Parliament Question: Strengthening of PACS in Eastern Uttar Pradesh

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2570 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04th AUGUST, 2026 Strengthening of PACS in Eastern Uttar Pradesh

2570. Shri Shashank Mani:

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

(a) the number of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) in eastern Uttar Pradesh, including Deoria, that have been computerised and modernised under the Central Sector Scheme during the last three years, district-wise;

(b) the details of financial assistance released for the modernisation of PACS in the region;

(c) whether any new multipurpose PACS have been established in the eastern Uttar Pradesh, including Deoria; and

(d) the measures taken to expand the activities of PACS to include storage, dairy, fisheries and other rural services? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF COOPERATION सहकारिता मंत्री (SHRI AMIT SHAH)

(a) As per the National Cooperative Database (NCD), as on 15.07.2026, there are 8,044 functional Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) in Uttar Pradesh, including 196 PACS in Deoria District.

The Government launched the Centrally Sponsored Project for Computerization of PACS in 2022 to bring all functional PACS onto a common ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) based national software. Under the project, 6,257 PACS have been sanctioned for computerization in Uttar Pradesh, of which 119 PACS are in Deoria district. So far, 85 PACS in Deoria district have been onboarded onto the ERP software. The district wise details of PACS computerization in Uttar Pradesh are attached at Annexure-1.

(b) Initially, 63,000 PACS were approved under the Centrally Sponsored Project for Computerization of PACS with a financial outlay of ₹2,516 crore. The project has since been expanded to cover 79,630 PACS with a revised outlay of ₹2,925.39 crore. Financial assistance of ₹68.05 crore has been provided to the State of Uttar Pradesh. This includes Page 1 of 8₹11.28 crore during FY 2022–23, ₹42.30 crore in FY 2023–24, nil in FY 2024–25, ₹4.47 crore during FY 2025–26, and ₹10.00 crore during FY 2026–27.

Additionally, as on 30.06.2026, the National Cooperative Development Corporation

(NCDC) has cumulatively disbursed ₹5,74,090.48 crore for the development of cooperative institutions across the country. The district wise details of disbursement by NCDC during last three years in Uttar Pradesh are attached at Annexure-2.

(c) Yes, Sir. As per the National Cooperative Database, as on 15.07.2026, 1,387 new multipurpose Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) have been registered in Uttar Pradesh, including Deoria district, since the Government approved the plan on 15.02.2023 for the establishment of new multipurpose PACS, dairy, and fisheries cooperative societies.

The district-wise details of the newly registered PACS in Uttar Pradesh are enclosed at Annexure-3.

(d) To strengthen PACS, the Government has circulated Model Bye-laws, enabling them to undertake more than 25 business activities and function as multipurpose cooperative societies. PACS can now operate as Common Service Centres (CSCs), Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Kendras (PMBJKs), Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samriddhi Kendras

(PMKSKs), LPG distributorships, retail petrol/diesel outlets, and other service centres.

Further, the Government has approved the World’s Largest Grain Storage Plan to create warehouses, custom hiring centers, primary processing units and other agri-infrastructure for grain storage at PACS level, through convergence of various Government of India

(GOI) schemes.

These initiatives have strengthened PACS and expanded livelihood opportunities in rural areas. They have improved access to institutional credit, enhanced marketing opportunities through cooperative institutions, promoted business diversification, generated additional employment and income for farmers, rural youth and women, and improved transparency, financial inclusion and service delivery through technology-enabled cooperative societies.

****** Page 2 of 8Annexure-1

District wise details of PACS Computerization: Uttar Pradesh Total ERP ERP ERP S.

District Sanctioned Onboarded till Onboarded till Onboarded till No.

