Onboarding of PACS on ERP Software
Onboarding of PACS on ERP Software
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. The Plan entails establishment of new 2 lakh Multipurpose Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (M-PACS), Dairy and Fishery Cooperative Societies covering all the Panchayats/ villages in the country in the next five years, through convergence of various existing Government of India schemes, including Dairy Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF), 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 Governments. In order to ensure effective implementation of the plan, a Standard Operating Procedure (Margdarshika) has been launched on 19.09.2024 indicating the targets and timelines for stakeholders concerned.
In order to strengthen Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) through computerization, Government of India is implementing the Project for Computerization of functional PACS with a total financial outlay of ₹2,516 Crore, which entails bringing all the functional PACS onto an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) based Common National Software, linking them with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) through State Cooperative Banks (StCBs) and District Central Cooperative Banks (DCCBs). The ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) based Common National Software brings about efficiency in PACS performance through Common Accounting System (CAS) and Management Information System (MIS).
Proposals for computerization of 67,930 PACS from 30 States/ UTs have been sanctioned, for which Rs. 699.89 Cr. has been released as GoI share to the States/UTs concerned and Rs. 165.92 Crore to NABARD as implementing agency. As on 21.11.2024, total 4,0727 PACS have been onboarded on the ERP software including 2,505 PACS from the State of Uttar Pradesh. State-wise progress of digitization of PACS under the project such as ERP Onboarding, Hardware delivery, Go-live, etc, including the States of Uttar Pradesh is enclosed as Annexure.
The details of progress in digitization of PACS as already mentioned in Annexure. Under the project, support is provided to PACS of Rs. 3.91 lakhs (approx.) per PACS which includes cost of hardware (Rs. 1,22,158/-), software (Rs. 72,103/-), training (Rs. 10,198/-), establishment of support system (Rs. 1,86,910/-), to all the States/UTs including the 5,754 sanctioned PACS of the State of Gujarat. Total 115 Master Trainers have been provided training under the project in the State of Gujarat.
Annexure
State-wise Progress of Digitization of PACS under Computerization of PACS Project
S. No
State/ UT
PACS Sanctioned
ERP Onboarded
Number of PACS where Hardware delivered
ERP -Go live
Maharashtra
12,000
9,161
8,000
5,570
Rajasthan
6,781
3,025
5,492
1,876
Gujarat
5,754
3,838
5,752
2,216
Uttar Pradesh
5,686
2,505
3,062
2,429
Karnataka
5,491
487
5,491
43
Madhya Pradesh
4,536
4,524
4,534
4,513
Tamil Nadu
4,532
4,494
4,532
4,332
Bihar
4,495
4,043
4,475
3,702
West Bengal
4,167
148
1,647
61
Punjab
3,482
1,580
3,420
627
Andhra Pradesh
2,037
30
2,037
29
Chhattisgarh
2,028
2,019
2,024
1,994
Himachal Pradesh
1,789
829
870
616
Jharkhand
1,500
1,403
1,500
1,403
Haryana
710
687
710
633
Uttarakhand
670
185
670
185
Assam
583
567
583
532
J & K
537
532
535
529
Tripura
268
247
268
241
Manipur
232
23
–
18
Nagaland
231
33
231
33
Meghalaya
112
108
109
107
Sikkim
107
104
107
101
Goa
58
32
58
27
ANI
46
44
46
43
Puducherry
45
31
45
31
Mizoram
25
25
25
24
Arunachal Pradesh
14
14
14
13
Ladakh
10
9
10
8
DNH & DD
4
–
4
–
Total
67,930
40,727
56,251
31,936
As on 21.11.2024
This was stated by the Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.