Lok Sabha Question No. 416 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-02
Subject: Strengthening Cooperative Societies in Dairy, Fisheries, Handloom and Rural Industries
Ministry: COOPERATION
Asked by: Shri Konda Vishweshwar Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 416 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02 nd  DECEMBER, 2025

## Strengthening Cooperative Societies in Dairy, Fisheries, Handloom and Rural Industries

## 416 Shri Konda Vishweshwar Reddy:

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

- (a) the  details  of  cooperative  societies  currently  functioning  in  the  sectors  of  dairy,  fisheries, handloom/weaving,  and  other  rural  industries  in  the  State  of  Telangana,  including  their number, membership and operational status;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  provided  any  financial  assistance,  modernisation  support, training, or infrastructure development to these cooperatives during the last five years, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the total funds sanctioned and released to cooperative societies in Telangana under various Central Government schemes, including support extended through NABARD, NCDC and other agencies;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to establish new multi-purpose cooperatives, dairy/fishery/handloom  producer  cooperatives  or  cooperative-based  processing  units  in Telangana and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  steps  being  taken  to  strengthen  primary  cooperative  societies  in Telangana  to  enhance income generation, value addition and market linkages for members engaged in these sectors?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):  As  per  the  National  Cooperative  Database  (NCD),  there  are  a  total  of  60,860  cooperative societies in Telangana, out of which 48,186 societies are functional having approximately 1 crore members. The sector-wise details of cooperative societies and their membership, as of 15.11.2025, is attached as Annexure-1 .
- (b)  &  (c):        The  Ministry  of  Cooperation  is  consistently  conducting  cooperative  training programmes  in  Telangana  through  National  Council  for  Cooperative  Training  (NCCT), delivered  via  Regional  Institute  of  Cooperative  Management  (RICMs)  /  Institute  of Cooperative  Management  (ICMs).  Details  of  training  provided  to  Cooperative  Societies belonging to different sectors in Telangana during the last five years is as under:

|   S. No. | Year    |   No of Participants |
|----------|---------|----------------------|
|        1 | 2020-21 |                 1174 |
|        2 | 2021-22 |                 1968 |
|        3 | 2022-23 |                 2407 |
|        4 | 2023-24 |                 9448 |
|        5 | 2024-25 |                 5639 |

The  National  Cooperative  Development  Corporation  (NCDC)  has  provided  financial assistance / grant to cooperative societies for their infrastructure and business development. The activity wise details of financial assistance / grant disbursed by NCDC to Telangana in last 5 years is given in Annexure -2 .

- (d) Yes sir. As per the National Cooperative Database (NCD) as of 15.11.2025, a total of 276 multipurpose Cooperatives, including 174 multipurpose Dairy cooperatives and 102 multipurpose fishery cooperative societies, have been registered in the State of Telangana since 15.02.2023.
- (e) 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 & deepen the cooperative  movement  from  Primary  to  Apex  level  Cooperatives  in  the  country.  These initiatives include notification of 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.

To provide market linkages to the members of cooperative societies, the Government of India, interalia, allowed formation of new Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) and Fish Farmer Producer Organization (FFPO) by PACS to provide market linkage for fair and remunerative prices for their produce. For the dairy sector, the Ministry has launched "White Revolution 2.0' which aims 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.

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Annexure-I Sector wise details of societies and membership in Telangana State

