Lok Sabha Question No. 2643 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-05
Subject: Funds allotted to West Bengal
Ministry: COOPERATION
Asked by: Shri Raju Bista

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2643 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05 TH  AUGUST, 2025

## Funds allotted to West Bengal

## 2643. Shri Raju Bista:

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

- (a)  the  details  of  the  funds  allotted  to  State  of West  Bengal  under  various  schemes  of  the Ministry of Cooperation from its inception till date, district-wise; and

(b) the details of the schemes sponsored or funded by the Ministry of Cooperation along with the  allotment  of  funds  for  specific  schemes  in West  Bengal,  particularly  in  Darjeeling  and Kalimpong districts?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (b) : The district-wise details of funds allotted and utilized to State of West Bengal under various schemes of the Ministry of Cooperation from its inception till date are at Annexure'A' and Annexure- 'B' .  Further,  National  Cooperative  Development  Corporation  (NCDC) doesn't allocate funds to States/UT's. However, NCDC plays an important role in promoting, strengthening and developing farmer cooperatives for increasing production and productivity and  instituting  post-harvest  facilities  across  the  country,  including  in  West  Bengal  through Corporation Sponsored scheme and Schemes of other Ministries being implemented by NCDC. NCDC provides financial assistance in the form of loans (both Term Loans and Investment Loans) and subsidy to the cooperative societies for their development.  The loan component is provided  from  out  of  NCDC's  own  funds  while  the  eligible  subsidy  is  provided  after dovetailing from other Central Sector Schemes. The list of activities assisted by NCDC are Marketing,  Processing,  Storage,  Cold  Chain,  Industrial,  Distribution  of  essential  consumer articles through cooperatives, Credit & Service Cooperatives/ Notified Services, Cooperative Banking  Unit, Agricultural  Services,  District  Plan  Schemes,  Weaker  Section  Cooperatives, Assistance for Computerization of Cooperatives, Promotional and Developmental programmes. The details of the loans disbursed by NCDC district wise since inception in West Bengal are at Annexure - 'C'.

## Computerization of PACS Project

| Sl. No.   | Name of the District   |   No. of PACS Selected for Computerization | Funds allotted and Received ( Rs.) from GoI   | Funds Utilized ( Rs.)   |
|-----------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1         | Alipurduar             |                                         36 | 26,38,444.92                                  | 26,38,444.92            |
| 2         | Bankura                |                                        204 | 1,49,51,187.90                                | 1,49,51,187.90          |
| 3         | Birbhum                |                                        272 | 1,99,34,917.21                                | 1,99,34,917.21          |
| 4         | Coochbehar             |                                        108 | 79,15,334.77                                  | 79,15,334.77            |
| 5         | Dakshin Dinajpur       |                                         89 | 65,22,822.17                                  | 65,22,822.17            |
| 6         | Darjeeling             |                                         44 | 32,24,766.02                                  | 32,24,766.02            |
| 7         | Hooghly                |                                        333 | 2,44,05,615.55                                | 2,44,05,615.55          |
| 8         | Howrah                 |                                        121 | 88,68,106.55                                  | 88,68,106.55            |
| 9         | Jalpaiguri             |                                         85 | 62,29,661.63                                  | 62,29,661.63            |
| 10        | Jhargram               |                                        114 | 83,55,075.59                                  | 83,55,075.59            |
| 11        | Kalimpong              |                                         36 | 26,38,444.92                                  | 26,38,444.92            |
| 12        | Malda                  |                                        146 | 1,07,00,359.97                                | 1,07,00,359.97          |
| 13        | Murshidabad            |                                        251 | 1,83,95,824.33                                | 1,83,95,824.33          |
| 14        | Nadia                  |                                        262 | 1,92,02,015.84                                | 1,92,02,015.84          |
| 15        | North 24 Paraganas     |                                        271 | 1,98,61,627.07                                | 1,98,61,627.07          |
| 16        | Paschim Bardhaman      |                                         17 | 12,45,932.33                                  | 12,45,932.33            |
| 17        | Paschim Medinipur      |                                        418 | 3,06,35,277.18                                | 3,06,35,277.18          |
| 18        | Purba Bardhaman        |                                        405 | 2,96,82,505.40                                | 2,96,82,505.40          |
| 19        | Purba Medinipur        |                                        591 | 4,33,14,470.84                                | 4,33,14,470.84          |
| 20        | Purulia                |                                        120 | 87,94,816.41                                  | 87,94,816.41            |
| 21        | South 24 Paraganas     |                                        161 | 1,17,99,712.02                                | 1,17,99,712.02          |
| 22        | Uttar Dinajpur         |                                         83 | 60,83,081.35                                  | 60,83,081.35            |
|           | Total                  |                                       4167 | 30,54,00,000.00                               | 30,54,00,000.00         |

