Lok Sabha Question No. 2642 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-05
Subject: Status of Primary Agriculture Credit Societies
Ministry: COOPERATION
Asked by: Shri Satpal Brahamchari, Shri Chandra Prakash Choudhary

## 2642.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2642 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 th  AUGUST, 2025

## Status of Primary Agriculture Credit Societies

## Shri Satpal Brahamchari:

## Shri Chandra Prakash Choudhary:

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

- (a) whether the Government has analysed the status of setting up of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies  (PACS),  Dairy  Cooperative  Societies  or  Fisheries  Cooperative  Societies  in  each Panchayat/village of Jharkhand and Lok Sabha Constituency of Sonipat;
- (b) if so, the district-wise/year-wise details of the number of societies registered, functioning so far along with its criteria (membership, services);
- (c) whether each Panchayat/village is targeted to have a multi-purpose PACS for development purpose;
- (d) if so, the progress made in the said direction at the State/district level and the number of Gram Panchayats that are covered under the said scheme;
- (e) whether  model  byelaws  have  been  adopted  by  the  State  Government  whereby  PACS  can participate in dairy and fisheries activities such as dairy processing, fish farming, warehousing etc.;
- (f) whether any evaluation or audit has been conducted to determine the effectiveness, operational efficiency and profitability of these committees at the village level;
- (g) if so, the major findings thereof; and
- (h) if not, the time by when such evaluation is likely to be carried out in future?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): The Government on 15.2.2023, approved the Plan for strengthening cooperative movement  in  the  country  and  deepening  its  reach  up  to  the  grassroots.  The  Plan  entails establishment of 2 lakh new multipurpose PACS (M-PACS), Dairy, Fishery Cooperative Societies covering  all  the  Panchayats/  villages  in  the  country  over  a  period  of  five  years,  through convergence of various existing GOI schemes, including Dairy Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF),  National  Programme  for  Dairy  Development  (NPDD),  PM  Matsya  Sampada Yojana (PMMSY),  etc,  with  the  support  of  National  Bank  for Agricultural  and  Rural  Development (NABARD),  National  Dairy  Development  Board  (NDDB),  National  Fisheries  Development Board (NFDB) and State Governments.

As per National Cooperative Database (NCD), a total of 22,606 new PACS, Dairy and Fishery Cooperative Societies have been registered as on 30.6.2025 across the country since the approval of the plan on 15.2.2023, the details of which are enclosed at Annexure-I . So far, 2,56,260 Gram Panchayats (GPs) are covered by PACS; 84,665 GPs are covered by Dairy Cooperative Societies; and  29,490  GPs  are  covered  by  Fishery  Cooperative  Societies.  Of  the  22,606  newly  formed societies, 45 new PACS, 208 new Dairy and 119 new Fishery Cooperative Societies have been established in the State of Jharkhand. The district-wise/year-wise details of the same are enclosed at Annexure-II .  Further,  as  per  NCD,  apart  from  the  Credit  Services  being  provided by  these newly formed PACS, one PACS in Deoghar district is providing Dry Storage facility and one PACS in Garhwa district is providing services of Procurement Centre, Common Service Centre and Cold Storage. These newly formed PACS, Dairy & Fishery Cooperative Societies have a total member base of 16,412 members (as per NCD).

No new PACS/ Dairy/ Fishery Cooperative Society has been registered in Sonipat, Haryana.

(e): In order to diversify the economic activities of PACS to make them multipurpose economic entities,  Model  Byelaws  have  been  prepared  by  the  Government  of  India,  enabling  PACS  to undertake  more  than  25  business  activities,  including  dairy,  fishery,  setting  up  godowns, procurement of foodgrains, fertilizers, seeds, LPG/CNG/Petrol/Diesel distributorship, short-term & long-term credit, custom hiring centers, Fair Price Shops (FPS), community irrigation, Common Service Centre, etc. So far, 32 States/ UTs have adopted Model Bye-laws or their existing byelaws are in line with Model Bye-laws.

(f) to (h): In  order  to  ensure  effective  and  timely  implementation  of  the  plan,  following committees have been formed at National, State and District level:

- Inter-Ministerial  Committee  (IMC)  under  the  chairmanship  of  Union  Minister  of Cooperation ;
- National  Level  Coordination  Committee  (NLCC)  under the  chairmanship  of  Secretary, Ministry of Cooperation (GoI) at the National Level ;
- State  Cooperative  Development  Committee  (SCDC)  under  the  chairmanship  of  Chief Secretary of the State at State Level ;
- District Cooperative Development Committee (DCDC) under the chairmanship of District Collector concerned at the District Level; and
- Joint Working Committee (JWC)- a sub-committee of DCDC.

