Lok Sabha Question No. 2565 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-19
Subject: Computerisation of PACS
Ministry: COOPERATION
Asked by: Bhartruhari Mahtab, Pushpendra Singh Chandel, Chhedi Paswan, Ravi Kishan Shukla, Pradeep Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2565 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19/12/2023

## Computerisation of PACS

## 2565.  SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

SHRI CHHEDI PASWAN:

SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH:

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

- (a)  whether  the  pilot  tests  carried  out  under  the  Computerization  of  Primary  Agricultural Cooperative  Societies  (PACS)  have  been  successful,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the beneficiary PACS and States under the same;
- (b) the budget allocation for computerization of PACS projects, State-wise/UT-wise, PACS-wise for 2023-24 including the amount released to various States by the Ministry for it so far;
- (c) the manner in which PACS computerization project of the Ministry would realise Sahakar se Samridhi vision, increase the work efficiency, strengthen and empower the PACS;
- (d) the details of the number of PACS covered under the said scheme in the States;
- (e) whether its implementation is likely to increase the new economic activities in various sectors of cooperation and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the various benefits likely to be received by the farmers associated with the said PACS?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  to  (f):  In  order  to  strengthen  Primary  Agricultural  Credit  Societies  (PACS),  the  project  for Computerization of 63,000 functional PACS with a total financial outlay  of ₹2,516 Crore  has been approved by the Government of India, which entails bringing all the functional PACS onto an  ERP  (Enterprise  Resource  Planning)  based  common  national  software,  linking  them  with

NABARD through  State  Cooperative  Banks  (StCBs)  and  District  Central  Cooperative  Banks (DCCBs). Out of the total budget of Rs. 2,516 crore for the project, the shares of Government of India (GoI), State Governments and NABARD are Rs. 1528 crore, Rs. 736 crore and Rs. 252 crore, respectively.

So  far,  proposals  for  computerization  of  62,318  PACS  from  28  States/  UTs  have  been sanctioned, for which Rs. 475.55 Cr. has been released as GoI share to the States/UTs concerned. The proposed revised estimate of GoI share for financial year 2023-24 is Rs. 350 Cr. which can be released to States/UTs & NABARD after utilization of funds released earlier to them. Details of  number of PACS sanctioned and GoI share released till date to States/UTs are enclosed as Annexure.

The  National  Level  Common  Software  for  the  project  has  been  developed  by  NABARD  and ERP trial run has started in 5,673 PACS in 26 States/ UTs so far. Hardware procurement and digitization of legacy data by the States and Union Territories are under process.

Implementation of Common Accounting System (CAS) and Management Information System (MIS) at PACS level under this project would improve governance and transparency in PACS, thus leading to speedy disbursal of loans, lowering of transaction cost, reduction in imbalances in payments, seamless accounting with DCCBs and StCBs and will also increase efficiency. It will enhance  trustworthiness  in  the  working  of  PACS  among  farmers,  thus  contributing  towards realizing the vision of 'Sahakar se Samridhi'.

Computerization  of  PACS  project  will  provide  a comprehensive  ERP  solution  for  all  the economic activities  prescribed  under the Model  Byelaws  for PACS  covering  various  modules such as financial services for short, medium & long term loans, procurement operations, Public Distribution Shops (PDS) operations, business planning, warehousing, merchandising, borrowings, asset management, human resource management, etc

The  project  will  improve  farmers  access  to  short-term,  medium-term  and  long-term  credit.  In addition, through inclusion of different modules for various economic activities, as mentioned under  Model  Byelaws  for  PACS,  computerization  will  also  enable  farmers  to  obtain  these services  at  PACS  level itself.  It  will  also  help  in  diversification  of PACS  economic activities, thus enabling the farmer members to get additional & sustainable sources of income.

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## Status of Computerization of PACS Project

| S. No.   | States            | No. of PACS Sanctioned   |   GoI Share released in FY 2022-23 &2023-24 (in crore) |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 2037                     |                                                  14.93 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 14                       |                                                   0.21 |
| 3        | Assam             | 583                      |                                                   6.41 |
| 4        | Bihar             | 4495                     |                                                  32.95 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 2028                     |                                                  14.86 |
| 6        | Goa               | 58                       |                                                   0.32 |
| 7        | Haryana           | 711                      |                                                   4.85 |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh  | 870                      |                                                  13.22 |
| 9        | Jharkhand         | 1500                     |                                                  10.99 |
| 10       | Karnataka         | 5491                     |                                                  40.25 |
| 11       | Madhya Pradesh    | 4534                     |                                                  33.23 |
| 12       | Maharashtra       | 12000                    |                                                  87.95 |
| 13       | Manipur           | 232                      |                                                   2.55 |
| 14       | Meghalaya         | 112                      |                                                   1.23 |
| 15       | Mizoram           | 25                       |                                                   0.27 |
| 16       | Nagaland          | 33                       |                                                   0.5  |
| 17       | Punjab            | 3482                     |                                                  25.52 |
| 18       | Rajasthan         | 5585                     |                                                  43.81 |
| 19       | Sikkim            | 107                      |                                                   1.63 |
| 20       | Tamil Nadu        | 4532                     |                                                  33.2  |
| 21       | Tripura           | 268                      |                                                   2.95 |
| 22       | Uttar Pradesh     | 3062                     |                                                  24.68 |
| 23       | West Bengal       | 4167                     |                                                  30.54 |
| 24       | Gujarat           | 5754                     |                                                  42.17 |
| 25       | Jammu &Kashmir    | 537                      |                                                   5.25 |
| 26       | Puducherry        | 45                       |                                                   0.44 |
| 27       | Andaman &Nicobar  | 46                       |                                                   0.52 |
| 28       | Ladakh            | 10                       |                                                   0.12 |
|          | Total             | 62,318                   |                                                 475.55 |

## Annexure