Lok Sabha Question No. 117 (STARRED), answered on 2024-12-03
Subject: Onboarding of  PACS on ERP Software
Ministry: COOPERATION
Asked by: Shri Kali Charan Singh, Shri Parshottambhai Rupala

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 117 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 rd  DECEMBER, 2024

## Onboarding of PACS on ERP Software

## †*117. Shri Kali Charan Singh:

## Shri Parshottambhai Rupala:

Will the Minister of COOPERATION

सहकारिता मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government aims to set up feasible Co-operative Societies similar to dairy on the lines of fisheries Co-operative Societies at the Panchayat level;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  steps  to  digitise  Primary  Agricultural  Credit Societies (PACS) by linking them with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software;
- (c) if so, the details of total number of PACS onboarded to ERP software in the country till date, State-wise, particularly Uttar Pradesh; and
- (d) the details of progress in digitization of PACS and support provided to panchayat-level Cooperatives in Gujarat?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d) : A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.117 DUE FOR REPLY ON 3 rd  DECEMBER, 2024

(a) The  Government  on  15.02.2023, has approved the Plan for strengthening cooperative movement in the country and deepening its reach up to the grassroots. The Plan entails establishment of new 2 lakh Multipurpose Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (M-PACS), Dairy and Fishery Cooperative Societies covering all the Panchayats/ villages  in  the  country  in  the  next  five  years,  through  convergence  of  various  existing Government of India 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.  In  order  to  ensure  effective implementation  of  the  plan,  a  Standard  Operating  Procedure  (Margdarshika)  has  been launched on 19.09.2024 indicating the targets and timelines for stakeholders concerned.

(b) In  order  to  strengthen  Primary  Agricultural  Credit Societies  (PACS)  through computerization, Government of India is implementing the Project for Computerization of functional PACS with a total financial outlay of ₹2,516 Crore, which entails bringing all the functional PACS onto an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) based Common National Software,  linking  them  with  National  Bank  for  Agriculture  and  Rural  Development (NABARD) through State Cooperative Banks (StCBs) and District Central Cooperative Banks  (DCCBs).  The  ERP  (Enterprise  Resource  Planning)  based  Common  National Software  brings  about  efficiency  in  PACS  performance  through  Common  Accounting System (CAS) and Management Information System (MIS).

(c) So far, proposals for computerization of 67,930 PACS from 30 States/ UTs have been sanctioned, for which Rs. 699.89 Cr. has been released as GoI share to the States/UTs concerned and Rs. 165.92 Crore to NABARD as implementing agency. As on 21.11.2024, total 4,0727 PACS have been onboarded on the ERP software including 2,505 PACS from the State of Uttar Pradesh. State-wise progress of digitization of PACS under the project such as ERP Onboarding, Hardware delivery, Go-live, etc, including the States of Uttar Pradesh is enclosed as Annexure.

(d) The details of progress in digitization of PACS as already mentioned in Annexure. Under the project, support is provided to PACS of Rs. 3.91 lakhs (approx.) per PACS which includes cost of hardware (Rs. 1,22,158/-), software (Rs. 72,103/-), training (Rs. 10,198/),  establishment  of  support  system  (Rs.  1,86,910/-),  to  all  the  States/UTs  including  the 5,754  sanctioned  PACS  of  the  State  of  Gujarat.  Total  115  Master  Trainers  have  been provided training under the project in the State of Gujarat.

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Annexure State-wise Progress of Digitization of PACS under Computerization of PACS Project

| S. No   | State/ UT         | PACS Sanctioned   | ERP Onboarded   | Number of PACS where Hardware delivered   | ERP - Go live   |
|---------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------|
| 1.      | Maharashtra       | 12,000            | 9,161           | 8,000                                     | 5,570           |
| 2.      | Rajasthan         | 6,781             | 3,025           | 5,492                                     | 1,876           |
| 3.      | Gujarat           | 5,754             | 3,838           | 5,752                                     | 2,216           |
| 4.      | Uttar Pradesh     | 5,686             | 2,505           | 3,062                                     | 2,429           |
| 5.      | Karnataka         | 5,491             | 487             | 5,491                                     | 43              |
| 6.      | Madhya Pradesh    | 4,536             | 4,524           | 4,534                                     | 4,513           |
| 7.      | Tamil Nadu        | 4,532             | 4,494           | 4,532                                     | 4,332           |
| 8.      | Bihar             | 4,495             | 4,043           | 4,475                                     | 3,702           |
| 9.      | West Bengal       | 4,167             | 148             | 1,647                                     | 61              |
| 10.     | Punjab            | 3,482             | 1,580           | 3,420                                     | 627             |
| 11.     | Andhra Pradesh    | 2,037             | 30              | 2,037                                     | 29              |
| 12.     | Chhattisgarh      | 2,028             | 2,019           | 2,024                                     | 1,994           |
| 13.     | Himachal Pradesh  | 1,789             | 829             | 870                                       | 616             |
| 14.     | Jharkhand         | 1,500             | 1,403           | 1,500                                     | 1,403           |
| 15.     | Haryana           | 710               | 687             | 710                                       | 633             |
| 16.     | Uttarakhand       | 670               | 185             | 670                                       | 185             |
| 17.     | Assam             | 583               | 567             | 583                                       | 532             |
| 18.     | J&K               | 537               | 532             | 535                                       | 529             |
| 19.     | Tripura           | 268               | 247             | 268                                       | 241             |
| 20.     | Manipur           | 232               | 23              | -                                         | 18              |
| 21.     | Nagaland          | 231               | 33              | 231                                       | 33              |
| 22.     | Meghalaya         | 112               | 108             | 109                                       | 107             |
| 23.     | Sikkim            | 107               | 104             | 107                                       | 101             |
| 24.     | Goa               | 58                | 32              | 58                                        | 27              |
| 25.     | ANI               | 46                | 44              | 46                                        | 43              |
| 26.     | Puducherry        | 45                | 31              | 45                                        | 31              |
| 27.     | Mizoram           | 25                | 25              | 25                                        | 24              |
| 28.     | Arunachal Pradesh | 14                | 14              | 14                                        | 13              |
| 29.     | Ladakh            | 10                | 9               | 10                                        | 8               |
| 30.     | DNH&DD            | 4                 | -               | 4                                         | -               |
|         | Total             | 67,930            | 40,727          | 56,251                                    | 31,936          |

As on 21.11.2024