Lok Sabha Question No. 590 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-03
Subject: National Council for Cooperative Training (NCCT)
Ministry: COOPERATION
Asked by: Shri Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy, Shri Putta Mahesh Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 590 TO BE ANSWERED ON  3 rd  FEBRUARY, 2026

## NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR COOPERATIVE TRAINING (NCCT)

## 590. Shri Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy: Shri Putta Mahesh Kumar:

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

- (a) the details regarding the total number of training institutes established by NCCT, State-wise till date;
- (b) the details regarding the funds sanctioned and released for the training institutes, year-wise;
- (c) whether the Government plans on establishing training institutes in States where no such Institute exists under NCCT;
- (d) if so, the details regarding the timeline for establishing the same in remaining States and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether the Government has any details regarding the total number of diploma course offered by NCCT;
- (f) if so, the details thereof sector-wise, along with the number of beneficiaries trained State-wise for the past five years; and
- (g) the details regarding the short-term training programmes conducted by the NCCT, year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As on date, the National Council for Cooperative Training (NCCT) has established a total  of  20  training  institutes  across  the  country  which  includes  Vaikunth  Mehta  National Institute  of  Cooperative  Management  (VAMNICOM)  at  the  national  level,  5  Regional Institutes of Cooperative Management (RICMs), and 14 Institutes of

Cooperative Management (ICMs) spread across the country. The State-wise details of these training institutes is at Annexure -I

- (b) The details  of  the  year-wise  funds  sanctioned  and  released  to  the  training  institutes established by NCCT for the last 05 years are as follows:
- (c)  &  (d)  :  NCCT  ensures  training  support  to  all  States  and  Union  Territories  through VAMNICOM,  RICMs  and  ICMs.In  states  where  no  training  institute  exists,    the  training responsibilities are undertaken by the nearest RICMs/ICMs. In addition, The Ministry of the Government  has  established  a  national-level  university  in  the  cooperative  sector,  namely, 'Tribhuvan'  Sahkari  University  (TSU)  and  all  States  have  been  requested  to  affiliate  one institute in their respective jurisdiciton with the TSU.
- (e)  &  (f)  NCCT  conducts  Post  Graduate  Diploma  in  Cooperative  Business  Management (PGDCBM), PostGraduate Diploma in Computer Applications (PGDCA), Higher Diploma in Cooperative Management (Correspondence) (HDCM-R), Dairy Diploma, Industrial Diploma and  Diploma  in  Urban  Cooperative  Bank  Management  (DUCBM)  through  its  training institues.The  details  of  the  sector-wise    beneficiaries  trained  for  the  past  five  years  is  at Annexure-II.
- (g)      The details regarding the short-term training programmes conducted by NCCT and its training institutes year-wise for the past five years is at Annexure-III.

| Details of year wise Fund Sanctioned and released   | Details of year wise Fund Sanctioned and released   | Details of year wise Fund Sanctioned and released   | Details of year wise Fund Sanctioned and released   | Details of year wise Fund Sanctioned and released   | Details of year wise Fund Sanctioned and released   |
|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| Particular                                          | Amount in Cr.                                       | Amount in Cr.                                       | Financial Year                                      | Amount in Cr.                                       | Amount in Cr.                                       |
|                                                     | 2020-21                                             | 2021-22                                             | 2022-23                                             | 2023-24                                             | 2024-25                                             |
| 1                                                   | 2                                                   | 3                                                   | 4                                                   | 5                                                   | 6                                                   |
| Grant sanctioned                                    | 51.74                                               | 53.82                                               | 44.00                                               | 44.79                                               | 46.70                                               |
| Grant released                                      | 51.74                                               | 53.82                                               | 44.00                                               | 44.79                                               | 46.70                                               |