## Annexure-'A'

## Computerization of Office of Registrar of Cooperative Societies (RCS) of States/UTs Project

| Sl. No.   | Name of the District            | Funds allotted (Rupees) by the Government of India   |
|-----------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Alipurduar                      | 18,000.00                                            |
| 2         | Bankura                         | 18,000.00                                            |
| 3         | Birbhum                         | 18,000.00                                            |
| 4         | Coochbehar                      | 18,000.00                                            |
| 5         | Dakshin Dinajpur                | 18,000.00                                            |
| 6         | Darjeeling                      | 18,000.00                                            |
| 7         | Hooghly                         | 18,000.00                                            |
| 8         | Howrah                          | 18,000.00                                            |
| 9         | Jalpaiguri                      | 18,000.00                                            |
| 10        | Jhargram                        | 18,000.00                                            |
| 11        | Kalimpong                       | 18,000.00                                            |
| 12        | Malda                           | 18,000.00                                            |
| 13        | Murshidabad                     | 18,000.00                                            |
| 14        | Nadia                           | 18,000.00                                            |
| 15        | North 24 Paraganas              | 18,000.00                                            |
| 16        | Paschim Bardhaman               | 18,000.00                                            |
| 17        | Paschim Medinipur               | 18,000.00                                            |
| 18        | Purba Bardhaman                 | 36,000.00                                            |
| 19        | Purba Medinipur                 | 36,000.00                                            |
| 20        | Purulia                         | 18,000.00                                            |
| 21        | South 24 Paraganas              | 18,000.00                                            |
| 22        | Uttar Dinajpur                  | 18,000.00                                            |
| 23        | Kolkata (including Headquarter) | 54,000.00                                            |
| Total     | Total                           | 4,86,000.00                                          |

In addition to this, ₹18,90,000/- (Rupees eighteen lakh ninety thousand) has been allotted for the state as a whole for hiring of Cloud infrastructure for hosting the application.