PACS FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 1 Azamgarh 221 58 60 82 2 Bulandshahr 149 15 25 25 3 Rae Bareli 160 54 54 54 4 Kheri 152 0 6 6 5 Sitapur 152 45 50 50 6 Barabanki 133 55 70 70 7 Bahraich 119 20 32 32 8 Meerut 97 0 0 0 9 Pratapgarh 150 93 93 93 10 Saharanpur 123 72 72 70 11 Mau 98 48 48 48 12 Ghazipur 120 26 30 26 13 Ambedkar Nagar 94 31 32 32 14 Gorakhpur 155 58 76 80 15 Pilibhit 89 0 0 2 16 Bareilly 149 72 76 95 17 Deoria 119 17 81 85 18 Ayodhya 77 16 20 21 19 Basti 87 23 32 34 20 Rampur 80 0 0 11 21 Siddharth Nagar 126 52 53 53 22 Shahjahanpur 136 11 89 94 23 Moradabad 58 0 0 21 24 Prayagraj 120 36 37 46 25 Unnao 158 39 104 105 26 Agra 100 44 55 64 27 Sambhal 61 7 7 8 28 Mathura 89 28 30 34 29 Auraiya 73 29 29 29 30 Kanpur Dehat 84 31 33 33 31 Bijnor 106 54 95 96 32 Lucknow 85 50 72 79 33 Maharajganj 99 48 50 50 34 Chandauli 92 21 28 28 35 Muzaffarnagar 77 31 65 65 36 Amroha 46 0 0 8 37 Hardoi 67 37 50 50 38 Mainpuri 71 27 29 37 39 Amethi 67 39 40 32 40 Ballia 96 69 93 95 41 Etawah 56 37 39 39 Page 3 of 8Total ERP ERP ERP S.

District Sanctioned Onboarded till Onboarded till Onboarded till No.

PACS FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 Sant Kabeer 42 49 19 23 23 Nagar 43 Hamirpur 47 22 45 46 44 Shravasti 52 8 8 8 45 Firozabad 82 45 47 47 46 Etah 85 45 62 59 47 Kanpur Nagar 76 31 40 40 48 Jaunpur 92 40 41 69 49 Budaun 70 33 33 38 50 Mahoba 43 14 42 42 51 Bagpat 38 0 0 1 52 Mirzapur 99 48 60 61 53 Aligarh 78 50 71 70 Gautam Buddha 54 31 2 4 5 Nagar 55 Hathras 55 33 35 23 56 Chitrakoot 43 39 39 39 57 Banda 60 47 47 47 58 Shamli 36 30 30 30 59 Ghaziabad 24 0 0 20 60 Jhansi 62 15 47 47 61 Kushi Nagar 91 14 90 90 62 Farrukhabad 71 20 57 56 63 Sonbhadra 63 34 45 45 64 Sultanpur 48 40 39 40 65 Kannauj 77 31 47 47 66 Lalitpur 44 18 41 41 67 Fatehpur 85 16 16 16 68 Kaushambi 55 23 23 33 69 Kasganj 49 18 28 34 70 Jalaun 52 44 49 49 71 Bhadohi 39 29 35 35 72 Varanasi 45 28 40 40 73 Balrampur 10 0 0 0 74 Gonda 5 0 0 0 75 Hapur 10 0 0 0 Total 6,257 2,229 3,039 3,223 Page 4 of 8Annexure-2 The district-wise details of disbursement during last three years by NCDC in Uttar Pradesh (Rs. in crore) S.No. District 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 (as on

