Functional Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies
Functional Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies
As per data available on the National Cooperative Database Portal as on 20.11.2024, there are 1,01,524 Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) which are functional in the country. State-wise number of PACS is enclosed as Annexure.
Government of India has implemented the Project for Computerization of functional PACS.
Under the PACS Computerization Project, total financial outlay is ₹2,516 Crore. Out of the total budget of Rs. 2,516 crore, the shares of Government of India (GoI), State Governments and NABARD are Rs. 1528 crore, Rs. 736 crore and Rs. 252 crore, respectively.
So far, proposals for computerization of 67,930 PACS from 30 States/ UTs have been sanctioned, for which Rs. 865.81 Crore has been released including Rs. 699.89 Cr. as GoI share to the States/UTs concerned and Rs. 165.92 Crore to NABARD as implementing agency.
Annexure
State-wise total number of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) which are functional in the country
S.No
State
Number of Societies*
1
ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
47
2
ANDHRA PRADESH
1955
3
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
36
4
ASSAM
903
5
BIHAR
8484
6
CHANDIGARH
4
7
CHHATTISGARH
2059
8
DELHI
–
9
GOA
80
10
GUJARAT
10193
11
HARYANA
787
12
HIMACHAL PRADESH
2113
13
JAMMU AND KASHMIR
620
14
JHARKHAND
4459
15
KARNATAKA
6001
16
KERALA
1588
17
LADAKH
114
18
LAKSHADWEEP
–
19
MADHYA PRADESH
4537
20
MAHARASHTRA
21060
21
MANIPUR
294
22
MEGHALAYA
685
23
MIZORAM
98
24
NAGALAND
704
25
ODISHA
4320
26
PUDUCHERRY
53
27
PUNJAB
3533
28
RAJASTHAN
8187
29
SIKKIM
195
30
TAMIL NADU
4516
31
TELANGANA
918
32
THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU
14
33
TRIPURA
269
34
UTTAR PRADESH
7178
35
UTTARAKHAND
670
36
WEST BENGAL
4850
Total
101524
*As of 20th Nov., 2024, source National Cooperative Database
This was stated by the Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.