Further,  as  per  the  information  provided  by  NABARD,  1,409  newly  formed  M-PACS  have commenced crop loan business with a total of Rs. 3,367.28 crore sanctioned so far. In order to improve the profitability of the newly formed PACS, States/ UT Governments have been requested to  facilitate  them  to  initiate  additional  business  activities,  other  than  credit,  such  as  Common Service Centre, Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samriddhi Kendra, Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendra, etc.

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Annexure-I

## State-wise details of newly registered PACS, Dairy & Fishery Cooperative Societies (From 15.2.2023 to 30.6.2025)

| S.No        | State                    |   PACS |   DCS |   FCS |   Grand Total |   Districts Covered so far |
|-------------|--------------------------|--------|-------|-------|---------------|----------------------------|
| 1           | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |      1 |     1 |    11 |            13 |                          3 |
| 2           | Andhra Pradesh           |      0 |   891 |     2 |           893 |                         18 |
| 3           | Arunachal Pradesh        |    126 |    15 |    17 |           158 |                         24 |
| 4           | Assam                    |    238 |   434 |    54 |           726 |                         34 |
| 5           | Bihar                    |     39 |  3705 |     2 |          3746 |                         38 |
| 6           | Chhattisgarh             |      0 |   280 |   281 |           561 |                         32 |
| 7           | Goa                      |     24 |     3 |     2 |            29 |                          2 |
| 8           | Gujarat                  |    458 |   613 |    15 |          1086 |                         33 |
| 9           | Haryana                  |     21 |   135 |     6 |           162 |                         20 |
| 10          | Himachal Pradesh         |     91 |   467 |     6 |           564 |                         10 |
| 11          | Jammu &Kashmir           |    161 |  1154 |    35 |          1350 |                         20 |
| 12          | Jharkhand                |     45 |   208 |   119 |           372 |                         24 |
| 13          | Karnataka                |    180 |   806 |    37 |          1023 |                         31 |
| 14          | Ladakh                   |      3 |     3 |     1 |             7 |                          2 |
| 15          | Lakshadweep              |      0 |     0 |     7 |             7 |                          1 |
| 16          | Madhya Pradesh           |    199 |   605 |   183 |           987 |                         50 |
| 17          | Maharashtra              |    177 |   759 |    92 |          1028 |                         23 |
| 18          | Manipur                  |     72 |    20 |    61 |           153 |                         12 |
| 19          | Meghalaya                |    217 |    13 |     2 |           232 |                         12 |
| 20          | Mizoram                  |     41 |     2 |     2 |            45 |                          9 |
| 21          | Nagaland                 |     13 |     2 |     9 |            24 |                          6 |
| 22          | Odisha                   |   1534 |    19 |    25 |          1578 |                         30 |
| 23          | Puducherry               |      3 |     2 |     3 |             8 |                          3 |
| 24          | Punjab                   |      0 |   443 |    34 |           477 |                         23 |
| 25          | Rajasthan                |    970 |  1702 |     9 |          2681 |                         33 |
| 26          | Sikkim                   |     24 |    41 |     1 |            66 |                          6 |
| 27          | Tamil Nadu               |     29 |   551 |    24 |           604 |                         37 |
| 28          | Telangana                |      0 |    94 |    78 |           172 |                         16 |
| 29          | DNH&DD                   |      5 |     0 |     1 |             6 |                          2 |
| 30          | Tripura                  |    187 |     1 |     9 |           197 |                          8 |
| 31          | Uttar Pradesh            |    516 |  1813 |   337 |          2666 |                         75 |
| 32          | Uttarakhand              |    543 |   196 |   108 |           847 |                         13 |
| 33          | West Bengal              |     20 |   118 |     0 |           138 |                         16 |
| 34          | Chandigarh               |      0 |     0 |     0 |             0 |                          0 |
| 35          | Delhi                    |      0 |     0 |     0 |             0 |                          0 |
| 36          | Kerala                   |      0 |     0 |     0 |             0 |                          0 |
| Grand Total |                          |   5937 | 15096 |  1573 |         22606 |                        666 |

