Lok Sabha Question No. 2529 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-10
Subject: Sahakar Pragya Scheme
Ministry: COOPERATION
Asked by: Dr. Nishikant Dubey, Shri Manoj Tiwari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2529 ANSWERED ON 10 th  DECEMBER 2024

## Sahakar Pragya Scheme

## 2529. Dr. Nishikant Dubey: Shri Manoj Tiwari:

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

- (a) the details of the Corporations/Cooperatives that have been benefited under the Sahakar Pragya Scheme/Initiative.
- (b the details of regional training centres for carrying out/implementing the Scheme, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government plans to increase the number of regional training centres across the country; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), a statutory corporation under the administrative control of Ministry of Cooperation, implements Sahakar Pragya initiative through Laxmanrao  Inamdar  National  Academy  for  Cooperative  Research  and  Development  (LINAC) which functions as the training, research and consultancy wing of NCDC. Year wise details of No. of  cooperatives  benefitted  all  over  the  country  by  training  conducted  under  Sahakar  Pragya initiative, are as under:

| Year                 | Participants Benefitted   |
|----------------------|---------------------------|
| 2018-19              | 1227                      |
| 2019-20              | 1848                      |
| 2020-21              | 8076                      |
| 2021-22              | 19927                     |
| 2022-23              | 18364                     |
| 2023-24              | 11864                     |
| 2024-25 (30.11.2024) | 88586                     |
| Total                | 1,49,892                  |

(b): the State-wise details of regional training centers for carrying out/implementing the Scheme is enclosed at Annexure . (c): LINAC currently has 18 RTCs and to enhance the outreach  of training programs LINAC

is planning to increase the numbers of RTCs.

(d): One Regional Training Center will be opened shortly at Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.

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Details of 18 Regional Training Centres (RTCs) of LINAC, Gurugram

|   S No | Name of the RTC   | States/ UTs covered                                                         | Address                                                                                                            |
|--------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | RTC Bengaluru     | Karnataka                                                                   | 3rd Floor, Karnataka Housing Board Shopping Complex, National Games Village, Vivek Nagar Post, Bengaluru - 560 047 |
|      2 | RTC Bhopal        | Madhya Pradesh                                                              | A-8, Third Floor, Platinum Plaza, T. T. Nagar, Bhopal, MP462003                                                    |
|      3 | RTC Bhubaneswar   | Odisha                                                                      | Ground Floor, Alok Bharti Tower, Sahid Nagar, Bhubaneswar - 751 007                                                |
|      4 | RTC Chandigarh    | Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab and Chandigarh                             | Bay No. 1&2, Sector 14, Panchkula, Haryana-134113                                                                  |
|      5 | RTC Chennai       | Tamil Nadu & Puducherry                                                     | Module No. 34&35, Garment Complex, 2nd Floor, Industrial Estate, Guindy, Chennai - 600 032                         |
|      6 | RTC Dehradun      | Uttarakhand                                                                 | B-2, Friends Enclave, Shahnagar, Gorakhpur Post Office, Defence Colony, Dehradun-248001.                           |
|      7 | RTC Gandhinagar   | Gujarat, Daman & Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli                             | Plot No. 272-273, Behind Central Bank of India, GH Road, Sector-16, Gandhinagar, Gujarat - 382016.                 |
|      8 | RTC Guwahati      | Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Meghalaya, Manipur and Assam | HOUSEFED Complex, Block No. V, 3rd Floor, Beltola, Guwahati - 781006                                               |
|      9 | RTC Hyderabad     | Andhra Pradesh & Telangana                                                  | No.5-10-193, 2nd Floor, HACA Bhavan, Opp. Public Garden, Saifabad, HYDERABAD-500004                                |
|     10 | RTC Jaipur        | Rajasthan                                                                   | 1st floor, Central Block, Nehru Sahakar, Bhawan, Bhawani Singh Road, Jaipur                                        |
|     11 | RTC Kolkata       | West Bengal and A&N Islands                                                 | 4th Floor, P-161/1, V.I.P Road, Kolkata Pincode-700054                                                             |

|   12 | RTC Lucknow            | Uttar Pradesh              | Sahkarita Bhawan,14-Dr. Ambedkar Marg, Lucknow-226001                                                                                        |
|------|------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   13 | RTC Patna              | Bihar                      | Block-A, Room No.20-21, (2nd Floor), Mourya Lok Complex, Dak Bungalow Road, Patna - 800 001                                                  |
|   14 | RTC Pune               | Maharashtra and Goa        | 5, B.J. Road, 1st Floor, Maharashtra State Sahakari Sangh Building, Near Hotel Woodland, Sadhu Vaswani Chowk, Pune, Maharashtra-411001       |
|   15 | RTC Raipur             | Chhattisgarh               | 10th Floor, Tower -C, Commercial Complex, CBD, Sector -21, Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar - 492002 (C.G)                                            |
|   16 | RTC Ranchi             | Jharkhand                  | M-23/DS, Harmu Housing Colony, Near BJP Office,Harmu, Ranchi, Jharkhand, Pin- 834002                                                         |
|   17 | RTC Shimla             | Himachal Pradesh & Laddakh | Gargey Niwas, near Govt. High School, Lower Kaithu, Shimla - 171003, Himachal Pradesh.                                                       |
|   18 | RTC Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala and Lakshadweep     | House No: GV-2 & T.C. No.- 25/1874 (Old T.C. No. -11/808), Nalanda Junction, Nanthencode, Kowdiyar P.O., Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala - 695003 |