Lok Sabha Question No. 1873 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-11
Subject: Database of Cooperative Societies
Ministry: COOPERATION
Asked by: Dr. Sambit Patra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1873 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH  MARCH, 2025

## Database of Cooperative Societies

## 1873: Dr. Sambit Patra

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  make  a  scheme  to  create  an  integrated  database  of cooperative sector societies;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the types of societies included in this database;
- (d) the time by which the database will be ready for use by various stakeholders;
- (e) whether any assessment of the money likely to be incurred has been made; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) Yes sir. A comprehensive National Cooperative Database (NCD) has been developed by Ministry of Cooperation, Government of India, with the support of State/UT Governments. The data of Cooperative Societies from various sectors has been entered in the database by nodal officers appointed by the States/ UTs for this purpose.

The NCD has been developed in three phases. In Phase-I, completed in February 2023, about 2.64 lakh primary cooperative societies in agriculture, dairy, and fisheries were mapped, with help  from  district  registrar  offices  and  500  local  interns  from  AICTE.  Phase-II  involved mapping National Cooperative Societies/Federations and their linkages with state and district levels, gathering data from various cooperative banks and federations. In Phase-III, initiated in May 2023, the database was extended to over 5.3 lakh cooperative societies in other sectors, with data entries completed by almost all States/UTs through their respective RCSs offices.

- (c)  As per NCD portal, the details of cooperative societies, state-wise and sector-wise, as on date 01.03.2025 is attached at Annexure-I and Annexure-2, respectively.

(d) Currently as per NCD, there are more than 8 lakh primary cooperative societies having approximately 30 crore members. The database is now operational at URL: https://cooperatives.gov.in.

(e) & (f) The provisions of approximately Rs. 8 crore has been made till now from Cooperative Education Fund (CEF) for the work of Development & Maintenance of NCD.

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State-wise number of Cooperative Societies

| S.No   | State                                       |   Number of Societies |
|--------|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1      | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS                 |                  2230 |
| 2      | ANDHRA PRADESH                              |                 17884 |
| 3      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                           |                  1302 |
| 4      | ASSAM                                       |                 11304 |
| 5      | BIHAR                                       |                 26389 |
| 6      | CHANDIGARH                                  |                   476 |
| 7      | CHHATTISGARH                                |                 10973 |
| 8      | DELHI                                       |                  5944 |
| 9      | GOA                                         |                  5504 |
| 10     | GUJARAT                                     |                 83647 |
| 11     | HARYANA                                     |                 33286 |
| 12     | HIMACHAL PRADESH                            |                  5431 |
| 13     | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                           |                 10122 |
| 14     | JHARKHAND                                   |                 11675 |
| 15     | KARNATAKA                                   |                 45205 |
| 16     | KERALA                                      |                 16031 |
| 17     | LADAKH                                      |                   273 |
| 18     | LAKSHADWEEP                                 |                    43 |
| 19     | MADHYA PRADESH                              |                 53753 |
| 20     | MAHARASHTRA                                 |                222798 |
| 21     | MANIPUR                                     |                 11457 |
| 22     | MEGHALAYA                                   |                  3135 |
| 23     | MIZORAM                                     |                  1289 |
| 24     | NAGALAND                                    |                  8022 |
| 25     | ODISHA                                      |                  7588 |
| 26     | PUDUCHERRY                                  |                   461 |
| 27     | PUNJAB                                      |                 19236 |
| 28     | RAJASTHAN                                   |                 40860 |
| 29     | SIKKIM                                      |                  3798 |
| 30     | TAMIL NADU                                  |                 22395 |
| 31     | TELANGANA                                   |                 60515 |
| 32     | THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMANAND DIU |                   566 |
| 33     | TRIPURA                                     |                  3207 |
| 34     | UTTAR PRADESH                               |                 44910 |
| 35     | UTTARAKHAND                                 |                  5570 |
| 36     | WEST BENGAL                                 |                 31779 |
| Total  | Total                                       |                829058 |

Source: NCD portal as of 01.03.2025

## Annexure-1

## Sector-wise number of Cooperative Societies

| S.No   | Sector                                     |   No. of Societies |
|--------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------|
| 1      | Agriculture &Allied Cooperative            |              27511 |
| 2      | Agro Processing / Industrial Cooperative   |              23492 |
| 3      | Bee Farming Cooperative                    |                331 |
| 4      | Consumer Cooperative                       |              22803 |
| 5      | Credit &Thrift Society                     |              82902 |
| 6      | Dairy Cooperative                          |             147641 |
| 7      | Educational &Training Cooperatives         |               1256 |
| 8      | Farmers Service Societies (FSS)            |                541 |
| 9      | Fishery Cooperative                        |              26271 |
| 10     | Handicraft Cooperative                     |               5186 |
| 11     | Handloom Textile &Weavers Cooperative      |              19553 |
| 12     | Housing Cooperative Society                |             193575 |
| 13     | Jute and Coir Cooperative                  |                 69 |
| 14     | Khadi Gramodyog                            |                 13 |
| 15     | Labour Cooperative                         |              45953 |
| 16     | Large Area Multipurpose Society (LAMPS)    |               5629 |
| 17     | Livestock &Poultry Cooperative             |              16784 |
| 18     | Marketing Cooperative Society              |               9831 |
| 19     | Miscellaneous Credit Cooperative Society   |               7124 |
| 20     | Miscellaneous Non Credit                   |              33884 |
| 21     | Multipurpose Cooperative                   |              20841 |
| 22     | Primary Agricultural Credit Society (PACS) |             100739 |
| 23     | Sericulture Cooperative                    |                511 |
| 24     | Social Welfare &Cultural Cooperative       |               2387 |
| 25     | Sugar Mills Cooperative                    |                290 |
| 26     | Tourism Cooperative                        |                558 |
| 27     | Transport Cooperative                      |               4233 |
| 28     | Tribal-SC/ST Cooperative                   |               1768 |
| 29     | Urban Cooperative Bank (UCB)               |               1442 |
| 30     | Women Welfare Cooperative Society          |              25965 |
| Total  | Total                                      |             829058 |

Source: NCD portal as of 01.03.2025

## Annexure-2