Expansion and coverage of PACSs across panchayats
Expansion and coverage of PACSs across panchayats
As per the National Cooperative Database (NCD), out of a total of 2,69,230 Gram Panchayats (GPs), 2,51,872 are covered by Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) across the country, as on 30.06.2025.
As per the National Cooperative Database (NCD), the number of uncovered Gram Panchayats (GPs) is 17,358 for PACS, 1,84,387 for Dairy Cooperative Societies, and 2,39,710 for Fishery Cooperative Societies, as on 30.06.2025.
As per the National Cooperative Database (NCD), the State-wise details of the number of PACS established since 01.01.2021 is attached as Annexure-I.
The Government on 15.02.2023, has approved the Plan for strengthening cooperative movement in the country and deepening its reach up to the grassroots through establishment of 2 lakh multipurpose PACS, Dairy and Fishery cooperative societies covering all the Panchayats/ villages in the country, through convergence of various existing GOI schemes, including National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD), PM Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), etc. with the support of National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD), National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) and State/UT Governments.
To ensure the timely and equitable rollout of new multipurpose PACS, Dairy, and Fishery Cooperative Societies across all areas, including underserved areas in the country including Northern and Eastern India, Ministry of Cooperation in coordination with NABARD, NDDB and NFDB has launched a Standard Operating Procedure (Margdarshika) on 19.9.2024, indicating the targets and timelines for stakeholders concerned. As per Margdarshika, identification of uncovered/ under-served Gram Panchayats/ villages is to be undertaken by stakeholders concerned in all the States including Northern and Eastern India.
In order to ensure smooth execution of this initiative, Ministry of Cooperation has adopted the following multilayered approach to monitor its implementation at the grassroots level, including the following:
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Annexure-I
State-wise no. of PACS established since 01.01.2021
S.No
State Name
Number of PACS
1
ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
1
2
ANDHRA PRADESH
2
3
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
127
4
ASSAM
254
5
BIHAR
53
6
CHANDIGARH
0
7
CHHATTISGARH
8
8
DELHI
0
9
GOA
26
10
GUJARAT
641
11
HARYANA
46
12
HIMACHAL PRADESH
112
13
JAMMU AND KASHMIR
166
14
JHARKHAND
68
15
KARNATAKA
360
16
KERALA
3
17
LADAKH
3
18
LAKSHADWEEP
0
19
MADHYA PRADESH
250
20
MAHARASHTRA
234
21
MANIPUR
72
22
MEGHALAYA
276
23
MIZORAM
47
24
NAGALAND
67
25
ODISHA
1540
26
PUDUCHERRY
4
27
PUNJAB
9
28
RAJASTHAN
1968
29
SIKKIM
25
30
TAMIL NADU
38
31
TELANGANA
9
32
THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN
AND DIU
5
33
TRIPURA
202
34
UTTAR PRADESH
552
35
UTTARAKHAND
550
36
WEST BENGAL
50
Total
7768
Source: NCD portal as of 30.06.2025
This was stated by the Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.
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- Inter-Ministerial Committees (IMC) with Hon’ble Cooperation Minister as chairman and Hon’ble Ministers and Secretaries of GoI Ministries/ Departments concerned as members, has been constituted.
- National Level Coordination Committee (NLCC) has been constituted under the chairmanship of Secretary, Ministry of Cooperation, GoI and Secretaries of concerned Ministries/Departments of the Government of India, and other stakeholders concerned as members, to steer the overall implementation of the initiative.
- State Cooperative Development Committee (SCDC) has been constituted at the State level under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary and District Cooperative Development Committee (DCDC) has been constituted at the district level under the chairmanship of the District Collectors, to ensure effective implementation and monitoring of the initiative at district level.
- Further, Joint Working Committees (JWC) at the district level have also been formed by States/ UTs to ensure timely execution of the plan at the grassroots level.