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## Annexure - I

| S.L. N.o.   | Name of the Unit        | Located at     | Jurisdiction States of the Institutes                                    |
|-------------|-------------------------|----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1           | VAMNICOM, Pune          | Maharashtra    | National/ International Level                                            |
| 2           | RICM, Bangalore         | Karnataka      | Karnataka                                                                |
| 3 RICM,     | Chandigarh Punjab       |                | Punjab, Haryana , Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu& Kashmir and Delhi |
| 4 RICM,     | Gandhinagar Gujarat     |                | Gujarat                                                                  |
| 5           | RICM, Kalyani           | West Bengal    | West Bengal, Sikkim, Tripura, Andaman& Nicobar                           |
| 6 RICM,     | Patna Bihar             |                | Bihar and Jharkhand                                                      |
| 7           | ICM, Bhopal             | Madhya Pradesh | Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh                                              |
| 8           | ICM, Bhubaneswar        | Orissa         | Orissa                                                                   |
| 9           | ICM, Chennai            | Tamil Nadu     | Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry                                                  |
| 10 ICM,     | Dehradun                | Uttarakhand    | Uttarakhand                                                              |
| 11 ICM,     | Guwahati                | Assam          | Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya Mizoram                              |
| 12 ICM,     | Hyderabad               | Telangana      | Andhra Pradesh Telangana                                                 |
| 13          | ICM, Imphal             | Manipur        | Manipur Nagaland                                                         |
| 14 ICM,     | Jaipur                  | Rajasthan      | Rajasthan                                                                |
| 15 ICM,     | Kannur                  | Kerala         | Kerala                                                                   |
| 16          | ICM, Lucknow            | Uttar Pradesh  | Uttar Pradesh                                                            |
| 17          | ICM, Madurai            | Tamil Nadu     | Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry                                                  |
| 18          | ICM, Nagpur             | Maharashtra    | Maharashtra,                                                             |
| 19          | ICM, Pune               | Maharashtra    | Maharashtra, Goa                                                         |
| 20          | ICM, Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala         | Kerala                                                                   |

|                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      | Annexure - II                                                        | Annexure - II                                                        |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Details of Diploma Courses Offered by Training Institutes under NCCT | Details of Diploma Courses Offered by Training Institutes under NCCT | Details of Diploma Courses Offered by Training Institutes under NCCT | Details of Diploma Courses Offered by Training Institutes under NCCT | Details of Diploma Courses Offered by Training Institutes under NCCT | Details of Diploma Courses Offered by Training Institutes under NCCT | Details of Diploma Courses Offered by Training Institutes under NCCT | Details of Diploma Courses Offered by Training Institutes under NCCT | Details of Diploma Courses Offered by Training Institutes under NCCT | Details of Diploma Courses Offered by Training Institutes under NCCT | Details of Diploma Courses Offered by Training Institutes under NCCT | Details of Diploma Courses Offered by Training Institutes under NCCT | Details of Diploma Courses Offered by Training Institutes under NCCT | Details of Diploma Courses Offered by Training Institutes under NCCT |
|                                                                      | Dura tion                                                            | Sectors                                                              |                                                                      | 2020-21                                                              | 2020-21                                                              | 2021-22                                                              | 2021-22                                                              | 2022-23                                                              | 2022-23                                                              | 2023-24                                                              | 2023-24                                                              | 2024-25                                                              | 2024-25                                                              |
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| Diploma Courses                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |
| PGDCBM - Post Graduate Diploma in Cooperativ e Business Manageme     | 1 year                                                               | General Cooper atives (for all sectors)                              | VAMNICO M                                                            | 1                                                                    | 23                                                                   | 1                                                                    | 29                                                                   | 1                                                                    | 25                                                                   | 1                                                                    | 15                                                                   | 1                                                                    | 24                                                                   |
| nt. PGDCA - Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applicatio             | 1 year                                                               | For all Sectors                                                      | ICM, Imphal                                                          | 1                                                                    | 10                                                                   | 1                                                                    | 10                                                                   | 1                                                                    | 12                                                                   | 1                                                                    | 15                                                                   | 1                                                                    | 11                                                                   |
| HDCM( R) - Higher Diploma                                            | 36 week s                                                            | For all Sectors                                                      | All Units                                                            | 6                                                                    | 268                                                                  | 13                                                                   | 499                                                                  | 19                                                                   | 503                                                                  | 15                                                                   | 503                                                                  | 8                                                                    | 265                                                                  |

