Lok Sabha Question No. 5051 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-01
Subject: Computerization of Records of Registrar of Cooperative Societies
Ministry: COOPERATION
Asked by: Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab, Shri Bidyut Baran Mahato, Dr. K Sudhakar, Shri Damodar Agrawal, Dr. Manna Lal Rawat, Shri Ravindra Shukla Alias Ravi Kishan, Shri Khagen Murmu, Smt. Kamlesh Jangde, Shri Dineshbhai Makwana

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5051 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01 st  APRIL, 2025

## Computerization of Records of Registrar of Cooperative Societies

## †5051. Shri Dineshbhai Makwana:

Dr. Manna Lal Rawat:

Shri Khagen Murmu:

Shri Damodar Agrawal:

Shri Bidyut Baran Mahato:

Dr. K Sudhakar:

Shri Ravindra Shukla Alias Ravi Kishan:

Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab:

Smt. Kamlesh Jangde:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken any steps to computerize the records of the Registrars of Cooperative Societies (RCSs);
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  number  of  such  RCSs  whose  records  are  likely  to  be computerized including Chhattisgarh, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has taken any steps to computerize the records of the Agriculture and Rural Development Banks (ARDBs), if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  the  number  of  cooperative  societies  and  ARDBs  in  Rajasthan  including  Udaipur  and Bhilwara districts who records have already been computerized?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Yes, the Ministry has taken up the Centrally Sponsored Project of Computerisation of the Offices of Registrars of Cooperative Societies (RCS) of States/Union Territories (UTs) and is under implementation.
- (b): The project of Computerization of RCS of States/UTs is a part of the umbrella project of 'Strengthening Cooperatives Through IT Interventions' of the Ministry. The objectives of the project are to enhance the ease of doing business for Cooperative Societies and create a digital  ecosystem for transparent & paperless transactions of cooperative societies with the

RCS offices in all States/Union Territories. The software developed under this project will be as per the Cooperative Acts of the respective States/UTs.

Till date 35 States/UTs including Chhattisgarh (except Kerala) have shown interest in this project and proposals from 35 States/UTs have been sanctioned by the Ministry. An amount of Rs. 18.55 crore (approx.) has been released to 35 States/UTs so far for procurement of IT hardware and development of Software. 17 States/UTs have completed their procurement of IT hardware.

(c) and (d) To  strengthen  the  long-term  cooperative  credit  structure,  the  project  of computerization of 1,851 units of Agriculture and Rural Development Banks (ARDBs) spread across 13 States/ Union Territories has been approved by the Government. NABARD is the implementing agency for the project. So far, proposals from 10 States/UTs have been received and sanctioned. Further, as on 26.03.2025, GOI share amounting to Rs 7.17 crore has been released to 11 States/UTs, including the State of Rajasthan in FY 2023-24 and FY 2024-25 for procurement of hardware, digitization and setting up of support system. As on date, hardware procurement under this project is yet to be start in the State of Rajasthan.

Further, a total of 6,781 PACS have been sanctioned under Centrally Sponsored Project for Computerization of PACS for the State of Rajasthan, out of which 4,937 PACS have already been onboarded on ERP.

The total number of Cooperatives societies that are ERP On-boarded (Computerised) in the district of Udaipur and Bhilwara are given below:

|   S. No. | District   |   Sanctioned |   ERP Onboarded |
|----------|------------|--------------|-----------------|
|        1 | Udaipur    |          210 |             182 |
|        2 | Bhilwara   |          359 |             221 |

Rajasthan PACS Computerization data as on 25 th  March 2025

| S.No.       |   District | Sanctioned PACS   |   Computerized PACS |
|-------------|------------|-------------------|---------------------|
| 1 Ajmer     |        208 |                   |                 182 |
| 2 Alwar     |        248 |                   |                 168 |
| 3 Banswara  |        226 |                   |                 108 |
| Baran       |        123 | 66                |                   4 |
| Barmer      |        398 | 240               |                   5 |
| Bharatpur   |        282 | 85                |                   6 |
| Bhilwara    |        359 | 220               |                   7 |
| Bikaner     |        234 | 221               |                   8 |
| Bundi       |        158 | 143               |                   9 |
| Chittorgarh |        320 | 283               |                  10 |
| Churu       |        192 | 119               |                  11 |
| Dausa       |        176 | 133               |                  12 |
| Dungarpur   |        134 | 71                |                  13 |

| 14                | Ganganagar 334   | 231   |
|-------------------|------------------|-------|
| 15 Hanumangarh    | 238              | 164   |
| 16 Jaipur         | 377              | 318   |
| 17 Jaisalmer      | 58               | 10    |
| 18 Jalore         | 187              | 129   |
| 19 Jhalawar       | 212              | 184   |
| 20 Jhunjhunu      | 268              | 216   |
| 21 Jodhpur        | 298              | 187   |
| 22 Kota           | 161              | 149   |
| 23 Nagaur         | 324              | 141   |
| 24 Pali           | 154              | 118   |
| 25 Sawai Madhopur | 221              | 175   |
| 26 Sikar          | 262              | 242   |
| 27 Sirohi         | 81               | 64    |
| 28 Tonk           | 209              | 176   |
| 29 Udaipur        | 339              | 308   |
| Total             | 6,781            | 4,851 |