| S. No   | Sector                                               | Total No. of Societies   | No. of Functional Societies   | No. of Members   |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------|
| 1       | Agriculture &Allied Cooperative                      | 880                      | 524                           | 23,136           |
| 2       | Agro Processing / Industrial Cooperative             | 235                      | 99                            | 3,962            |
| 3       | Bee Farming Cooperative                              | 0                        | 0                             | 0                |
| 4       | Consumer Cooperative                                 | 405                      | 58                            | 15,429           |
| 5       | Credit &Thrift Society                               | 24,144                   | 21,507                        | 50,36,611        |
| 6       | Dairy Cooperative                                    | 2,261                    | 1,447                         | 54,156           |
| 7       | Educational &Training Cooperatives                   | 1                        | 1                             | 15               |
| 8       | Fishery Cooperative                                  | 5,089                    | 4,956                         | 3,37,816         |
| 9       | Handicraft Cooperative                               | 148                      | 121                           | 1,761            |
| 10      | Handloom Textile &Weavers Cooperative                | 419                      | 170                           | 35,560           |
| 11      | Housing Cooperative Society                          | 2,870                    | 1,036                         | 1,40,883         |
| 12      | Jute and Coir Cooperative                            | 0                        | 0                             | 0                |
| 13      | Khadi Gramodyog                                      | 2                        | 2                             | 45               |
| 14      | Labour Cooperative                                   | 4,303                    | 1,251                         | 39,699           |
| 15      | Livestock &Poultry Cooperative                       | 7,973                    | 7,473                         | 6,21,906         |
| 16      | Marketing Cooperative Society                        | 669                      | 621                           | 27,883           |
| 17      | Miscellaneous Credit Cooperative Society             | 352                      | 84                            | 1,387            |
| 18      | Miscellaneous Non-Credit                             | 6,829                    | 5,301                         | 2,65,218         |
| 19      | Multipurpose Cooperative                             | 23                       | 7                             | 281              |
| 20      | Primary Agricultural Credit Society (PACS/FSS/LAMPS) | 909                      | 908                           | 28,93,243        |
| 21      | Sericulture Cooperative                              | 5                        | 1                             | 20               |
| 22      | Social Welfare &Cultural Cooperative                 | 1,070                    | 587                           | 1,04,238         |
| 23      | Sugar Mills Cooperative                              | 2                        | 0                             | 0                |
| 24      | Tourism Cooperative                                  | 1                        | 1                             | 12               |
| 25      | Transport Cooperative                                | 22                       | 4                             | 78               |
| 26      | Tribal-SC/ST Cooperative                             | 33                       | 13                            | 94,263           |
| 27      | Urban Cooperative Bank (UCB)                         | 70                       | 47                            | 1,86,539         |
| 28      | Women Welfare Cooperative Society                    | 2,145                    | 1,967                         | 1,76,140         |
|         | Total                                                | 60,860                   | 48,186                        | 1,00,60,281      |

Source: NCD portal as of 15.11.2025.

## Annexure - 2

## Activity wise Disbursement by NCDC in Telangana (FY 2020-21 to 2025-26)

(Rs. in crore)

| S. No.   | Activity             | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2023-24   | 2024-25   | 2025-26 (till 31.10.2025)   |
|----------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|
| 1        | Dairy &Live stock    | 38.07     |           |           |           |           |                             |
|          |                      |           | 489.27    | 45.18     | 241.47    |           |                             |
| 2        | FPO                  |           | 0.11      | 1.59      | 1.32      | 8.83      | 12.01                       |
| 3        | Fisheries            | 73.91     |           |           |           |           | 0.01                        |
|          |                      |           | 106.20    | 206.43    |           | 0.02      |                             |
| 4        | Fisheries FPO (FFPO) |           |           | 0.04      | 0.17      | 0.21      | 0.02                        |
| 5        | Inputs               | 3.90      |           |           | 0.50      |           | 1.00                        |
| 6        | Service              | 200.00    |           |           |           |           | 102.99                      |
|          | cooperatives         |           | 495.00    | 51.00     |           | 2,246.00  |                             |
| 7        | Marketing            | 420.00    |           |           |           |           | 17,000.00                   |
|          |                      |           |           | 9,000.00  | 11,929.80 | 18,733.71 |                             |
| 8        | Storage              | 1.74      |           |           |           |           | 0.44                        |
|          |                      |           | 1.62      | 0.72      | 0.79      | 0.50      |                             |
| 9        | Agro processing      | 2.25      |           |           |           |           |                             |
| 10       | Jute                 |           |           |           |           |           |                             |
|          |                      |           |           |           | 0.05      | 0.06      |                             |
|          | Total                | 739.87    | 1,092.20  | 9,304.97  | 12,174.11 | 20,989.33 | 17,116.47                   |

Source: NCDC