Parliament Question: Coverage of PACS in Gram Panchayats

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 131 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28th JULY, 2026 Coverage of PACS in Gram Panchayats 131# Shri Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke:

Dr. Shivaji Bandappa Kalge:

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

(a) the details of the current coverage of Primary Agricultural Cooperative Credit Societies

(PACS) in Gram Panchayats in the country along with the establishment of new multi- purpose cooperative institutions under the national plan;

(b) the steps taken to link PACS with Central schemes like the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samruddhi Kendras (PMKSK) and Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendra (PMBJK);

(c) the steps taken to expand the scope of cooperative institutions in emerging sectors like organic production and fisheries through institutions like National Cooperative Organics Limited (NCOL) and National Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL) in States including Maharashtra; and

(d) the monitoring and evaluation mechanism established by the Government to ensure effective coordination and accountability among the States and Union Territories? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF COOPERATION सहकारिता मंत्री (SHRI AMIT SHAH)

(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

Page 1 of 5STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (d) IN RESPECT OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 131 “COVERAGE OF PACS IN GRAM PANCHAYATS” ASKED BY SHRI. NILESH DNYANDEV LANKE AND DR.

SHIVAJI BANDAPPA KALGE, HON’BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT DUE FOR REPLY ON 28TH JULY, 2026.

(a) As per the National Cooperative Database, as on 15.07.2026, out of 2,71,110 Gram Panchayats (GPs) across the country, 2,52,151 GPs are covered by Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS). Of these, 2,23,016 GPs are fully covered and 29,135 GPs are partially covered. The State-wise details of PACS coverage in Gram Panchayats are enclosed at Annexure-1.

Since the Government of India approved the plan on 15.02.2023 to establish new multipurpose PACS, dairy, and fisheries cooperative societies, a total of 38,292 new PACS, dairy, and fisheries cooperative societies have been registered. The State-wise details of these newly registered PACS, dairy, and fisheries cooperative societies are enclosed at Annexure-2.

(b) The Government has taken several measures to link Primary Agricultural Credit Societies

(PACS) with Central Government schemes and transform them into multipurpose rural service centres. The Government prepared and circulated Model Bye-laws for PACS, which enable PACS to undertake more than 25 business activities. PACS are now functioning as Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samriddhi Kendras (PMKSKs), Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendras (PMBJKs), Common Service Centres (CSCs), and other service centres.

Further, under the PACS Computerization Project, with a total outlay of Rs. 2,925.39 crore, functional PACS are being brought onto a common ERP-based national software.

The software has provisions for integration with PMKSKs, PMBJKs, CSCs, the Kisan Rin Portal, and the RuPay and Kisan Credit Card databases.

(c) The Government has expanded the role of cooperative institutions in emerging sectors such as organic farming, exports and fisheries under the vision of "Sahakar-se- Samriddhi." The National Cooperative Organics Limited (NCOL) has been established to support aggregation, certification, processing, branding and marketing of organic products. As on 15.07.2026, 14,286 PACS and cooperative societies, including those from Maharashtra, have become members of NCOL. Its products are marketed under the "Bharat Organics" brand, with 29 organic products currently available. NCOL has also launched a portal and mobile application and expanded its reach through e-commerce and quick-commerce platforms.

Further, the National Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL) has been established to promote exports of cooperative produce. As on 15.07.2026, 16,408 PACS and cooperative societies have joined NCEL. In the fisheries sector, new primary fisheries Page 2 of 5cooperative societies are being formed in uncovered areas. The National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) has registered 70 Fish Farmer Producer Organisations

(FFPOs) and is supporting the conversion of 1,000 fisheries cooperative societies into FFPOs to strengthen aggregation and market linkages.

(d) Ministry of Cooperation (MoC) has adopted a multi-layered approach to monitor cooperative societies at the grassroots level for ensuring effective implementation, coordination and accountability in States. For this purpose, committees have been constituted at various levels, from the national level to the district level. These include:

(i). Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) – Chaired by the Hon’ble Minister of Home Affairs & Cooperation;

(ii). National Level Coordination Committee (NLCC) – Chaired by the Secretary, Ministry of Cooperation;

(iii). State Cooperative Development Committee (SCDC) – Chaired by the Chief Secretary of the respective State/UT; and

(iv). District Cooperative Development Committee (DCDC) – Chaired by the District Collector of the respective district.

In addition, State/ UTs have been facilitated to review the performance of primary cooperative societies of 12 major sectors using the cooperative ranking framework through National Cooperative Database (NCD) portal of the Ministry of Cooperation, Government of India.

