Strategic expansion and functional diversification of PACSs

2025-07-23 Information

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 over a period of five years, 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.

In order to ensure effective and timely implementation of the plan, Ministry of Cooperation in coordination with NABARD, NDDB and NFDB has launched a Standard Operating Procedure (Margdarshika) on 19.9.2024, indicating the targets, timelines and roles and responsibilities of stakeholders concerned. 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.

The details of the State-wise targets set/ timeline for implementation as per Margdarshika, current status of PACS coverage are enclosed at Annexure-A.

In order to strengthen PACS, the centrally sponsored project for Computerization of functional PACS with a total financial outlay of ₹ 2,925.39 crore has been approved by the Government of India, which entails bringing all functional PACS in the country onto a common ERP based national software, linking them with NABARD through StCBs and DCCBs. The State-wise/UT-wise quantum of funds released and utilised under this project till 30.06.2025, are enclosed at Annexure-B.

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Annexure-A Establishment of New Multipurpose PACS, Dairy and Fishery Cooperative Societies – State-wise Combined Targets and Achievement

(till 30.6.2025)

Sr.No

States/UTs

FY 2024 – 2025

FY 2025 – 2026

FY 2026 – 2027

FY 2027- 2028

FY 2028 – 2029

Total Achievement

till 30.06.2025

Andaman And Nicobar Islands

224

Andhra Pradesh

3,750

2,276

2,823

2,652

2,036

893

Arunachal Pradesh

1,990

158

Assam

1,213

797

576

637

675

726

Bihar

3,204

4,074

2,633

2,328

1,783

3,746

Chhattisgarh

920

1,639

3,008

2,985

2,093

561

Goa

Gujarat

1,484

2,652

1,470

1,238

942

1,086

Haryana

273

1,056

478

443

391

162

Himachal Pradesh

273

604

568

549

427

564

Jammu And Kashmir

587

799

957

941

666

1,350

Jharkhand

183

894

604

578

462

372

Karnataka

1,277

2,102

1,739

1,498

1,263

1,023

Kerala

177

336

342

381

336

–

Ladakh

Lakshadweep

–

Madhya Pradesh

1,433

3,337

5,332

5,395

3,336

987

Maharashtra

886

2,312

2,932

2,732

1,906

1,028

Manipur

132

1,471

580

585

459

153

Meghalaya

346

4,126

767

737

528

232

Mizoram

803

Nagaland

544

752

106

Odisha

1,457

2,018

1,628

3,293

1,932

1,578

Puducherry

Punjab

1,427

1,581

2,451

2,288

1,588

477

Rajasthan

2,077

3,258

2,804

2,624

2,423

2,681

Sikkim

Tamil Nadu

623

6,241

1,495

1,383

1,104

604

Telangana

1,630

2,086

3,458

3,393

2,333

172

The DD & DNH

–

Tripura

801

197

Uttar Pradesh

4,095

5,287

12,398

12,312

8,419

2,666

Uttarakhand

703

1,133

2,040

1,982

1,376

847

West Bengal

1,228

1,458

746

686

583

138

Grand Total

30,142

56,326

52,171

51,962

37,378

22,606

FUNDS UTILIZATION IN PACS COMPUTERIZATION (Rs. In Crore)

States/UTs

Amount released in FY 2022-23

Total Expenditure incurred in 2022-

Amount released in FY 2023-

Total Expenditure incurred in 2023-24

Amount released in FY 2024-25

Total Expenditure incurred in 2024-25

Amount released in FY 2025-26

Total Expenditure incurred in 2025-26

Maharashtra

87.95

–

33.65

71.88

–

39.38

–

5.32

Rajasthan

23.78

–

43.30

44.05

11.00

25.60

–

2.26

Gujarat

–

58.30

7.39

22.19

58.48

–

7.95

Uttar Pradesh

11.28

–

42.30

24.10

–

15.13

–

3.99

Karnataka

40.25

–

15.39

36.67

–

2.69

–

1.27

Madhya Pradesh

33.23

–

25.42

43.47

–

8.88

–

2.02

Tamil Nadu

33.20

–

12.48

25.78

–

17.34

–

Bihar

32.95

–

4.48

14.66

32.43

–

6.07

West Bengal

30.54

–

6.45

–

6.35

–

17.74

Punjab

25.52

–

10.20

–

10.80

–

0.74

Andhra Pradesh

14.93

–

3.74

–

14.54

28.15

–

5.06

Chhattisgarh

14.86

–

4.51

10.21

18.28

–

2.37

Himachal Pradesh

9.56

–

7.32

13.13

3.09

3.74

–

3.07

Jharkhand

10.99

–

5.45

15.10

12.82

–

Haryana

4.85

–

2.44

–

7.09

–

Uttarakhand

–

3.69

–

0.29

–

0.24

Assam

6.41

–

2.45

6.41

6.39

5.71

–

3.08

J&K

5.25

–

1.52

5.25

1.85

2.21

–

1.17

Tripura

2.95

–

1.13

3.55

3.03

2.55

–

0.26

Manipur

2.55

–

2.09

–

0.36

Nagaland

0.36

–

2.46

0.64

1.60

3.77

–

0.00

Meghalaya

1.23

–

1.03

–

0.23

1.11

–

Sikkim

1.18

–

0.90

1.59

0.79

0.45

–

0.18

Goa

0.32

–

0.13

0.30

0.44

0.21

–

0.06

ANI

–

0.69

–

0.62

–

Puducherry

0.44

–

0.17

0.41

–

0.07

–

0.14

Mizoram

0.27

–

0.21

0.44

0.34

–

0.04

Arunachal Pradesh

0.15

–

0.12

0.21

0.09

0.08

–

Ladakh

–

0.12

–

0.02

–

DNH&DD

–

0.12

0.06

–

0.05

Total

395.00

–

257.71

317.14

105.54

305.89

1.11

63.44

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