Lok Sabha Question No. 1487 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-09
Subject: Cooperative Societies
Ministry: COOPERATION
Asked by: Mrs Ruchi Vira

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1487 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09 th  DECEMBER, 2025

## Cooperative Societies

1487: Mrs Ruchi Vira:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  status  and  functioning  of  co-operative  societies particularly in the field of agricultural credit, milk production and rural livelihoods in terms of their management and financial condition and the problems being faced by them, especially in Moradabad District, Uttar Pradesh, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the steps taken by the Government for institutional reforms, better regulatory oversight and enhanced financial support to strengthen these cooperative societies; and
- (c) the reasons for the persistent difficulties being faced by the co-operative societies and their members?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Yes  Sir.  As  per  the  National  Cooperative  Database  (NCD),  there  are  a  total  of  40,665 cooperative societies in Uttar Pradesh, out of which 22,731 societies are functional. The sectorwise and district-wise, total number of cooperative societies and number of functional societies, is attached as Annexure-1 & Annexure-2, respectively.
- (b) The Government is providing financial support under the computerization of PACS project to strengthen cooperative societies across the country, including Uttar Pradesh. The details are at Annexure-3.

Further,  as  on  25.11.2025,  National  Cooperative  Development  Corporation  (NCDC)  has disbursed  Rs.  4,67,455.66  crore  for  the  development  of  cooperative  institutions  across  the country. Out of which Rs. 7,646.11 crore has been disbursed for cooperative development in Uttar Pradesh. For the district of Moradabad, NCDC has implemented Integrated Cooperative

Development Project (ICDP) during 22.02.2014 to 30.6.2018, under Central Sector Scheme, and extended financial assistance, as per details given below:-

(Rs.in lakh)

|   Loan |   UD Subsidy |   PIT subsidy |   Total |
|--------|--------------|---------------|---------|
| 858.41 |      146.847 |        74.813 | 1080.07 |

- (c) To resolve  the  difficulties  being  faced  by  the  cooperative  societies  and  their  members,  the Ministry of Cooperation, since its inception on 6th July, 2021, has undertaken several initiatives to  realize  the  vision  of  'Sahakar -seSamriddhi'  and  to  strengthen  cooperatives  across  the country including Uttar Pradesh. Key initiatives include:
- PACS  Computerisation  Project,  covering  more  than  79,630  PACS  nationwide, including those in Uttar Pradesh, to introduce standardized software, digital accounting, online service delivery and improved transparency.
- Model  Byelaws  of  PACS,  enabling  diversification  of  activities such  as  storage, processing, LPG distribution, and common service centers, ensuring better governance standards and promoting member-centric operations.
- Capacity-building and training programs are being conducted to train PACS officials in digital operations, financial management and service delivery.
- Strengthening of the Three-Tier Cooperative Credit Structure, to improve coordination between PACS, DCCBs and StCBs, ensuring better liquidity management and credit flow.
- World's Largest Decentralized Grain Storage Plan in the Cooperative Sector.
- Establishment of Tribhuvan Sahkari University.

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Annexure-1 Sector-wise total Cooperative Societies and functional Cooperative Societies in Uttar Pradesh

| S.No   | Sector                                                |   No. of societies |   No. of functional societies |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1      | Agriculture &Allied Cooperative                       |               1240 |                           718 |
| 2      | Agro Processing / Industrial Cooperative              |               1829 |                           115 |
| 3      | Bee Farming Cooperative                               |                  0 |                             0 |
| 4      | Consumer Cooperative                                  |               1004 |                           473 |
| 5      | Credit &Thrift Society                                |               2255 |                          1186 |
| 6      | Dairy Cooperative                                     |              16199 |                          7664 |
| 7      | Educational &Training Cooperatives                    |                  6 |                             6 |
| 8      | Fishery Cooperative                                   |               1589 |                          1266 |
| 9      | Handicraft Cooperative                                |                 26 |                             0 |
| 10     | Handloom Textile &Weavers Cooperative                 |               1814 |                           886 |
| 11     | Housing Cooperative Society                           |               3247 |                          1207 |
| 12     | Jute and Coir Cooperative                             |                  0 |                             0 |
| 13     | Khadi Gramodyog                                       |                148 |                           148 |
| 14     | Labour Cooperative                                    |                551 |                           138 |
| 15     | Livestock &Poultry Cooperative                        |                 19 |                             0 |
| 16     | Marketing Cooperative Society                         |               1807 |                           892 |
| 17     | Miscellaneous Credit Cooperative Society              |                  6 |                             6 |
| 18     | Miscellaneous Non-Credit                              |                 70 |                             7 |
| 19     | Multipurpose Cooperative                              |                129 |                            69 |
| 20     | Primary Agricultural Credit Society (PACS)/FSS/ LAMPS |               8439 |                          7765 |
| 21     | Sericulture Cooperative                               |                 88 |                            87 |
| 22     | Social Welfare &Cultural Cooperative                  |                  2 |                             1 |
| 23     | Sugar Mills Cooperative                               |                 27 |                            27 |
| 24     | Tourism Cooperative                                   |                  1 |                             1 |
| 25     | Transport Cooperative                                 |                 85 |                             6 |
| 26     | Tribal-SC/ST Cooperative                              |                  0 |                             0 |
| 27     | Urban Cooperative Bank (UCB)                          |                 56 |                            51 |
| 28     | Women Welfare Cooperative Society                     |                 28 |                            12 |
| Total  | Total                                                 |              40665 |                         22731 |