30.06.2026) 1 Ambedkar Nagar - - 0.17 - 2 Amethi - 0.42 0.26 - 3 Amroha 0.04 0.19 0.03 - 4 Ayodhya 0.21 0.24 0.03 0.03 5 Azamgarh - 0.08 0.13 0.03 6 Bahraich 0.06 0.17 0.06 - 7 Ballia 0.09 0.36 0.17 0.03 8 Balrampur 0.18 0.30 0.13 - 9 Banda 0.11 0.09 0.15 - 10 Barabanki 0.15 0.15 0.12 - 11 Basti - - - - 12 Bijnor - - 0.04 - 13 Bulandshahr - - 0.05 - 14 Deoria 0.31 - 0.07 - 15 Etah 1.45 0.15 - - 16 Etawah - - 0.11 - 17 Fatehpur 0.08 0.09 0.22 0.02 18 Gautam Buddha 0.31 0.02 0.24 0.03 Nagar 19 Ghazipur - - 0.04 0.06 20 Gonda 0.44 - 0.13 0.09 21 Gorakhpur - - 0.15 - 22 Hamirpur - - 0.11 - 23 Hapur 0.12 0.23 0.40 0.21 24 Hardoi - - - - 25 Jhansi - - 0.07 - 26 Kannauj - - - - 27 Kanpur (Nagar) - 0.04 0.02 - 28 Kaushambi 0.20 0.40 0.34 0.03 Page 5 of 8S.No. District 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 (as on

30.06.2026) 29 Lucknow 6.26 202.87 1,103.06 700.09 30 Maharajganj - - - 0.04 31 Mahoba 0.54 0.13 0.11 - 32 Mau - - 0.09 - 33 Moradabad - - 0.07 - 34 Muzaffarnagar 0.34 0.34 0.91 0.03 35 Pratapgarh - - 0.10 - 36 Prayagraj 0.19 1.14 0.93 0.28 37 Rae barelli 0.86 0.10 0.36 - 38 Rampur - 0.07 0.03 - 39 Saharanpur 0.11 0.47 0.24 0.05 40 Sambhal 0.04 - - - 41 Shahjahanpur - - 0.37 0.07 42 Shamli - - 0.05 - 43 Shravasti - 0.20 - - 44 Siddharth Nagar 0.12 - 0.05 - 45 Sitapur - - - - 46 Sultanpur - - - - 47 Unnao 0.35 0.06 0.23 0.04 48 Varanasi 0.51 0.80 1.61 0.50 Total 13.04 209.13 1,111.41 701.60 Page 6 of 8Annexure-3 District-wise details of new multipurpose PACS registered in Uttar Pradesh, since

15.02.2023 S. No. District Number of Societies 1 Agra 7 2 Aligarh 23 3 Ambedkar Nagar 8 4 Amethi 11 5 Amroha 3 6 Auraiya 15 7 Ayodhya 12 8 Azamgarh 49 9 Bahraich 11 10 Ballia 43 11 Balrampur 51 12 Banda 32 13 Barabanki 14 14 Bareilly 15 15 Basti 16 16 Bhadohi 11 17 Bijnor 10 18 Budaun 10 19 Bulandshahr 1 20 Chandauli 25 21 Chitrakoot 4 22 Deoria 12 23 Etah 21 24 Etawah 17 25 Farrukhabad 33 26 Fatehpur 86 27 Ghazipur 17 28 Gonda 9 29 Gorakhpur 8 30 Hamirpur 24 31 Hapur 17 32 Hardoi 17 33 Hathras 8 34 Jalaun 13 35 Jaunpur 15 36 Jhansi 40 37 Kannauj 36 Page 7 of 8S. No. District Number of Societies 38 Kanpur Dehat 3 39 Kanpur Nagar 6 40 Kasganj 28 41 Kaushambi 35 42 Kheri 32 43 Kushi Nagar 1 44 Lalitpur 11 45 Lucknow 8 46 Maharajganj 9 47 Mahoba 3 48 Mainpuri 41 49 Mathura 12 50 Mau 12 51 Meerut 13 52 Mirzapur 28 53 Moradabad 8 54 Muzaffarnagar 9 55 Pilibhit 24 56 Pratapgarh 35 57 Prayagraj 48 58 Rae Barelli 28 59 Rampur 18 60 Saharanpur 12 61 Sant Kabeer Nagar 2 62 Shahjahanpur 48 63 Shamli 12 64 Shravasti 38 65 Siddharth Nagar 16 66 Sitapur 34 67 Sonbhadra 4 68 Sultanpur 46 69 Unnao 10 70 Varanasi 9 Total 1,387

Source: NCD portal as of 15.07.2026.

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