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NCDC’s support in strengthening cooperatives

NCDC’s support in strengthening cooperatives

National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), a statutory organization under the Ministry of Cooperation, Government of India was established in 1963 with the objectives to promote, strengthen and develop cooperatives for increasing production and productivity and instituting post harvest facilities. Corporation provides financial assistance to cooperatives for various activities and schemes of Government of India.

The schemes launched by the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) since 2019 to strengthen cooperative societies are as under:

formulation, capacity development, credit and subsidy, and/ or interest subvention of other schemes.

extending NCDC’s long-term financial assistance to Agricultural Credit Cooperatives towards their onward lending of long-term loans / advances for activities / commodities / services under the purview of NCDC.

Details of NCDC assistance for promoting deep-sea fishing, seafood processing and marine export infrastructure under fisheries development initiatives are attached at Annexure-I.

State/UT-wise detail of projects supported under the schemes launched since 2019 by National Cooperative Development Corporation including the number of implementing cooperative societies, amounts sanctioned and disbursed, pending applications etc. are enclosed at Annexure -II

Annexure -1

NCDC assistance for procurement of Deep-Sea Trawlers and Development Seafood Processing Infrastructure

 (Rs. in crore)

 

S.

State

Name of Beneficiary

Activity

Sanction

Release

No

.

 

 

 

Total Project Cost

NCDC

Term Loan Sanction

NCDC

Term Loan Release

1.

Maharashtra

Department of Fisheries, Government of Maharashtra for  Fisheries  Co-operative

Societies of Maharashtra

Acquisition of

20.30

11.55

2.89

 

 

14      Deep-Sea

 

 

 

 

 

Fishing

 

 

 

 

 

Vessels

 

 

 

2.

 

Department of Fisheries, Government of Maharashtra for   Rajmata   Vikas Macchimaar Sah Sanstha, Sasoondock, Colaba, Mumbai

Setting up of

46.74

37.39

9.35

 

 

Seafood

 

 

 

 

 

Processing

 

 

 

 

 

Unit

 

 

 

3.

Gujarat

Shree Mahavir Machhimaar Sahakari Mandali Limited Port Area, Mangrol Bandar, District Junagadh, Gujarat

Acquisition of

30    Deep-Sea Fishing Vessels for 30 members        of Society

36.00

18.00

0.00

4.

Kerala

Govt of Kerala for implementation of Integrated Fisheries Development Project 2022-23 to be implemented by the Kerala State Cooperative Federation for Fisheries Development         Ltd. (MATSYAFED), through the

primary fishermen cooperative societies.

for (IFDP) of Government of Kerala

36.33

32.69

20.83

Total

139.37

99.63

33.07

 

Annexure-2 State/UT-wise detail of projects supported under the schemes launched since 2019

by National Cooperative Development Corporation including the number of implementing cooperative societies, amounts sanctioned, disbursed and pending applications

State

No. of implementing cooperative Societies

Amount Sanctioned (Rs. in crore)

Amount Released

(Rs. in crore)

No. of Pending Applications

Andhra Pradesh

1

0.316

0.316

0

Bihar

1

0.776

0.776

0

Jammu & Kashmir

4

1.440

0.000

0

Karnataka

1

0.218

0.000

0

Kerala

1

0.547

0.267

0

Madhya Pradesh

13

1.841

0.696

0

Maharashtra

1

0.753

0.000

0

Rajasthan

1

0.205

0.138

0

Tripura

1

0.974

0.000

0

Uttar Pradesh

4

1.004

0.978

0

Uttarakhand

4

39.996

0.344

0

West Bengal

2

1.400

0.700

0

 

34

49.468

4.215

0

 

State

No. of implementing cooperative Societies

Amount Sanctioned (Rs. in crore)

Amount Released

(Rs. in crore)

No. of Pending Applications

Kerala

7

108.96

26.25

0

Tamil Nadu

1

23.94

16.94

0

Nagaland

1

29

0

 

9

161.90

43.19

0

 

 

State

No. Of implementing cooperative Societies

Amount Sanctioned (Rs. in crore)

Amount Released

(Rs. in crore)

No. Of pending Application

Maharashtra

0

0

1.8

0

Bihar

0

0

27.16

0

Gujarat

13

155.41

29.13

0

Uttarakhand

0

0

23.49

0

Odisha

1

0.82

0.69

0

Tamil Nadu

0

0.00

37.33

0

Telangana

0

0

51.93

0

Rajasthan

0

0

6.19

0

Madhya Pradesh

0

0

0

0

Kerala

2

6.05

0

0

TOTAL

16

162.28

177.72

 

 

State

No. of implementing cooperative Societies

Amount Sanctioned (Rs. in crore)

Amount Released

(Rs. in crore)

No. of Pending Applications

Andhra Pradesh

1

4000.00

2800

0

Maharashtra

1

60.00

20

0

Kerala

1

1300.000

744

0

Madhya Pradesh

2

0.33

0.33

0

Rajasthan

1

200.00

0.00

0

 

6

5560.330

3564.330

0

 

 

State

No. of

implementing cooperative

Societies

Amount Sanctioned (Rs. in crore)

Amount Released

(Rs. in crore)

No. of Pending Applications

Rajasthan

4

400.76

237.36

0

Telangana

1

5000.00

2000

0

 

5

5400.760

2237.360

0

 

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

    1. YUVA SAHAKAR: Cooperative Enterprise Support and Innovation Scheme: The scheme aims at encouraging newly formed cooperative societies with new and/ or innovative ideas.
    2. AYUSHMAN SAHAKAR: The scheme has a comprehensive approach to cover hospitals, healthcare, medical education, nursing education, paramedical education, health insurance and holistic health systems such as AYUSH.
    3. NANDINI SAHAKAR: The scheme aims to improve the socio-economic status of women and supports the entrepreneurial dynamism of women through women’s cooperatives. It will converge critical inputs of women’s enterprise, business plan