Lok Sabha Question No. 2720 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-19
Subject: Schemes by NCDC
Ministry: COOPERATION
Asked by: Satyadev Pachauri, Annasaheb Shankar Jolle

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2720 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19/12/2023

## Schemes by NCDC

## 2720.  SHRI SATYADEV PACHAURI: SHRI ANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE:

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

- (a) the  objectives  of  the  National  Cooperative  Development  Corporation  (NCDC)  under  the Ministry; and
- (b) the details of different schemes sponsored by the NCDC?

## ANSWER

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

(a):  The  objective  of  National  Co-operative  Development  Corporation  (NCDC)  is  to  promote, strengthen and  develop  farmer  cooperatives for increasing production and  productivity  and instituting post-harvest facilities.  The  Corporation's  focus  is  on  programmes  of  agricultural marketing and inputs, processing, storage, cold chain and marketing of agriculture produce and the supply of seeds, fertilizer and other agricultural inputs etc. In the non-farm sector, the Corporation endeavors to equip cooperatives with facilities to promote income generating activities, with special focus on weaker sections such as dairy, livestock, handloom, sericulture, poultry, fishery, scheduled caste & scheduled tribes, women cooperatives, etc.

(b):   Details of different schemes implemented/ activities assisted by NCDC are as follows:

## A.     SCHEMES IMPLEMENTED:

## I. NCDC Sponsored Schemes:

- a) YUVA  SAHAKAR  -  Cooperative  Enterprise  Support  and  Innovation  Scheme: The scheme aims at encouraging newly formed cooperative societies with new and/ or innovative ideas. It is linked to a Cooperative Start-up and Innovation Fund created by NCDC.
- b) AYUSHMAN SAHAKAR: The Scheme has a comprehensive approach to cover hospitals, healthcare,  medical  education,  nursing  education,  paramedical  education,  health  insurance and holistic health systems such as AYUSH.
- c) NANDINI SAHAKAR: The scheme aims to improve socio-economic status of women and supports entrepreneurial dynamism of women through women cooperatives. It will converge critical inputs of women's enterprise, business plan formulation, capacity development, credit and subsidy and/ or interest subvention of other schemes.
- d) DAIRY  SAHAKAR: It  is  a  cooperative  dairy  business  focused  framework  of  financial assistance for encouraging cooperatives to achieve higher outcomes in ESG (environmental, social, governance) linked activities. It includes creation of infrastructure by cooperatives for new projects and modernization and/or expansion of existing projects.
- e) DIGITAL SAHAKAR: Aligned with the principles of Digital India, NCDC has conceived a focused financial assistance framework for Digitally Empowered Cooperatives for handholding  and  credit  linkage  by  NCDC,  dovetailed  with  grant,  subsidy,  incentives  etc. from Government of India / State / UT / agencies with the objective of cooperatives actively partaking in Digital India.
- f) SWAYAM SHAKTI SAHAKAR YOJNA: New scheme for providing NCDC's financial assistance  to  Agricultural  Credit  Cooperatives  for  providing  loan/advances  to Women  Self Help Groups (SHGs) .
- g) DEERGHAVADHI KRISHAK PUNJI SAHAKAR YOJNA: New Scheme for extending NCDC's  long  term  financial  assistance  to  Agricultural  Credit  Cooperatives  towards  their onward  lending  of  long  term  loans/advances  for  activities/commodities/services  under  the purview of NCDC .

## II.    Other Central Schemes being implemented by NCDC:

- a) Agri  Infrastructure  Fund  Scheme -  DA&FW,  Ministry  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers Welfare
- b) Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI) sub scheme of Central Sector Integrated Scheme on Agriculture Marketing (CSISAM) for Storage and other than Storage Infrastructure
- c) Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) -  DA&FW, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
- d) PM  Matsya  Sampada  Yojana  (PMMSY) -  Department  of  Fisheries,  Ministry  of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
- e) PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME )- Ministry of Food Processing Industries
- f) PM  'Formation  and  Promotion  of  10,000  FPOs'  scheme -  DA&FW,  Ministry  of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
- g) Fisheries  &  Aquaculture  Infrastructure  Development  Fund  (FIDF)  Scheme -Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying.

