Cooperative Societies in Agriculture Sector

Cooperative Societies in Agriculture Sector

A comprehensive National Cooperative Database (NCD) has been developed by Ministry of Cooperation, Government of India, with the support of State Governments. The data of all the Cooperative Societies from various sectors, including PACS, has been entered in the database by nodal officers appointed by the States /UTs for this purpose. As per data available on NCD, the details of number of cooperative societies operational in the agricultural sector across the country, State/UT-wise is placed at Annexure ‘A’.

The information related to procurement of fruits and vegetables received from Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED) are placed at Annexures ‘B’ and ‘C’ respectively.

  A 49-member National Level Committee was constituted under the chairmanship of Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, consisting of experts of the cooperative sector, representatives from National/State/District/Primary level cooperative societies, Secretaries (Cooperation) and RCSs from States/UTs, officers from Central Ministries /Departments to formulate the New National Cooperation Policy. In this regard, the National Level Committee held 17 meetings and 4 regional workshops throughout the country to elicit suggestions/recommendations.  Draft report on the New National Cooperation Policy, prepared by the expert committee has been received and the same is being considered.

Annexure – A

    The number of cooperative societies operational in the agricultural sector across the country, State/UT-wise.

 

Sr.No

 

State/UT Name

Agriculture & Allied Cooperative Societies (Non-Credit)

Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (PACS)

1

ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS

11

45

2

ANDHRA PRADESH

515

2002

3

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

129

10

4

ASSAM

469

770

5

BIHAR

576

8307

6

CHANDIGARH

1

4

7

CHHATTISGARH

65

1563

8

DELHI

6

0

9

GOA

72

76

10

GUJARAT

6831

9630

11

HARYANA

273

778

12

HIMACHAL PRADESH

66

2085

13

JAMMU AND KASHMIR

442

438

14

JHARKHAND

313

2391

15

KARNATAKA

517

5883

16

KERALA

—

1594

17

LADAKH

2

113

18

LAKSHADWEEP

1

0

19

MADHYA PRADESH

1619

4073

20

MAHARASHTRA

4898

20844

21

MANIPUR

253

148

22

MEGHALAYA

137

506

23

MIZORAM

167

65

24

NAGALAND

796

800

25

ODISHA

93

2854

26

PUDUCHERRY

4

50

27

PUNJAB

208

3504

28

RAJASTHAN

310

6143

29

SIKKIM

24

170

30

TAMIL NADU

150

4466

31

TELANGANA

563

889

32

THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU

13

9

33

TRIPURA

129

214

34

UTTAR PRADESH

738

6722

35

UTTARAKHAND

189

669

36

WEST BENGAL

58

4701

 

Total

20638

92516

 

Annexure – B

 

        Information received from Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

  To control the increase in the prices of tomato during July and August, 2023, the government undertakes the procurement and simultaneous disposal of tomato under Price Stabilisation Fund. National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED) and National Cooperative Consumers Federation (NCCF) procured tomato from mandis in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra and dispose of them in major cities where retail prices have recorded the maximum increase in the last one month. A total of 1603.42 MT of tomato had been procured by NCCF and NAFED and continuous disposal in major consumption centres of Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, UP and Bihar.

   Buffer stock of onion is maintained under the Price Stabilisation by procuring onions from farmers/ Farmer Producer Organizations through two Farmers’ Cooperative Agencies namely, NAFED and NCCF for subsequent release in a calibrated manner to moderate prices. The procurement target of onion under Price Stabilisation in 2023-24 is approved at 7.00 LMT as against 2.5 LMT in 2022-23. Till date a total of 6.30 LMT of onion has been procured by NAFED and NCCF.

Annexure – C

   Information received from National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED)

The details of State –wise procurement of Fruits and Vegetables by NAFED during 2022-23 are given below:

Year

Name of Fruit / Vegetable

State

Quantity Procured (in MT)

Cost (in Rs.)

2022-23

PSF Rabi Onion

Maharashtra

238196.24

3512368714.79

 

Gujrat

7476.47

101384242.00

 

Madhya Pradesh

5383.54

74746018.07

PSF Kharif Onion

Maharashtra

16602.27

158495076.51

 

Gujrat

1259.46

10326559.00

 

  This was stated by the Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.

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