Source: NCD portal as of 15.11.2025 .

Annexure-2 District-wise total Cooperative Societies and functional Cooperative Societies in Uttar Pradesh

|   S.No | District Name       | No. of Societies   |   No. of functional Societies |
|--------|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|
|      1 | Agra                | 1,287              |                           616 |
|      2 | Aligarh             | 518                |                           307 |
|      3 | Ambedkar Nagar      | 641                |                           465 |
|      4 | Amethi              | 347                |                           186 |
|      5 | Amroha              | 353                |                           193 |
|      6 | Auraiya             | 409                |                           104 |
|      7 | Ayodhya             | 618                |                           409 |
|      8 | Azamgarh            | 1,026              |                           686 |
|      9 | Baghpat             | 296                |                           226 |
|     10 | Bahraich            | 539                |                           310 |
|     11 | Ballia              | 442                |                           251 |
|     12 | Balrampur           | 194                |                           133 |
|     13 | Banda               | 352                |                           169 |
|     14 | Barabanki           | 767                |                           455 |
|     15 | Bareilly            | 821                |                           533 |
|     16 | Basti               | 563                |                           401 |
|     17 | Bhadohi             | 197                |                           122 |
|     18 | Bijnor              | 774                |                           436 |
|     19 | Budaun              | 524                |                           277 |
|     20 | Bulandshahr         | 717                |                           554 |
|     21 | Chandauli           | 542                |                           265 |
|     22 | Chitrakoot          | 339                |                           193 |
|     23 | Deoria              | 403                |                           269 |
|     24 | Etah                | 429                |                           209 |
|     25 | Etawah              | 498                |                           103 |
|     26 | Farrukhabad         | 498                |                           132 |
|     27 | Fatehpur            | 714                |                           237 |
|     28 | Firozabad           | 303                |                           134 |
|     29 | Gautam Buddha Nagar | 558                |                           196 |
|     30 | Ghaziabad           | 713                |                           218 |
|     31 | Ghazipur            | 859                |                           441 |
|     32 | Gonda               | 739                |                           445 |
|     33 | Gorakhpur           | 788                |                           480 |
|     34 | Hamirpur            | 335                |                           247 |
|     35 | Hapur               | 293                |                           204 |
|     36 | Hardoi              | 601                |                           377 |
|     37 | Hathras             | 219                |                           163 |
|     38 | Jalaun              | 589                |                           237 |
|     39 | Jaunpur             | 687                |                           371 |

| S.No   | District Name     | No. of Societies   | No. of functional Societies   |
|--------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|
| 41     | Kannauj           | 363                | 69                            |
| 42     | Kanpur Dehat      | 473                | 118                           |
| 43     | Kanpur Nagar      | 966                | 397                           |
| 44     | Kasganj           | 146                | 107                           |
| 45     | Kaushambi         | 470                | 145                           |
| 46     | Kheri             | 456                | 351                           |
| 47     | Kushi Nagar       | 350                | 223                           |
| 48     | Lalitpur          | 343                | 209                           |
| 49     | Lucknow           | 1,390              | 718                           |
| 50     | Maharajganj       | 373                | 217                           |
| 51     | Mahoba            | 208                | 98                            |
| 52     | Mainpuri          | 245                | 125                           |
| 53     | Mathura           | 532                | 462                           |
| 54     | Mau               | 445                | 176                           |
| 55     | Meerut            | 864                | 708                           |
| 56     | Mirzapur          | 633                | 407                           |
| 57     | Moradabad         | 870                | 507                           |
| 58     | Muzaffarnagar     | 420                | 343                           |
| 59     | Pilibhit          | 381                | 284                           |
| 60     | Pratapgarh        | 525                | 341                           |
| 61     | Prayagraj         | 1,333              | 660                           |
| 62     | Rae Bareli        | 733                | 511                           |
| 63     | Rampur            | 379                | 254                           |
| 64     | Saharanpur        | 749                | 478                           |
| 65     | Sambhal           | 286                | 185                           |
| 66     | Sant Kabeer Nagar | 217                | 148                           |
| 67     | Shahjahanpur      | 581                | 435                           |
| 68     | Shamli            | 173                | 94                            |
| 69     | Shravasti         | 237                | 97                            |
| 70     | Siddharth Nagar   | 380                | 196                           |
| 71     | Sitapur           | 685                | 472                           |
| 72     | Sonbhadra         | 207                | 147                           |
| 73     | Sultanpur         | 507                | 309                           |
| 74     | Unnao             | 583                | 363                           |
| 75     | Varanasi          | 975                | 399                           |
|        | Total             | 40,665             | 22,731                        |

