Lok Sabha Question No. 2367 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-06
Subject: Establishment of PACS
Ministry: COOPERATION
Asked by: Shri Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy, Shri G M Harish Balayogi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2367 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06/08/2024

## Establishment of PACS

## 2367.   SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY: SHRI G M HARISH BALAYOGI:

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

(a)  the  details  regarding  the  aims  and  objectives  behind  the  establishment  of  the  Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS);

(b) whether the aim of establishing viable cooperatives under PACS in every Panchayat in Andhra Pradesh has been fulfilled;

(c) if so, the details regarding the number of PACS established in the State of Andhra Pradesh, district-wise especially in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Kanseema district;

(d) the details regarding the number of Primary Fishery Cooperatives established under the PACS in the State of Andhra Pradesh, district-wise especially in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Kanseema district; and

(e)  the  details  regarding  the  number  of  beneficiaries  of  Primary  Fishery  Cooperatives established under the PACS, in the State of Andhra Pradesh district-wise especially in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Kanseema district?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) constitute the lowest tier of the three- tier Short term cooperative credit (STCC) structure in the country and hence play a significant role in transforming the agricultural and rural landscape of Indian economy. PACS provide credit facility  by  linkage  with  District  Central  Cooperative  Bank,  State  Cooperative  Bank  and NABARD, distribute agricultural inputs like seeds, fertilizers, crop purchase, storage facilities, etc to the member farmers. Further, to enable PACS to diversify their businesses and become financially  sustainable  economic  entities,  the  Government  has  framed  Model  Bye-laws  for them  which  allow  them  to  undertake  more  than  25  economic  activities.  Through  InterMinisterial  coordination,  PACS  have  also  been  enabled  to  function  as  PM  Bhartiya  Jan Aushadhi Kendra, PM Kisan Samriddhi Kendra, LPG Distributors, Petrol/ Diesel retail outlets, Paani Samitis for rural piped water supply scheme, etc. Further, PACS have been enabled to function  as  Common Service Centre (CSC) to deliver more than 300 e-services, including banking, insurance, Aadhar enrolment/ updation, health services, legal services, etc. to rural citizens.  These  initiatives  will  provide  them  with  additional  and  stable  sources  of  income making them more economically viable and improve access of rural masses to various services.

(b) and (c): As per National Cooperative Database, there are 1,05,439 PACS in the country including 1908 PACS in the State of Andhra Pradesh. However, they are not evenly distributed across  all  regions.  In  order  to  address  their  skewed  distribution,  the  Government,  on 15.02.2023, has approved the Plan for establishing new multipurpose PACS or primary dairy/ fishery cooperative societies covering all the uncovered Panchayats/ village in the country in the next five years. Further, 912 new multipurpose PACS or primary dairy/ fishery cooperative societies have been formed in the State of Andhra Pradesh.

(d)  and  (e): As  per  National  Cooperative  Database,  no  Primary  Fishery  Cooperatives  are established under the PACS in the State of Andhra Pradesh. However, the district-wise details on  the  number  of  PACS  and  the  number  of  Primary  Fishery  Cooperatives  along  with  its members  who  may  be  the  beneficiaries  of  various  initiatives  of  Government  of  India, established in State of Andhra Pradesh, including Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Kanseema district are as under:

| S.No.   | Districts             |   Primary Agricultural Credit Society (PACS) |   Fishery Cooperatives |   Total Members of Fishery cooperatives |
|---------|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1       | Alluri Sitharama Raju |                                           26 |                     14 |                                     577 |
| 2       | Anakapalli            |                                            0 |                     17 |                                    1656 |
| 3       | ANANTAPUR             |                                           60 |                     68 |                                    4752 |
| 4       | Annamayya             |                                           39 |                     17 |                                     699 |
| 5       | Bapatla               |                                          112 |                    123 |                                   20026 |
| 6       | CHITTOOR              |                                           37 |                     28 |                                    3791 |
| 7       | EAST GODAVARI         |                                          107 |                     78 |                                    9120 |
| 8       | Eluru                 |                                          171 |                    198 |                                   17859 |
| 9       | GUNTUR                |                                           64 |                     20 |                                    3146 |
| 10      | Kakinada              |                                           70 |                    155 |                                   18759 |
| 11      | Konaseema             |                                          166 |                    185 |                                   19284 |
| 12      | KRISHNA               |                                          173 |                    146 |                                   23788 |
| 13      | KURNOOL               |                                           42 |                     33 |                                    1744 |
| 14      | Nandyal               |                                           54 |                     78 |                                    4759 |
| 15      | NTR                   |                                          131 |                     80 |                                    4536 |
| 16      | Palnadu               |                                           59 |                     34 |                                    4393 |
| 17      | Parvathipuram Manyam  |                                           43 |                     44 |                                    6652 |
| 18      | PRAKASAM              |                                           91 |                     98 |                                   12851 |
| 19      | SPSR NELLORE          |                                           77 |                    203 |                                   34910 |
| 20      | Sri Sathya Sai        |                                           52 |                     45 |                                    3205 |
| 21      | SRIKAKULAM            |                                           36 |                    130 |                                   27698 |
| 22      | Tirupati              |                                           60 |                    101 |                                   10827 |
| 23      | VISAKHAPATANAM        |                                           13 |                     45 |                                    5926 |
| 24      | VIZIANAGARAM          |                                           65 |                     48 |                                    7796 |
| 25      | WEST GODAVARI         |                                          114 |                     89 |                                   10718 |
| 26      | Y.S.R.                |                                           46 |                     23 |                                     994 |
|         | Total                 |                                         1908 |                   2100 |                                  260466 |