****** Page 3 of 5Annexure-1 State-wise coverage of PACS in Gram Panchayats (GPs) GPs Fully GPs Partially S. Total State/UT Covered by PACS Covered by PACS No. GPs (%) (%) 1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 264 38 (14.4%) 29 (10.9%) 2 Andhra Pradesh 13367 12234 (91.5%) 246 (1.8%) 3 Arunachal Pradesh 2108 570 (27.0%) 54 (2.6%) 4 Assam 2714 1778 (65.5%) 810 (29.8%) 5 Bihar 8329 6432 (77.2%) 1599 (19.2%) 6 Chandigarh 0 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 7 Chhattisgarh 11719 11362 (96.9%) 257 (2.2%) 8 Delhi 1 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.0%) 9 Goa 191 187 (97.9%) 2 (1.1%) 10 Gujarat 14859 12885 (86.7%) 872 (5.9%) 11 Haryana 6692 5849 (87.4%) 97 (1.4%) 12 Himachal Pradesh 3615 2498 (69.1%) 1099 (30.4%) 13 Jammu and Kashmir 4291 3089 (71.9%) 520 (12.1%) 14 Jharkhand 4372 2729 (62.4%) 1612 (36.9%) 15 Karnataka 5966 4067 (68.2%) 1850 (31.0%) 16 Kerala 941 704 (74.8%) 237 (25.2%) 17 Ladakh 193 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 18 Lakshadweep 15 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 19 Madhya Pradesh 23071 21084 (91.4%) 1859 (8.1%) 20 Maharashtra 28080 25166 (89.6%) 2270 (8.1%) 21 Manipur 3184 1933 (60.7%) 17 (0.5%) 22 Meghalaya 7056 3410 (48.3%) 1 (0.01%) 23 Mizoram 856 161 (18.8%) 3 (0.3%) 24 Nagaland 1321 595 (45.0%) 0 (0.0%) 25 Odisha 6802 5560 (81.7%) 1112 (16.3%) 26 Puducherry 108 85 (78.7%) 6 (5.6%) 27 Punjab 13250 12413 (93.7%) 445 (3.4%) 28 Rajasthan 11442 7782 (68.0%) 3073 (26.9%) 29 Sikkim 199 131 (65.8%) 65 (32.7%) 30 Tamil Nadu 12521 8448 (67.5%) 1398 (11.2%) 31 Telangana 12944 11579 (89.4%) 731 (5.6%) 32 DNH & DD 38 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 33 Tripura 1194 921 (77.1%) 217 (18.2%) 34 Uttarakhand 7862 7161 (91.1%) 631 (8.0%) 35 Uttar Pradesh 58205 51106 (87.8%) 6155 (10.6%) 36 West Bengal 3340 1059 (31.7%) 1868 (55.9%) 223016 (82.3%) 29135 (10.8%) Total 271110 252151 (93.0%)

Source: NCD portal as of 15.07.2026.

Page 4 of 5Annexure-2 State-wise details newly registered PACS, dairy, and fisheries cooperative societies, since 15.02.2023 S.

State/UT M-PACS M-DCS M-FCS No.

1 Andaman And Nicobar Islands 1 2 11 2 Andhra Pradesh 11 1067 2 3 Arunachal Pradesh 136 25 29 4 Assam 580 728 89 5 Bihar 61 4498 2 6 Chhattisgarh 517 361 339 7 Delhi 0 0 0 8 Goa 38 5 4 9 Gujarat 663 810 26 10 Haryana 40 200 6 11 Himachal Pradesh 136 861 12 12 Jammu And Kashmir 232 1343 40 13 Jharkhand 45 300 230 14 Karnataka 266 1264 52 15 Kerala 0 0 0 16 Ladakh 3 3 1 17 Lakshadweep 0 0 29 18 Madhya Pradesh 680 1390 259 19 Maharashtra 214 1223 167 20 Manipur 127 27 71 21 Meghalaya 290 17 19 22 Mizoram 97 2 2 23 Nagaland 50 5 19 24 Odisha 1539 1009 61 25 Puducherry 4 3 3 26 Punjab 158 1049 52 27 Rajasthan 2008 3307 31 28 Sikkim 27 77 4 29 Tamil Nadu 27 940 36 30 Telangana 0 166 102 31 DNH & DD 5 0 1 32 Tripura 294 2 26 33 Uttarakhand 606 271 124 34 Uttar Pradesh 1372 4478 514 35 West Bengal 25 241 3 TOTAL 10252 25674 2366

Source: NCD portal as of 15.07.2026.

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