## Annexure-'C'

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|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| S.No.                           |                                 |                                 |                                 |                                 |                                 |                                 |                                 |                                 |                                 |                                 |                                 | 2024-25                         |                                 | Rs. in crore                    | Rs. in crore                    | Rs. in crore                    |
|                                 | Districts                       |                                 |                                 |                                 | 2021-22                         | 2021-22                         | 2021-22                         | 2022-23                         | 2022-23                         | 2022-23                         | 2023-24                         | 2023-24                         | 2023-24                         | 2025-26 as on 10.07.2025        | 2025-26 as on 10.07.2025        | 2025-26 as on 10.07.2025        |
|                                 |                                 | Loan                            | Grant                           | Total                           | Loan                            | Grant                           | Total                           | Loan                            | Grant                           | Total                           | Loan                            | Grant                           | Total                           | Loan                            | Grant                           | Total                           |
| 1                               | 24 PARGANAS                     |                                 |                                 | -                               |                                 |                                 | -                               |                                 |                                 | -                               |                                 | 0.26                            | 0.26                            | -                               | 0.11                            | 0.11                            |
| 2                               | BIRBHUM                         |                                 |                                 | -                               |                                 |                                 | -                               |                                 |                                 | -                               |                                 | 0.10                            | 0.10                            |                                 |                                 | -                               |
| 3                               | BURDWAN                         |                                 |                                 | -                               |                                 |                                 | -                               |                                 |                                 | -                               |                                 | -                               | -                               |                                 |                                 | -                               |
| 4                               | DAKSHIN DINAJPUR                |                                 |                                 | -                               | 0.50                            | -                               | 0.50                            | -                               | -                               | -                               |                                 |                                 | -                               |                                 |                                 | -                               |
| 5                               | HOOGHLY                         |                                 |                                 | -                               |                                 |                                 | -                               | 0.70                            | -                               | 0.70                            |                                 | 0.31                            | 0.31                            | -                               | 0.08                            | 0.08                            |
| 6                               | HOWRAH                          |                                 |                                 | -                               |                                 |                                 | -                               |                                 |                                 | -                               |                                 |                                 | -                               | -                               | 0.03                            | 0.03                            |
| 7                               | JALPAIGURI                      |                                 |                                 | -                               | -                               | 0.30                            | 0.30                            | -                               | 0.56                            | 0.56                            |                                 | 0.66                            | 0.66                            | -                               | 0.37                            | 0.37                            |
| 8                               | JHARGRAM                        |                                 |                                 | -                               |                                 |                                 | -                               |                                 |                                 | -                               |                                 | 0.38                            | 0.38                            |                                 |                                 | -                               |
| 9                               | KOLKATA(R)                      | -                               | 43.72                           |                                 | -                               | 61.56                           | 61.56                           | -                               | 0.58                            | 0.58                            |                                 | 0.70                            | 0.70                            | -                               | 0.21                            | 0.21                            |
| 10                              | KOLKATA(U)                      | -                               | -                               | -                               |                                 |                                 | -                               | -                               | 1.37                            | 1.37                            |                                 | 0.79                            | 0.79                            | -                               | 1.14                            | 1.14                            |
| 11                              | MALDA                           |                                 |                                 | -                               | -                               | 0.60                            | 0.60                            | -                               | 1.64                            | 1.64                            | 0.75                            | 1.22                            | 1.97                            | 0.45                            | 0.36                            | 0.81                            |
| 12                              | MIDNAPORE (E)                   | 0.34                            | 0.10                            | 0.44                            | 0.22                            | 0.07                            | 0.29                            | -                               | -                               | -                               |                                 |                                 | -                               |                                 |                                 | -                               |
| 13                              | MIDNAPORE (W)                   |                                 |                                 |                                 | -                               | 0.11                            | 0.11                            | -                               | -                               | -                               | -                               | 0.57                            | 0.57                            | -                               | 0.06                            | 0.06                            |
| 14                              | MURSHIDABA D                    |                                 |                                 | -                               |                                 |                                 | -                               |                                 |                                 | -                               | -                               | 0.48                            | 0.48                            | -                               | 0.10                            | 0.10                            |
| 15                              | NADIA                           |                                 |                                 | -                               |                                 |                                 | -                               |                                 |                                 | -                               | -                               | 0.27                            | 0.27                            | -                               | 0.14                            | 0.14                            |

| 16   | PASCHIM BARDHAMAN   |      |       | -     |      |       | -     |      |      | -    | -    |   0.11 |   0.11 | -    | 0.05   | 0.05   |
|------|---------------------|------|-------|-------|------|-------|-------|------|------|------|------|--------|--------|------|--------|--------|
| 17   | PURBA BARDHAMAN     |      |       | -     |      |       | -     |      |      | -    | -    |   0.18 |   0.18 |      |        | -      |
| 18   | PURBA MEDINIPUR     |      |       | -     |      |       | -     | -    | 0.11 | 0.11 | -    |   0.13 |   0.13 | -    | 0.04   | 0.04   |
| 19   | SOUTH 24- OARGANAS  |      |       | -     |      |       | -     |      |      | -    | -    |   0.08 |   0.08 | -    | 0.01   | 0.01   |
| 20   | UTTAR DINAJPUR      |      |       | -     |      |       | -     |      |      | -    | -    |   0.07 |   0.07 |      |        | -      |
|      | TOTAL               | 0.34 | 43.82 | 44.16 | 0.72 | 62.64 | 63.36 | 0.70 | 4.26 | 4.96 | 0.75 |   6.31 |   7.06 | 0.45 | 2.70   | 3.15   |