Lok Sabha Question No. 318 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-04
Subject: Role of PACS
Ministry: COOPERATION
Asked by: Shri Eatala Rajender, Smt. D K Aruna, Shri Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 318 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 th  FEBRUARY, 2025

## Role of PACS

318. Smt. D K Aruna:

Shri Eatala Rajender:

Shri Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy:

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

- (a) whether the Government is in the process of making two lakh multi-purpose PACS so that the traditional role of PACS could be expanded beyond credit and input supply and also planning  to  set  up  70,000  grain  storage  points  across  the  country,  with  PACS  potentially playing a key role as grain storage in rural areas; and
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  changes  made/implemented  till  now  along  with  funds sanctioned/spent till date in the country especially, Odisha, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b): 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 through establishment of 2 lakh multipurpose PACS, Dairy and Fishery cooperative societies covering all  the  Panchayats/  villages  in  the  country,  through  convergence  of  various  existing  GOI schemes,  including  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/UT Governments.

In order to ensure effective and timely implementation of the plan, Ministry of Cooperation in coordination with NABARD, NDDB and NFDB has launched a Standard Operating Procedure (Margdarshika) on 19.9.2024, indicating the targets and timelines for stakeholders concerned. Further, Joint Working Committees (JWC) at the district level have also been formed by States/ UTs to ensure timely execution of the plan at the grassroot level.

As per National Cooperative Database, till now 3,667 new multipurpose PACS, 8,294 dairy and  996  fishery  cooperatives  have  been  registered  in  the  country  since  the  launch  of  this initiative.

In  addition  to  the  above,  the  Government  on  31.05.2023,  has  also  approved  the  'World's Largest Grain Storage Plan in Cooperative Sector', which has been rolled out as a Pilot Project. The Plan entails  creation  of  various  agri  infrastructure  at  PACS  level,  including  godowns, custom hiring center, processing units, Fair Price Shops, etc. through convergence of various existing schemes of the Government of India (GoI), such as, Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF),  Agricultural  Marketing  Infrastructure  Scheme  (AMI),  Sub  Mission  on  Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM) Pradhan Mantri Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises Scheme (PMFME), etc. Under the Pilot Project of the Plan, construction of godowns has been completed in 11 PACS of 11 States.

These plans are being implemented by utilizing the existing budgetary outlays under various GoI schemes that are being converged at the level of these primary level cooperative societies, such as AIF, AMI, SMAM, NPDD, PMMSY etc.

The State-wise details of new multipurpose PACS, Dairy and Fishery cooperative societies formed are at Annexure .

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## Annexure

| Newly Registered Cooperatives                | Newly Registered Cooperatives   | Newly Registered Cooperatives   | Newly Registered Cooperatives   | Newly Registered Cooperatives   |
|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| State/UT                                     | PACS                            | Dairy                           | Fishery                         | Total                           |
| ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS                  | 1                               | 1                               | 7                               | 9                               |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                               | 0                               | 896                             | 1                               | 897                             |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                            | 12                              | 9                               | 12                              | 33                              |
| ASSAM                                        | 59                              | 233                             | 29                              | 321                             |
| BIHAR                                        | 25                              | 283                             | 0                               | 308                             |
| CHHATTISGARH                                 | 0                               | 136                             | 195                             | 331                             |
| GOA                                          | 12                              | 0                               | 0                               | 12                              |
| GUJARAT                                      | 291                             | 435                             | 7                               | 733                             |
| HARYANA                                      | 2                               | 43                              | 5                               | 50                              |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                             | 57                              | 350                             | 4                               | 411                             |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR                            | 84                              | 1005                            | 29                              | 1118                            |
| JHARKHAND                                    | 44                              | 131                             | 73                              | 248                             |
| KARNATAKA                                    | 128                             | 453                             | 17                              | 598                             |
| LADAKH                                       | 0                               | 3                               | 1                               | 4                               |
| LAKSHADWEEP                                  | 0                               | 0                               | 7                               | 7                               |
| MADHYA PRADESH                               | 16                              | 443                             | 154                             | 613                             |
| MAHARASHTRA                                  | 148                             | 668                             | 73                              | 889                             |
| MANIPUR                                      | 68                              | 17                              | 10                              | 95                              |
| MEGHALAYA                                    | 193                             | 12                              | 1                               | 206                             |
| MIZORAM                                      | 25                              | 2                               | 2                               | 29                              |
| NAGALAND                                     | 12                              | 0                               | 2                               | 14                              |
| ODISHA                                       | 1535                            | 0                               | 0                               | 1535                            |
| PUDUCHERRY                                   | 2                               | 2                               | 3                               | 7                               |
| PUNJAB                                       | 0                               | 80                              | 0                               | 80                              |
| RAJASTHAN                                    | 760                             | 1232                            | 3                               | 1995                            |
| SIKKIM                                       | 23                              | 34                              | 0                               | 57                              |
| TAMIL NADU                                   | 21                              | 478                             | 21                              | 520                             |
| TELANGANA                                    | 0                               | 15                              | 67                              | 82                              |
| THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU | 4                               | 0                               | 1                               | 5                               |
| TRIPURA                                      | 38                              | 0                               | 2                               | 40                              |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                | 94                              | 1181                            | 189                             | 1464                            |
| UTTARAKHAND                                  | 0                               | 66                              | 81                              | 147                             |
| WEST BENGAL                                  | 13                              | 86                              | 0                               | 99                              |
| Total                                        | 3,667                           | 8,294                           | 996                             | 12,957                          |

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