Lok Sabha Question No. 1257 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-11
Subject: Operational Cooperatives in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: COOPERATION
Asked by: Shri Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1257 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11/02/2025

## Operational Cooperatives in Andhra Pradesh

## 1257. Shri Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu:

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

- (a) the details of the total number of cooperatives functioning in Andhra Pradesh, Districtwise;
- (b) whether the Government has initiated any scheme to promote cooperative activities, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of Urban Banks under Cooperatives in Andhra Pradesh;
- (d) whether any of these Urban Banks are under consideration to be converted into Small Finance Banks (SFBs), if so,the details thereof; and
- (e) the details of the amount sanctioned by the Government for the cooperative sector in Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As  per  the  National  Cooperative  Database  (NCD),  the  total  number  of  functional cooperative  societies  in  Andhra  Pradesh,  district-wise,  as  of  Jan.  27 th 2025  is  attached  at Annexure 1.
- (b) The  Government  has  initiated  several  schemes  throughout  the  country  for  the development of cooperatives. Following are the schemes implemented by the Government:
1. Strengthening of PACS through Computerization :    In  order to strengthen PACS, project for Computerization of functional PACS with a total financial outlay of ₹2,516 Crore has been approved by the Government of India, which entails bringing all functional PACS in the  Country  onto  a  common  ERP  based  national  software,  linking  them  with  NABARD through  StCBs  and  DCCBs.  A  total  of  67,930  PACS  from  30  States/  UTs  have  been sanctioned under the project. A total of 50,455 PACS have been onboarded on ERP Software and hardware has been procured by 30 States/UTs.
2. World's  Largest  Decentralized  Grain  Storage  Plan  in  Cooperative  sector : Government  has  approved  a  plan  to  create  warehouses,  custom  hiring  centers,  primary

processing  units  and  other  agri-infrastructure  for  grain  storage  at  PACS  level,  through convergence of various GOI schemes, including AIF, AMI, SMAM, PMFME, etc. This will reduce wastage of food grains and transportation costs, enable farmers to realize better prices for their produce and meet various agricultural needs at the PACS level itself.

3. Rs.10,000  crore  loan  scheme  launched  for  strengthening  of  Sugar  Cooperative Mills :  Government has launched a scheme through NCDC for setting up ethanol plants or cogeneration plants or for working capital or for all three purposes. So far, the Ministry has released Rs. 875 crore to NCDC (Rs. 500 crore in FY 2022-23 and Rs. 375 crore in FY 202425)  under  the  scheme  and  as  of  now,  NCDC  has  sanctioned  80  loans  amounting  to Rs.9,169.76 crore to 44 CSMs.
4. Computerization  of  Agriculture  and  Rural  Development  Banks  (ARDBs) :  To strengthen the long-term cooperative credit structure, the project of computerization of 1,851 units of Agriculture and Rural Development Banks (ARDBs) spread across 13 States/ Union Territories has been approved by the Government. NABARD is the implementing agency for the project. So far, proposals from 10 States/UTs have been received and sanctioned. Further, GOI share amounting to Rs 5.08 crore has been released to 9 States/UTs in FY 2023-24 and FY 2024-25 for procurement of hardware, digitization and setting up of support system.
5. Expansion  of  National  Cooperative  Development  Corporation  (NCDC)  to increase its range and depth : NCDC has launched new schemes in various sectors such as 'Swayamshakti Sahkar' for SHGs; 'Deerghavadhi Krishak Sahkar' for long term agricultural credit  and  'Dairy  Sahkar'  for  dairy.  During  the  current  FY  2024-25,  so  far,  total  financial assistance of Rs. 84,673.70 crores have been disbursed by NCDC.
4. (c) As per the National Cooperative Database (NCD), as of 27 th January, 2025, the total number of Urban Cooperative Banks in Andhra Pradesh is 35 .
5. (d) At present, there are no Urban Cooperative Banks under consideration to be converted into Small Finance Banks (SFBs) in Andhra Pradesh.
6. (e) Details  of  the  amount  sanctioned  by  the  Government  for  the  cooperative  sector  in Andhra Pradesh are as follows:

(Rupees in Crore)

|   Sr. No. | Financial Year   |   Amount Sanctioned for Computerization of PACS |   Amount Sanctionedby NCDC |
|-----------|------------------|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|         1 | 2022-23          |                                           14.93 |                    11338.9 |
|         2 | 2023-24          |                                           22.84 |                    14222.3 |
|         3 | 2024-25          |                                           18.12 |                    18503.4 |

## Annexure 1

## District-wise total number of functional cooperative Societies in Andhra Pradesh

| S.No   | District              |   Number of Societies |
|--------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| 1      | Alluri Sitharama Raju |                    60 |
| 2      | Anakapalli            |                   592 |
| 3      | ANANTAPUR             |                   313 |
| 4      | Annamayya             |                   250 |
| 5      | Bapatla               |                   502 |
| 6      | CHITTOOR              |                   315 |
| 7      | EAST GODAVARI         |                   649 |
| 8      | Eluru                 |                   864 |
| 9      | GUNTUR                |                   260 |
| 10     | Kakinada              |                   581 |
| 11     | Konaseema             |                   875 |
| 12     | KRISHNA               |                   689 |
| 13     | KURNOOL               |                   481 |
| 14     | Nandyal               |                   184 |
| 15     | NTR                   |                   632 |
| 16     | Palnadu               |                   546 |
| 17     | Parvathipuram Manyam  |                   150 |
| 18     | PRAKASAM              |                   737 |
| 19     | SPSR NELLORE          |                   679 |
| 20     | Sri Sathya Sai        |                   283 |
| 21     | SRIKAKULAM            |                   439 |
| 22     | Tirupati              |                   466 |
| 23     | VISAKHAPATANAM        |                   530 |
| 24     | VIZIANAGARAM          |                   361 |
| 25     | WEST GODAVARI         |                   667 |
| 26     | Y.S.R.                |                   589 |
| Total  | Total                 |                 12694 |

Source: National Cooperative Database (NCD) as of January, 27 th 2025