Lok Sabha Question No. 482 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-03
Subject: Cooperative Societies
Ministry: COOPERATION
Asked by: Dr. Shivaji Bandappa Kalge, Shri Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram, Shri Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke, Shri Gyaneshwar Patil

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 482 TO BE ANSWERED ON  3 rd  February, 2026

## Cooperative Societies

Shri Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram: Shri Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke: Dr. Shivaji Bandappa Kalge: Shri Gyaneshwar Patil:

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

- (a) the number of primary, district and apex cooperative societies functioning in States of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh as on date, category-wise;
- (b) the total amount of Central assistance released to the said States under the Cooperative Sector Reforms and Digitalization Schemes during the last three years; and
- (c) the  details  of  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  strengthen  dairy,  sugar  and  agriculture cooperatives in the said States particularly in the drought-affected districts?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As  per  the  National  Cooperative  Database  (NCD),  there  are  a  total  of  2,26,006  and  53,950 cooperative societies in the States of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, respectively. The sectorwise number of cooperative societies, district federations and state federations in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, is attached as Annexure-1 & Annexure-2, respectively.
- (b) As on 25.01.2026, NCDC has cumulatively disbursed ₹5,10,955.14 crore for the development of cooperative institutions across the country. Activity-wise disbursement made in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh during the last five years is placed at Annexure-3 . Further, the status of funds released to the States of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh under the PACS computerization Project , is attached as Annexure4 .
- (c) 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 dairy, sugar and agri -cooperatives across the country including the State of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. These initiatives include:
- i. Model Bye-laws that enable PACS to undertake more than 25 business activities, improve governance, transparency and accountability in their operations. Now, PACS can operate as  PM-Kisan  Samridhi  Kendras  (PMKSKs),  Pradhan  Mantri  Bhartiya  Janaushadhi Kendras (PMBJKs), Common Service Centres (CSC) etc.
- ii. Cooperativeled  "White  Revolution  2.0'  aimed  at  expanding  cooperative  coverage, employment generation and women's empowerment with an objective "To increase the

milk procurement of dairy cooperatives by 50% from the present level over next five years by providing market access to dairy farmers in uncovered areas and increasing the share of dairy cooperatives in organized sector.

- iii. The Government has issued a clarification that  cooperative  sugar  mills  would  not  be subjected to additional income tax for paying higher sugarcane prices to farmers up to Fair and Remunerative or State Advised Price, from April 2016 onwards.
- iv. The  Government  has  made  a  provision  in  its  Union  Budget  2023-24,  wherein  Sugar cooperatives  have  been  allowed  to  claim  as  expenditure  their  payments  to  sugarcane farmers for the period before the assessment year 2016 -17, giving them a relief of more than Rs.46,000 crore.
- v. The  Government  launched  a  scheme  through  NCDC  for  setting  up  ethanol  plants  or cogeneration plants or for working capital or for all three purposes. The Ministry has released Rs.1000 crore to NCDC (Rs.500 crore in FY 2022-23 and Rs.500 crore in FY 2024-25) under the scheme and NCDC has released Rs.10,005 crore to 56 CSMs.
- vi. Indian Potash Limited, on the suggestions of the Ministry of Cooperation, has taken an initiative for the revival of closed Cooperative Sugar Mills.

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## Sector-wise Primary Societies, District Federation and State Federation in Maharashtra

