The Government on 15.2.2023, 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 multipurpose Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (M-PACS), Dairy, 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 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.

As per National Cooperative Database, a total of 12,957 (as on 27.01.2025) new PACS, Dairy and Fishery Cooperative Societies have been registered across the country since the approval of the plan on 15.2.2023. The State-wise status is attached at Annexure-I.

In order to diversify the business activities of PACS, the Government, in consultation with all stakeholders, including States/ UTs, National Level Federations, State Cooperative Banks (StCBs), District Central Cooperative Banks (DCCBs), etc., prepared and circulated Model Bye-laws for PACS to all the States/ UTs, which enable them to undertake more than 25 economic activities, including dairy, fishery, floriculture, setting up godowns, procurement of foodgrains, fertilizers, seeds, LPG/CNG/Petrol/Diesel distributorship, short-term & long-term credit, custom hiring centers, Common Service Centers (CSCs), Fair Price Shops (FPS), community irrigation, Business Correspondent activities, etc. So far, 32 States/ UTs have adopted Model Bye-laws or their existing bye-laws are in line with Model Bye-laws.

So far, 42,080 PACS are functioning as CSC; 36,193 PACS are functioning as PMKSK and 22,311 PACS are operating FPS. State-wise details of the same are enclosed at Annexure-II.

Annexure-I

Newly Registered Cooperatives
State/UT	PACS	Dairy	Fishery	Total (PACS/DCS/FCS)
Andaman And Nicobar Islands	1	1	7	9
Andhra Pradesh	0	896	1	897
Arunachal Pradesh	12	9	12	33
Assam	59	233	29	321
Bihar	25	283	0	308
Chhattisgarh	0	136	195	331
Goa	12	0	0	12
Gujarat	291	435	7	733
Haryana	2	43	5	50
Himachal Pradesh	57	350	4	411
Jammu And Kashmir	84	1005	29	1118
Jharkhand	44	131	73	248
Karnataka	128	453	17	598
Ladakh	0	3	1	4
Lakshadweep	0	0	7	7
Madhya Pradesh	16	443	154	613
Maharashtra	148	668	73	889
Manipur	68	17	10	95
Meghalaya	193	12	1	206
Mizoram	25	2	2	29
Nagaland	12	0	2	14
Odisha	1535	0	0	1535
Puducherry	2	2	3	7
Punjab	0	80	0	80
Rajasthan	760	1232	3	1995
Sikkim	23	34	0	57
Tamil Nadu	21	478	21	520
Telangana	0	15	67	82
Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu	4	0	1	5
Tripura	38	0	2	40
Uttar Pradesh	94	1181	189	1464
Uttarakhand	0	66	81	147
West Bengal	13	86	0	99
Total	3,667	8,294	996	12,957

Annexure-II

 

State-wise details of PACS functioning as PMKSK, CSC and FPS

S. NO.	States/UTs	PACS as PMKSKs	PACS as CSCs	PACS as FPS
1	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	0	3	0
2	Andhra Pradesh	1246	1866	70
3	Arunachal Pradesh	0	8	23
4	Assam	0	620	402
5	Bihar	1483	3115	2774
6	Chhattisgarh	2058	1897	1180
7	DNH &DD	0	8	7
8	Goa	2	34	64
9	Gujarat	3328	1979	798
10	Haryana	743	241	35
11	Himachal Pradesh	763	797	1948
12	Jammu and Kashmir	144	481	30
13	Jharkhand	363	1217	581
14	Karnataka	1797	1273	2661
15	Kerala	976	12	230
16	Ladakh	0	7	0
17	Madhya Pradesh	4517	3793	3833
18	Maharashtra	842	6055	1559
19	Manipur	39	77	1
20	Meghalaya	0	75	4
21	Mizoram	0	14	0
22	Nagaland	0	7	1
23	Odisha	1636	628	77
24	Puducherry	6	27	1
25	Punjab	1590	1770	103
26	Rajasthan	4030	5096	1366
27	Sikkim	0	53	56
28	Tamil Nadu	3183	4453	3949
29	Telangana	679	536	24
30	Tripura	7	155	84
31	Uttar Pradesh	6,295	5126	196
32	Uttarakhand	466	625	23
33	West Bengal	0	32	231
	TOTAL	36,193	42,080	22,311

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

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