Functional Cooperative Societies
Functional Cooperative Societies
As per the National Cooperative Database (NCD), there are a total of 8.37 lakh cooperative societies across the country. The State-wise number of cooperative societies, as of 31.03.2025, is attached as Annexure-I.
Out of the total 8.37 lakh cooperative societies, there are 6.45 lakh functional cooperative societies across the country, comprising more than 31 crore members. The state-wise number of functional cooperative Societies and their members is attached as Annexure-II.
As per National Cooperative Database (NCD), there are 32,020 cooperative Societies in West Bengal across 30 sectors, including farmers’ cooperative societies such as ‘Agriculture & Allied Cooperative’, ‘Agro Processing / Industrial Cooperative’, ‘Primary Agricultural Credit Society (PACS)’, among others. The sector-wise number of cooperative societies in West Bengal, as of 31.03.2025, is attached as Annexure-III.
The details of funds allocated to West Bengal by Ministry of Cooperation for Computerization of Primary Agricultural Cooperative Credit Societies (PACS) project is given in Annexure-IV. The details of activity wise financial grant disbursed by National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), in the state of West Bengal, in last five years, is attached as Annexure-V.
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S. No
State Name
Number of Societies
1
ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
2,234
2
ANDHRA PRADESH
17,885
3
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
1,452
4
ASSAM
11,758
5
BIHAR
28,099
6
CHANDIGARH
476
7
CHHATTISGARH
11,090
8
DELHI
5,944
9
GOA
5,523
10
GUJARAT
85,179
11
HARYANA
33,827
12
HIMACHAL PRADESH
5,404
13
JAMMU AND KASHMIR
10,257
14
JHARKHAND
11,747
15
KARNATAKA
45,885
16
KERALA
19,664
17
LADAKH
274
18
LAKSHADWEEP
43
19
MADHYA PRADESH
53,856
20
MAHARASHTRA
2,23,759
21
MANIPUR
11,576
22
MEGHALAYA
3,301
23
MIZORAM
1,315
24
NAGALAND
8,026
25
ODISHA
7,598
26
PUDUCHERRY
461
27
PUNJAB
19,509
28
RAJASTHAN
41,447
29
SIKKIM
3,765
30
TAMIL NADU
22,792
31
TELANGANA
60,820
32
THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND
DAMAN AND DIU
569
33
TRIPURA
3,064
34
UTTAR PRADESH
40,214
35
UTTARAKHAND
6,098
36
WEST BENGAL
32,020
Total
8,36,931
Source: NCD portal as of 31.03.2025
S.No
State Name
Number of Societies
Number of Members
1
ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR
ISLANDS
1,210
38,944
2
ANDHRA PRADESH
12,689
74,71,430
3
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
941
39,934
4
ASSAM
7,111
32,20,564
5
BIHAR
20,426
1,58,25,907
6
CHANDIGARH
196
24,867
7
CHHATTISGARH
9,567
50,48,647
8
DELHI
1,939
12,68,792
9
GOA
3,041
14,10,896
10
GUJARAT
77,717
1,82,63,018
11
HARYANA
14,356
39,17,638
12
HIMACHAL PRADESH
4,592
17,03,812
13
JAMMU AND KASHMIR
8,612
3,94,699
14
JHARKHAND
7,616
25,93,068
15
KARNATAKA
39,582
2,28,49,234
16
KERALA
15,142
6,12,01,961
17
LADAKH
174
26,056
18
LAKSHADWEEP
31
68,973
19
MADHYA PRADESH
26,796
87,41,771
20
MAHARASHTRA
2,16,721
7,88,00,212
21
MANIPUR
5,254
4,15,807
22
MEGHALAYA
2,844
2,40,694
23
MIZORAM
1,079
45,132
24
NAGALAND
2,161
93,588
25
ODISHA
6,994
94,61,742
26
PUDUCHERRY
428
3,74,248
27
PUNJAB
11,770
28,16,437
28
RAJASTHAN
25,068
1,10,47,129
29
SIKKIM
1,629
75,592
30
TAMIL NADU
20,856
1,82,36,259
31
TELANGANA
48,188
1,00,47,756
32
THE DADRA AND NAGAR
HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU
379
47,682
33
TRIPURA
1,943
5,24,692
34
UTTAR PRADESH
20,441
1,86,93,435
35
UTTARAKHAND
4,474
16,55,668
36
WEST BENGAL
22,881
81,98,779
Total
6,44,848
31,48,85,063
Source: NCD portal as of 31.03.2025
S.No
Sector
Number of
Societies
No. of
Members
1
Agriculture & Allied Cooperative
112
11,298
2
Agro Processing / Industrial Cooperative
470
13,807
3
Bee Farming Cooperative
2
15,800
4
Consumer Cooperative
1,246
1,65,613
5
Credit & Thrift Society
6,600
7,31,824
6
Dairy Cooperative
2,264
36,404
7
Educational & Training Cooperatives
4
1,896
8
Farmers Service Societies (FSS)
16
49,322
9
Fishery Cooperative
401
61,188
10
Handicraft Cooperative
2
0
11
Handloom Textile & Weavers Cooperative
1,103
91,261
12
Housing Cooperative Society
6,904
1,01,020
13
Jute and Coir Cooperative
0
0
14
Khadi Gramodyog
0
0
15
Labour Cooperative
1,256
12,06,570
16
Large Area Multipurpose Society (LAMPS)
153
4,78,251
17
Livestock & Poultry Cooperative
29
1,211
18
Marketing Cooperative Society
234
19,778
19
Miscellaneous Credit Cooperative Society
3,282
14,97,038
20
Miscellaneous Non Credit
1,694
81,008
21
Multipurpose Cooperative
258
29,417
22
Primary Agricultural Credit Society (PACS)
5,576
42,65,140
23
Sericulture Cooperative
1
157
24
Social Welfare & Cultural Cooperative
9
193
25
Sugar Mills Cooperative
0
0
26
Tourism Cooperative
12
49
27
Transport Cooperative
180
1,625
28
Tribal-SC/ST Cooperative
0
0
29
Urban Cooperative Bank (UCB)
43
5,70,205
30
Women Welfare Cooperative Society
169
60,282
Total
32,020
94,90,357
Source: NCD portal as of 31.03.2025.
Rs. In crore
States/UTs
Amount released in FY
2022-23
Amount released in
FY 2023-24
Amount released in
FY 2024-25
Amount released in
FY 2025-26
Total amount released
West
Bengal
30.54
0.00
0.00
0.00
30.54
Disclaimer: The data presented covers the last three years and current FY only, as the computerization of PACS project was started in June 2022, following the formation of the ministry in July 2021.
Rs. In crore
S.
No.
Activity
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23
2023-24
2024-25
2025-26
(As on 15.07.2025)
1
Consumer
0.44
0.29
2
Dairy & Live Stock
17.10
0.60
15.80
3
FPO
1.55
2.78
3.10
2.42
4
Fisheries
0.28
0.16
0.05
5
Fisheries FPO
(FFPO)
1.48
3.20
0.27
6
Inputs
11.40
21.00
5.00
0.75
0.45
7
M.I.S.
19.08
20.00
36.76
8
Marketing
0.50
9
Textile
11.26
1.96
3.41
10
Yuva Sahakar
0.70
Total
59.12
44.16
63.36
4.96
7.06
3.15
Source: NCDC
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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