Ministry of Cooperation
Functioning of Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (PACS)
Posted On:
15 MAR 2023 5:11PM by PIB Delhi
A State-wise list of functional Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) is annexed as Annexure.
A Centrally sponsored project for Computerization of functional PACS/ Large Area Multipurpose Cooperative Societies (LAMPS)/ Farmers Service Societies (FSS) across the country with a total financial outlay of Rs. 2,516 Crore is under implementation. The project entails bringing all the functional PACS on ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) based common software, linking them with NABARD through State Cooperative Banks (StCBs) and District Central Cooperative Banks (DCCBs).
At present, proposals for computerization of 54,752 PACS has been received from the States/UTs and central share amounting to Rs. 201.18 crore has been released for the procurement of hardware, digitization of legacy data and establishing support system. During the project period, a support system would be established for providing handholding support to the PACS. Maintenance of the hardware installed at PACS will be responsibility of the respective PACS, DCCBs/StCBs on an ongoing basis even after completion of the project period. The central infrastructure facility and common software will be maintained and updated by NABARD periodically.
This was stated by the Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.
State-wise list of functional PACS*
The term ‘functional PACS’ is understood to cover those PACS that have been audited as on 31st March, 2022
|
S.No
|
State/UT
|
No. of functional PACS
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
2046
|
|
2
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
14
|
|
3
|
Assam
|
775
|
|
4
|
Bihar
|
3779
|
|
5
|
Chhattisgarh
|
2028
|
|
6
|
Goa
|
44
|
|
7
|
Gujarat
|
6016
|
|
8
|
Haryana
|
646
|
|
9
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
810
|
|
10
|
Jharkhand
|
1782
|
|
11
|
Karnataka
|
5168
|
|
12
|
Kerala
|
1299
|
|
13
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
4536
|
|
14
|
Maharashtra
|
20788
|
|
15
|
Manipur
|
232
|
|
16
|
Meghalaya
|
128
|
|
17
|
Mizoram
|
30
|
|
18
|
Nagaland
|
150
|
|
19
|
Odisha
|
1239
|
|
20
|
Punjab
|
3367
|
|
21
|
Rajasthan
|
4050
|
|
22
|
Sikkim
|
178
|
|
23
|
Tamil Nadu
|
7 **
|
|
24
|
Telangana
|
727
|
|
25
|
Tripura
|
268
|
|
26
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
2330
|
|
27
|
Uttarakhand
|
8
|
|
28
|
West Bengal
|
4173
|
|
|
Union Territories
|
|
|
1
|
Andaman And Nicobar Islands
|
41
|
|
2
|
Jammu And Kashmir
|
537
|
|
3
|
Ladakh
|
10
|
|
4
|
Puducherry
|
45
|
|
5
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli Daman & Diu
|
NO PACS
|
|
6
|
Chandigarh
|
NO PACS
|
|
7
|
Delhi
|
NO PACS
|
|
8
|
Lakshadweep
|
NO PACS
|
|
Total
|
67251
|
* Survey done by NABARD
** In case of Tamil Nadu, total number of PACS reported as 4532, has been indicated as 7 because the audit reports have not been finalised due to conduct of special audit with regard to State Debt Waiver Scheme.
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