| in Cooperativ e Manageme nt (Regular)                                   |           |                           |                                                                                                  |    |      |    |     |    |     |    |     |    |     |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----|------|----|-----|----|-----|----|-----|----|-----|
| HDCM( C) - Higher Diploma in Cooperativ e Manageme nt (Correspon dence) | 36 week s | For all Sectors           | All Units                                                                                        | 35 | 1263 | 24 | 939 | 19 | 586 | 21 | 688 | 12 | 320 |
| Dairy Diploma                                                           | 12 week s | Dairy Cooper atives       | NICM, Chennai, ICM, Thrivananth apuram                                                           |  0 |    0 |  0 |   0 |  3 |  99 |  2 |  41 |  3 |  78 |
| Industrial Diploma                                                      | 12 week s | Industri al Cooper atives | RICM Chandigarh, RICM Kalyani , RICM Patna, ICM Bhopal, ICM, Dehradun, ICM Hyderabad, ICM Jaipur |  2 |   55 |  8 | 284 | 12 | 404 | 12 | 372 | 11 | 497 |

| DUCBM Diploma - Diploma in Urban Cooperativ e Bank Manageme nt.   | 12 week s   | Urban Bankin g Cooper ative   | RICM, Bangalore   | 5   | 486   | 9   | 563   | 6   | 164   | 10   | 319   | 5   | 196   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------|-------------------|-----|-------|-----|-------|-----|-------|------|-------|-----|-------|

| Details of Diploma Courses Offered by Training Institutes under NCCT during 2020-21 to 2024-25   | Details of Diploma Courses Offered by Training Institutes under NCCT during 2020-21 to 2024-25   | Details of Diploma Courses Offered by Training Institutes under NCCT during 2020-21 to 2024-25   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year                                                                                             | Total No. of Programmes                                                                          | Total No. of Participants                                                                        |
| 2020 - 21                                                                                        | 50                                                                                               | 2105                                                                                             |
| 2021 - 22                                                                                        | 56                                                                                               | 2324                                                                                             |
| 2022 - 23                                                                                        | 61                                                                                               | 1793                                                                                             |
| 2023 - 24                                                                                        | 62                                                                                               | 1953                                                                                             |
| 2024 - 25                                                                                        | 41                                                                                               | 1391                                                                                             |
| Grand Total                                                                                      | 270                                                                                              | 9566                                                                                             |

Annexure - III

| Short-term Training Programmes Conducted by NCCT and its Training Institutes during 2020-21 to 2024-25   | Short-term Training Programmes Conducted by NCCT and its Training Institutes during 2020-21 to 2024-25   | Short-term Training Programmes Conducted by NCCT and its Training Institutes during 2020-21 to 2024-25   | Short-term Training Programmes Conducted by NCCT and its Training Institutes during 2020-21 to 2024-25   | Short-term Training Programmes Conducted by NCCT and its Training Institutes during 2020-21 to 2024-25   | Short-term Training Programmes Conducted by NCCT and its Training Institutes during 2020-21 to 2024-25   | Short-term Training Programmes Conducted by NCCT and its Training Institutes during 2020-21 to 2024-25   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                                          | 2020- 21                                                                                                 | 2021-2022                                                                                                | 2022-23                                                                                                  | 2023-24                                                                                                  | 2024-25                                                                                                  | Grand Total                                                                                              |
| No. Of Programmes                                                                                        | 1015                                                                                                     | 1480                                                                                                     | 2957                                                                                                     | 3579                                                                                                     | 4231                                                                                                     | 13262                                                                                                    |
| No. Of Participants                                                                                      | 36991                                                                                                    | 58472                                                                                                    | 184931                                                                                                   | 221669                                                                                                   | 308943                                                                                                   | 811006                                                                                                   |