Lok Sabha Question No. 1500 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-09
Subject: Number of Cooperative Societies
Ministry: COOPERATION
Asked by: Shri Kota Srinivasa Poojary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1500 TO BE ANSWERED ON  09 TH  DECEMBER, 2025

## Number of Cooperative Societies

## 1500: Shri Kota Srinivasa Poojary:

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

- (a) the number and types of cooperative societies in the country, State-wise;
- (b) the details of the courses available at the newly opened Tribhuvan University;
- (c) the objectives of establishing of Tribhuvan University; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government's for the upliftment of the cooperative sector in the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As per  the  National  Cooperative  Database  (NCD),  there  are  a  total  of  8.4  lakh  Cooperative Societies,  across  30  sectors,  in  the  country.  The  State-wise  and  sector-wise  total  number  of cooperative societies, is attached as Annexure-1 & Annexure-2, respectively.
- (b) The 'Tribhuvan' Sahkari University has four Master's in Business Administration programmes. These programmes are as under:
- MBA in Rural Management by the IRMA School.
- MBA in Agribusiness Management by the School of Agribusiness Management.
- MBA in Cooperative Banking and Finance by the School of Cooperative Banking and Finance.
- MBA in Cooperative Management by the School of Cooperative Management.
- (c) Among other things, the major objectives of the University are to provide qualified and trained manpower,  to  meet  the  present  and  future  needs  of  cooperative  sector,  to  provide  training, education and capacity building to the employees and board members of cooperatives and ensure high  quality  delivery  of  cooperative  education  and  training  as  per  the  best  national  and international practices.
- (d) The  Ministry  of  Cooperation,  since  its  inception  on  6th  July,  2021,  has  undertaken  several initiatives to realize the vision of 'Sahakar-se-Samriddhi' and to strengthen cooperatives across the country. Key areas of initiatives include:
- Making Primary Cooperatives economically vibrant and transparent;
- Strengthening the Urban and Rural Cooperative Banks;
- Relief to Cooperative Societies in the Income Tax Act;
- Revival of Cooperative Sugar Mills;
- Three new National Level Multi-State Societies;
- Capacity Building in Cooperatives;
- Use of Information Technology for 'Ease of Doing Business';
- Creation of National Cooperative Database (NCD);
- National Cooperation Policy (NCP);
- Establishment of Tribhuvan Sahkari University
- Other Initiatives

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Annexure-1 State-wise total no. of Cooperative Societies

| S.No   | State Name                                   | Total no. of societies   |
|--------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1      | Andaman And Nicobar Islands                  | 2,238                    |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh                               | 17,893                   |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh                            | 1,460                    |
| 4      | Assam                                        | 12,322                   |
| 5      | Bihar                                        | 27,385                   |
| 6      | Chandigarh                                   | 476                      |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh                                 | 11,800                   |
| 8      | Delhi                                        | 5,944                    |
| 9      | Goa                                          | 5,578                    |
| 10     | Gujarat                                      | 85,698                   |
| 11     | Haryana                                      | 34,399                   |
| 12     | Himachal Pradesh                             | 5,668                    |
| 13     | Jammu And Kashmir                            | 10,580                   |
| 14     | Jharkhand                                    | 11,997                   |
| 15     | Karnataka                                    | 46,805                   |
| 16     | Kerala                                       | 19,664                   |
| 17     | Ladakh                                       | 275                      |
| 18     | Lakshadweep                                  | 43                       |
| 19     | Madhya Pradesh                               | 54,592                   |
| 20     | Maharashtra                                  | 2,24,732                 |
| 21     | Manipur                                      | 11,624                   |
| 22     | Meghalaya                                    | 3,437                    |
| 23     | Mizoram                                      | 1,546                    |
| 24     | Nagaland                                     | 8,108                    |
| 25     | Odisha                                       | 8,172                    |
| 26     | Puducherry                                   | 464                      |
| 27     | Punjab                                       | 19,673                   |
| 28     | Rajasthan                                    | 41,955                   |
| 29     | Sikkim                                       | 3,763                    |
| 30     | Tamil Nadu                                   | 23,080                   |
| 31     | Telangana                                    | 60,860                   |
| 32     | The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu | 569                      |
| 33     | Tripura                                      | 3,227                    |
| 34     | Uttar Pradesh                                | 40,681                   |
| 35     | Uttarakhand                                  | 6,352                    |
| 36     | West Bengal                                  | 32,127                   |
|        | Total                                        | 8,45,187                 |

Soruce: NCD portal as of 15.11.2025.

## Sector wise total no. of Cooperative Societies

| S.No   | Sector Name                                | Total no. of Cooperative Societies   |
|--------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1      | Agriculture &Allied Cooperative            | 27,847                               |
| 2      | Agro Processing / Industrial Cooperative   | 20,774                               |
| 3      | Bee Farming Cooperative                    | 345                                  |
| 4      | Consumer Cooperative                       | 22,797                               |
| 5      | Credit &Thrift Society                     | 83,546                               |
| 6      | Dairy Cooperative                          | 1,55,146                             |
| 7      | Educational &Training Cooperatives         | 1,599                                |
| 8      | Farmers Services Society                   | 583                                  |
| 9      | Fishery Cooperative                        | 27,266                               |
| 10     | Handicraft Cooperative                     | 5,163                                |
| 11     | Handloom Textile &Weavers Cooperative      | 19,556                               |
| 12     | Housing Cooperative Society                | 1,93,930                             |
| 13     | Jute and Coir Cooperative                  | 69                                   |
| 14     | Khadi Gramodyog                            | 168                                  |
| 15     | Large Area Multipurpose Society            | 6000                                 |
| 16     | Labour Cooperative                         | 46,680                               |
| 17     | Livestock &Poultry Cooperative             | 16,874                               |
| 18     | Marketing Cooperative Society              | 10,077                               |
| 19     | Miscellaneous Credit Cooperative Society   | 7,581                                |
| 20     | Miscellaneous Non Credit                   | 34,967                               |
| 21     | Multipurpose Cooperative                   | 21,831                               |
| 22     | Primary Agricultural Credit Society (PACS) | 1,04,324                             |
| 23     | Sericulture Cooperative                    | 625                                  |
| 24     | Social Welfare &Cultural Cooperative       | 2,523                                |
| 25     | Sugar Mills Cooperative                    | 280                                  |
| 26     | Tourism Cooperative                        | 620                                  |
| 27     | Transport Cooperative                      | 4,191                                |
| 28     | Tribal-SC/ST Cooperative                   | 2,069                                |
| 29     | Urban Cooperative Bank (UCB)               | 1,469                                |
| 30     | Women Welfare Cooperative Society          | 26,287                               |
|        | Total                                      | 8,45,187                             |

Source: NCD portal as of 15.11.2025.

## Annexure-2