| S.No   | Sector                                     | No. of societies   |   District Federation |   State Federation |
|--------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
| 1      | Agriculture &Allied Cooperative            | 3,618              |                     3 |                  0 |
| 2      | Agro Processing / Industrial Cooperative   | 5,556              |                     7 |                  1 |
| 3      | Bee Farming Cooperative                    | 1                  |                     0 |                  0 |
| 4      | Consumer Cooperative                       | 1,980              |                     2 |                  0 |
| 5      | Credit &Thrift Society                     | 20,835             |                    12 |                  4 |
| 6      | Dairy Cooperative                          | 13,364             |                     8 |                  0 |
| 7      | Educational &Training Cooperatives         | 70                 |                    12 |                  1 |
| 8      | Fishery Cooperative                        | 3,401              |                     6 |                  3 |
| 9      | Handicraft Cooperative                     | 13                 |                     0 |                  0 |
| 10     | Handloom Textile &Weavers Cooperative      | 509                |                     2 |                  2 |
| 11     | Housing Cooperative Society                | 1,27,485           |                    24 |                  0 |
| 12     | Jute and Coir Cooperative                  | 13                 |                     0 |                  0 |
| 13     | Khadi Gramodyog                            | 3                  |                     0 |                  0 |
| 14     | Labour Cooperative                         | 11,506             |                    27 |                  0 |
| 15     | Livestock &Poultry Cooperative             | 623                |                     0 |                  0 |
| 16     | Marketing Cooperative Society              | 1,341              |                     2 |                  0 |
| 17     | Miscellaneous Credit Cooperative Society   | 322                |                     3 |                  0 |
| 18     | Miscellaneous Non Credit                   | 7,474              |                    24 |                  2 |
| 19     | Multipurpose Cooperative                   | 4,812              |                     2 |                  0 |
| 20     | Primary Agricultural Credit Society (PACS) | 21,233             |                     0 |                  0 |
| 21     | Sericulture Cooperative                    | 3                  |                     0 |                  0 |
| 22     | Social Welfare &Cultural Cooperative       | 469                |                     0 |                  0 |
| 23     | Sugar Mills Cooperative                    | 99                 |                     0 |                  1 |
| 24     | Tourism Cooperative                        | 127                |                     0 |                  0 |
| 25     | Transport Cooperative                      | 241                |                     0 |                  0 |
| 26     | Tribal-SC/ST Cooperative                   | 15                 |                     0 |                  1 |
| 27     | Urban Cooperative Bank (UCB)               | 454                |                     4 |                  1 |
| 28     | Women Welfare Cooperative Society          | 439                |                     0 |                  0 |
|        | Total                                      | 2,26,006           |                   138 |                 16 |

Source: NCD portal as of 20.01.2026.

## Annexure-2

## Sector-wise Primary Societies, District Federation and State Federation in Madhya Pradesh

| S.No   | Sector                                     | No. of societies   |   District Federation |   State Federation |
|--------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
| 1      | Agriculture &Allied Cooperative            | 3,628              |                    15 |                  1 |
| 2      | Agro Processing / Industrial Cooperative   | 1,750              |                     0 |                  0 |
| 3      | Bee Farming Cooperative                    | 8                  |                     0 |                  0 |
| 4      | Consumer Cooperative                       | 4,978              |                     1 |                  1 |
| 5      | Credit &Thrift Society                     | 3,541              |                     0 |                  0 |
| 6      | Dairy Cooperative                          | 10,632             |                     0 |                  0 |
| 7      | Educational &Training Cooperatives         | 30                 |                     4 |                  2 |
| 8      | Fishery Cooperative                        | 2,979              |                     0 |                  0 |
| 9      | Handicraft Cooperative                     | 69                 |                     0 |                  0 |
| 10     | Handloom Textile &Weavers Cooperative      | 895                |                     0 |                  0 |
| 11     | Housing Cooperative Society                | 3,042              |                     0 |                  1 |
| 12     | Jute and Coir Cooperative                  | 14                 |                     0 |                  0 |
| 13     | Khadi Gramodyog                            | 1                  |                     0 |                  0 |
| 14     | Labour Cooperative                         | 1,136              |                     0 |                  0 |
| 15     | Livestock &Poultry Cooperative             | 87                 |                     0 |                  0 |
| 16     | Marketing Cooperative Society              | 358                |                     0 |                  1 |
| 17     | Miscellaneous Credit Cooperative Society   | 45                 |                     0 |                  0 |
| 18     | Miscellaneous Non Credit                   | 1,820              |                     7 |                  1 |
| 19     | Multipurpose Cooperative                   | 1,767              |                     0 |                  0 |
| 20     | Primary Agricultural Credit Society (PACS) | 5,207              |                     0 |                  0 |
| 21     | Sericulture Cooperative                    | 32                 |                     0 |                  0 |
| 22     | Social Welfare &Cultural Cooperative       | 91                 |                     1 |                  0 |
| 23     | Sugar Mills Cooperative                    | 8                  |                     0 |                  0 |
| 24     | Tourism Cooperative                        | 47                 |                     0 |                  1 |
| 25     | Transport Cooperative                      | 184                |                     0 |                  0 |
| 26     | Tribal-SC/ST Cooperative                   | 37                 |                     0 |                  0 |
| 27     | Urban Cooperative Bank (UCB)               | 38                 |                     0 |                  0 |
| 28     | Women Welfare Cooperative Society          | 11,526             |                     0 |                  0 |
|        | Total                                      | 53,950             |                    28 |                  8 |

Source: NCD portal as of 20.01.2026.

