on 31.03.2017) |            23.53 |
| Installed Number of Sugar Factories (284 as on 31.3.2017)                                                 |            38.63 |
| Sugar Produced (5.654 Million Tonnes as on 31.3.2017)                                                     |            30.6  |
| Capacity Utilisation of Sugar Mills (As on 31.3.2017)                                                     |            46.14 |
| Liquid Milk Marketed out of total Milk Procured by Cooperatives                                           |            84.17 |
| Milk procurement to total production (2016-17)                                                            |             9.5  |
| Milk procurement to marketable surplus (2016-17)                                                          |            17.5  |
| PACS having Storage facility (at village level) (2016-17)                                                 |            55.5  |
| Total Storage Capacity of Cooperative Sector (2016-17) 22.77 Million MT                                   |            14.79 |
| Fishermen in Cooperatives (active)                                                                        |            20.05 |
| Wheat Procurement (4.4 Million Tonnes during 2017-18)                                                     |            13.3  |
| Paddy Procurement (7.5 Million Tonnes during 2016-17)                                                     |            20.4  |
| Retail Fair Price Shops (Rural + Urban)                                                                   |            20.3  |
| Spindleadge in Cooperatives (3.56 Million - As on 31.3.2018)                                              |            29.34 |
| Direct Employment Generated by Cooperatives                                                               |            13.3  |
| Self-employment Generated for persons                                                                     |            10.91 |

(b): Yes, PFMS is a web-based financial management application developed and implemented by  the  Controller  General  of  Accounts  (CGA),  Department  of  Expenditure,  Ministry  of Finance,  Government  of  India.  PFMS  is  a  Centralized  Transaction  System  &  Platform, providing end to end financial management services to all stakeholders. PFMS was started with the objective of tracking funds released under all Plan schemes of Government of India, and real time reporting of expenditure at all levels of Programme implementation. SNA/CNA/TSA/SNA-SPARSH are the various fund flow and real time monitoring of releases mechanisms of PFMS.

(c): Yes, as per DoE OM No. 48(06)/PF-II/2016 dt. 12.09.2017 registration of all the Central Sector Schemes and all of their implementing agencies at all levels of PFMS is mandatory and use  of  EAT  module  by  all  these  implementing  agencies.  The  PFMS/EAT  module  ensures complete tracking of funds up to last mile and also ensure Just in Time release of funds.

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