Source: NCD portal as of 15.11.2025.

Anneuxre-3 Funds released under PACS Computerization project (Rs. in crore)

| S.No   | States/UTs               | 2022-23   | 2023-24   | 2024-25   | 2025-26   | Total    |
|--------|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|
| 1      | Maharashtra              | 87.95     | 33.65     | -         | 9.14      | 130.73   |
| 2      | Rajasthan                | 23.78     | 43.3      | 11        | 6.76      | 84.83    |
| 3      | Gujarat                  | -         | 58.3      | 22.19     | 13.48     | 93.97    |
| 4      | Uttar Pradesh            | 11.28     | 42.3      | -         | 13.51     | 67.1     |
| 5      | Karnataka                | 40.25     | 15.39     | -         | 12.19     | 67.83    |
| 6      | Madhya Pradesh           | 33.23     | 25.42     | -         | 7.78      | 66.43    |
| 7      | Tamil Nadu               | 33.2      | 12.48     | -         | 6.05      | 51.73    |
| 8      | Bihar                    | 32.95     | -         | 14.66     | 4.15      | 51.76    |
| 9      | West Bengal              | 30.54     | -         | -         | 15.25     | 45.79    |
| 10     | Punjab                   | 25.52     | -         | -         | 7.42      | 32.94    |
| 11     | Andhra Pradesh           | 14.93     | 3.74      | 14.54     | 2.1       | 35.31    |
| 12     | Chhattisgarh             | 14.86     | -         | 10.21     | 3.28      | 28.35    |
| 13     | Himachal Pradesh         | 9.56      | 7.32      | 3.09      | 6.77      | 26.74    |
| 14     | Jharkhand                | 10.99     | -         | -         | 8.21      | 34.3     |
| 15     | Haryana                  | 4.85      | 2.44      | -         | -         | 8.79     |
| 16     | Uttarakhand              | -         | -         | -         | -         | -        |
| 17     | Assam                    | 6.41      | 2.45      | 6.39      | 1.76      | 17.02    |
| 18     | J&K                      | 5.25      | 1.52      | 1.85      | 1.75      | 10.37    |
| 19     | Tripura                  | 2.95      | 1.13      | 3.03      | -         | -        |
| 20     | Manipur                  | 2.55      | -         | -         | -         | 3.14     |
| 21     | Nagaland                 | 0.36      | 2.46      | 1.6       | 0.01      | 4.43     |
| 22     | Meghalaya                | 1.23      | -         | -         | -         | 2.34     |
| 23     | Sikkim                   | 1.18      | 0.9       | 0.79      | 0.41      | 3.28     |
| 24     | Goa                      | 0.32      | 0.13      | 0.44      | 0.31      | 1.19     |
| 25     | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | -         | -         | -         | -         | -        |
| 26     | Puducherry               | 0.44      | 0.17      | -         | -         | 0.67     |
| 27     | Mizoram                  | 0.27      | -         | -         | 0.56      | 1.27     |
| 28     | Arunachal Pradesh        | 0.15      | 0.12      | 0.09      | -         | -        |
| 29     | Ladakh                   | -         | -         | -         | -         | 0.12     |
| 30     | Odisha                   | -         | -         | -         | -         | 18.07    |
| 31     | DNH&DD                   | -         | -         | -         | -         | -        |
| 32     | Sub-Total                | 395       | 257.71    | 105.54    | 142.24    | 900.49   |
| 33     | NABARD                   | 100       | 40.92     | 25        | -         | 165.92   |
|        | Total                    | 495       | 298.63    | 130.54    | -         | 1,066.41 |

Note: data as of 25.11.2025.