Source: National Cooperative Database

## District-wise/year-wise details of the number of societies registered in Jharkhand (From 15.2.2023 to 30.6.2025)

| S. No       | District            | No. of new societies registered in 2023   | No. of new societies registered in 2023   | No. of new societies registered in 2023   | No. of new societies registered in 2023   | No. of new societies registered in 2024   | No. of new societies registered in 2024   | No. of new societies registered in 2024   | No. of new societies registered in 2024   | No. of new societies registered in 2025   | No. of new societies registered in 2025   | No. of new societies registered in 2025   | No. of new societies registered in 2025   |
|-------------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| S. No       | District            | PACS                                      | DCS                                       | FCS                                       | Total                                     | PACS                                      | DCS                                       | FCS                                       | Total                                     | PACS                                      | DCS                                       | FCS                                       | Total                                     |
| 1           | Bokaro              | 0                                         | 1                                         | 4                                         | 5                                         | 0                                         | 2                                         | 5                                         | 7                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 2                                         | 2                                         |
| 2           | Chatra              | 0                                         | 0                                         | 2                                         | 2                                         | 0                                         | 8                                         | 0                                         | 8                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 1                                         | 1                                         |
| 3           | Deoghar             | 1                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 1                                         | 0                                         | 6                                         | 1                                         | 7                                         | 0                                         | 1                                         | 0                                         | 1                                         |
| 4           | Dhanbad             | 10                                        | 0                                         | 3                                         | 13                                        | 0                                         | 0                                         | 4                                         | 4                                         | 0                                         | 1                                         | 0                                         | 1                                         |
| 5           | Dumka               | 0                                         | 0                                         | 2                                         | 2                                         | 0                                         | 5                                         | 3                                         | 8                                         | 0                                         | 4                                         | 2                                         | 6                                         |
| 6           | East Singhbum       | 3                                         | 0                                         | 1                                         | 4                                         | 1                                         | 1                                         | 0                                         | 2                                         | 0                                         | 2                                         | 0                                         | 2                                         |
| 7           | Garhwa              | 3                                         | 3                                         | 0                                         | 6                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 2                                         | 2                                         | 0                                         | 2                                         | 0                                         | 2                                         |
| 8           | Giridih             | 2                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 2                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 2                                         | 1                                         | 3                                         |
| 9           | Godda               | 0                                         | 2                                         | 1                                         | 3                                         | 1                                         | 9                                         | 1                                         | 11                                        | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| 10          | Gumla               | 0                                         | 0                                         | 3                                         | 3                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 1                                         | 0                                         | 1                                         |
| 11          | Hazaribagh          | 0                                         | 2                                         | 0                                         | 2                                         | 0                                         | 1                                         | 1                                         | 2                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| 12          | Jamtara             | 0                                         | 0                                         | 5                                         | 5                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 3                                         | 1                                         | 4                                         |
| 13          | Khunti              | 1                                         | 0                                         | 1                                         | 2                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 1                                         | 0                                         | 1                                         |
| 14          | Koderma             | 0                                         | 0                                         | 1                                         | 1                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 2                                         | 2                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 4                                         | 4                                         |
| 15          | Latehar             | 0                                         | 1                                         | 0                                         | 1                                         | 0                                         | 2                                         | 4                                         | 6                                         | 0                                         | 2                                         | 9                                         | 11                                        |
| 16          | Lohardaga           | 0                                         | 14                                        | 0                                         | 14                                        | 0                                         | 7                                         | 0                                         | 7                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| 17          | Pakur               | 15                                        | 0                                         | 1                                         | 16                                        | 0                                         | 0                                         | 2                                         | 2                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 2                                         | 2                                         |
| 18          | Palamu              | 0                                         | 6                                         | 4                                         | 10                                        | 0                                         | 8                                         | 2                                         | 10                                        | 0                                         | 14                                        | 4                                         | 18                                        |
| 19          | Ramgarh             | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 2                                         | 0                                         | 2                                         | 4                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| 20          | Ranchi              | 4                                         | 15                                        | 7                                         | 26                                        | 0                                         | 16                                        | 1                                         | 17                                        | 0                                         | 50                                        | 7                                         | 57                                        |
| 21          | Sahebganj           | 0                                         | 11                                        | 1                                         | 12                                        | 1                                         | 4                                         | 3                                         | 8                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 5                                         | 5                                         |
| 22          | Saraikela Kharsawan | 0                                         | 0                                         | 1                                         | 1                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 2                                         | 2                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 3                                         | 3                                         |
| 23          | Simdega             | 0                                         | 0                                         | 1                                         | 1                                         | 0                                         | 1                                         | 3                                         | 4                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| 24          | West Singhbhum      | 1                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 1                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 1                                         | 1                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         | 1                                         | 1                                         |
| Grand Total | Grand Total         | 40                                        | 55                                        | 38                                        | 133                                       | 5                                         | 70                                        | 39                                        | 114                                       | 0                                         | 83                                        | 42                                        | 125                                       |

Source: National Cooperative Database

## Annexure-II