## B. OTHER ACTIVITIES ASSISTED BY NCDC:

## a) Marketing:

- -Margin Money /Working capital assistance
- -Strengthening share capital base of primary / district cooperative marketing societies
- -Purchase of furniture and fixtures, transport vehicles including refrigerated vans
- -Development  /  Strengthening  of  Agricultural  Marketing  Infrastructure,  Grading  and Standardization

## b) Processing:

- -Setting up of new sugar factories (Investment Loan)
- -Modernisation and Expansion / Diversification of existing Sugar Factories (Investment loan and term loan)
- -Establishment  of  new/  Modernization/  Expansion/  Rehabilitation  of  existing  spinning mills
- -Modernization/  Expansion  of  existing  and  establishment  of  modern  cotton  ginning  & pressing units
- -Small /medium scale  agro  & allied  sector  processing  units,  pre/post  loom  processing/ garment & knitting units
- -Setting  up  of  other  Processing  units,  such  as  Foodgrains/Oilseeds  /Plantation  Crops /Fruits & Vegetables /Maize Starch/Particle Board etc.
- -Margin money /Working capital assistance
- -Share capital participation by State Government in new spinning mills

## c) Storage:

- -Construction of godowns and repair / renovation of existing godowns
- -Margin money / Working capital assistance

## d) Cold Chain:

- -Construction / expansion / modernization of cold  storages
- -Establishment  of  Cold  Chain  components  which  broadly  include  (i)  Integrated  pack house,  (ii)  Reefer  transport,  (iii)  Cold  storage  (Bulk-near  farm  gate),(iv)  Cold  storage (Hub-near market) and (v) Ripening units etc.
- -Margin money / Working capital assistance

## e) Distribution of essential consumer articles through cooperatives:

- -Establishment of infrastructure such as shopping centre, diesel, Kerosene bunk /warehouse / new / expansion / modernization of wholesale consumer cooperative store / departmental consumer cooperative store / consumer federation
- -Purchase  of  furniture  and  fixture,  transport  vehicles  including  refrigerated  vans  for distribution of consumer articles
- -Margin money / Working capital assistance

## f) Industrial:

- -All  types  of  Industrial  Cooperatives, Cottage  &  Village  Industries,  Handicrafts  /  rural crafts etc.

## g) Credit & Service Cooperatives/ Notified Services:

- -Agriculture Credit / Agriculture Insurance
- -Water Conservation works / services
- -Irrigation, micro irrigation in rural areas
- -Animal care / health /disease prevention
- -Rural Sanitation, Drainage, Sewage system through Cooperatives
- -Tourism, Hospitality, Transport
- -Generation & Distribution of power by New, Non-Conventional & Renewable sources of energy
- -Rural Housing
- -Hospital / Health Care and Education
- -Creation of infrastructure for credit cooperatives

## h) Cooperative Banking Unit:

- -Assistance to PACS for creation of infrastructure relating to Modern Banking Unit.

## i) Agricultural Services:

- -Cooperative Farmers Service Centres
- -Agro Service Centres for Custom Hiring
- -Establishment of Agricultural inputs manufacturing and allied units
- -Irrigation / water harvesting programmes

## j) District Plan Schemes:

- -Integrated Cooperative Development Projects in selected districts

## k) Cooperatives for Weaker Sections:

- -Fisheries, Dairy & Livestock, Poultry, Schedule Caste, Tribal Cooperatives, Handloom, Coir, Jute, Sericulture, Women, Hill area, Tobacco & Labour

## l) Assistance for Computerisation of Cooperatives:

- -Assistance  is  provided  for  purchase  /  installation  of  computers/  hardware,  system  & application  software,  networking,  maintenance  cost,  technical  manpower  and  capacity development and training.

## m) Promotional and Developmental programmes:

- -Consultancy for studies / project reports, management studies,
- -Market survey & evaluation of programmes, etc.

Cumulatively,  NCDC  has  disbursed  ₹2,87,712.45  crore  since  inception  upto  20.11.2023. NCDC disbursements have risen steadily from ₹5,736 crore in 2014-15 to ₹41,031 crore in 2022-23. With this, NCDC has achieved about 28% average annual growth rate in disbursement of financial assistance since 2014 -15. Expected disbursement for FY 2023-24 is envisaged as ₹50,000 crore.

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