Disbursement by NCDC in Maharashtra in Last Five years (in Rs. Crore)

| S. No   | Scheme/Activity   | 2025-26 as on 25.01.2026   | 2024-25   | 2023-24   | 2022-23   | 2021-22   | Total     |
|---------|-------------------|----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1       | Marketing         | 3.75                       |           |           |           |           | 3.75      |
| 2       | Dairy &Live Stock |                            |           |           | 0.33      | 3.98      | 4.31      |
| 3       | Consumer          |                            |           |           |           | 0.90      | 0.90      |
| 4       | FPO 2.88          |                            | 2.57      | 2.24      | 0.53      | 0.36      | 8.58      |
| 5       | Fisheries         | 7.55                       | 11.31     | 14.09     | 10.52     | 0.10      | 43.57     |
| 7       | C, IC&SC          | 15.00                      | 81.06     | 36.40     | 6.40      | 7.70      | 146.56    |
| 8       | Sugar             | 2,224.25                   | 7,617.50  | 2,004.34  | 686.65    | 653.84    | 13,186.58 |
| 9       | Textile           | 16.71                      | 51.31     | 44.35     | 46.72     | 21.19     | 180.28    |
| 10      | M.I.S             |                            | 0.75      |           |           |           | 0.75      |
|         | Total             | 2270.14                    | 7764.50   | 2101.42   | 751.15    | 688.07    | 13575.28  |

Disbursement by NCDC in Madhya Pradesh in Last Five years (in Rs. Crore)

| S. No   | Scheme/Activity   | 2025-26 as on 25.01.2026   | 2024-25   | 2023-24   | 2022-23   | 2021-22   | Total    |
|---------|-------------------|----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|
| 1       | Marketing &Inputs | 1,028.00                   |           |           |           |           | 1,028.00 |
| 2       | Textile           |                            |           |           | 20.00     |           | 20.00    |
| 3       | Dairy &Live Stock | 0.05                       | 0.09      | 0.04      |           |           | 0.18     |
| 4       | F&V               |                            | 0.20      | 0.07      |           |           | 0.27     |
| 5       | Foodgrain         |                            | 0.12      |           |           |           | 0.12     |
| 6       | Oilseed           | 0.04                       | 0.23      | 0.08      |           |           | 0.35     |
| 7       | FPO               | 1.39                       | 2.49      | 2.76      | 2.06      | 0.43      | 9.13     |
| 8       | Fisheries         | 0.32                       | 0.38      | 0.72      | 0.44      | 0.04      | 1.90     |
| 9       | Storage           | 0.29                       | 1.13      | 0.94      | 0.85      | 0.97      | 4.18     |
| 10      | C, IC&SC          | 215.99                     | 291.33    | 310.06    | 245.05    | 455.00    | 1,517.43 |
| 11      | Sugar             |                            | 30.00     | 8.00      | 7.60      |           | 45.60    |
| 12      | CSR               |                            |           |           | 0.01      | 0.01      | 0.02     |
| 13      | ICDP              |                            |           | 0.20      | 8.40      | 20.64     | 29.24    |
|         | Total             | 1246.08                    | 325.97    | 322.87    | 284.41    | 477.09    | 2656.42  |

## Annexure-3

## Annexure-4

Fund released for last 3 years to Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh under the PACS Comp.  Project (as on 20.01.2026) In Rs. crore

|   S. No | State Name     |   2025-26 |   2024-25 |   2023-24 |   Total |
|---------|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
|       1 | Maharashtra    |      9.13 |         0 |     33.64 |   42.78 |
|       2 | Madhya Pradesh |      7.77 |         0 |     25.42 |   33.2  |