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Government of India
Ministry of Cooperation
30 NOV 2021 5:38PM by PIB Delhi
Strengthening the Cooperative Movement

State wise list of Non- Credit and Credit Cooperative Societies as per Statistical Profile of National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI) 2018 is given below. District wise list is not maintained centrally.

Given the historical heritage of cooperative movement in the country, Government has created a new Ministry of Cooperation with the following mandate as per the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 as notified vide Gazette notification dated 6.7.2021:

“1. General Policy in the field of Co-operation and Co-ordination of co-operation activities in all sectors.

2. Realisation of vision “from cooperation to prosperity”.

3. Strengthening of cooperative movement in the country and deepening its reach up to the grassroots.

4. Promotion of cooperative-based economic development model, including the spirit of responsibility among its members to develop the country.

5. Creation of appropriate policy, legal and institutional framework to help cooperatives realise their potential.

6. Matters relating to National Co-operative Organisation.

7. National Co-operative Development Corporation.

8. Incorporation, regulation and winding up of Co-operative societies with objects not confined to one State including administration of ‘the Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002 (39 of 2002)’.

9. Training of personnel of co-operative departments and co-operative institutions (including education of members, office bearers and non-officials).”

There are two types of co-operative structures in the country i.e. State Cooperative Societies and Multi-State Cooperative Societies. The Multi-State Cooperative Societies come under Central Government and the State Cooperative Societies under the State Governments. The following priority areas have been identified by the Ministry of Cooperation to fulfil its mandate in the early stages:

1. Amendment of Multistate Cooperative Societies (MSCS) Act 2002.

2. Computerization of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS).

3. Streamlining education and training needs of cooperative sector.

4. Coordination and convergence of various schemes of different Ministries/ Department and issues of cooperatives.

States/Union Territories

Non-Credit Cooperatives

Credit Cooperatives

Grant Total

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

1987

117

2104

Andhra Pradesh

70344

2874

73218

Arunachal Pradesh

731

52

783

Assam

6489

3757

10246

Bihar

30351

8818

39169

Chandigarh

225

18

243

Chhattisgarh

10011

1353

11364

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

244

40

284

Daman and Diu

97

9

106

Delhi

4924

1436

6360

Goa

3393

429

3822

Gujarat

62866

14684

77550

Haryana

23814

758

24572

Himachal Pradesh

2799

2595

5394

Jammu and Kashmir

1368

652

2020

Jharkhand

9461

4394

13855

Karnataka

30512

10426

40938

Kerala

16177

3086

19263

Lakshadweep

62

19

81

Madhya Pradesh

39079

8336

47415

Maharashtra

143372

62514

205886

Manipur

8907

330

9237

Meghalaya

1309

246

1555

Mizoram

1276

161

1437

Nagaland

7298

1761

9059

Odisha

14601

2729

17330

Puducherry

396

136

532

Punjab

13322

4115

17437

Rajasthan

21941

6518

28459

Sikkim

5179

285

5464

Tamil Nadu

17849

6633

24482

Telangana

64296

860

65156

Tripura

1778

289

2067

Uttar Pradesh

35605

12583

48188

Uttarakhand

4848

775

5623

West Bengal

19839

13817

33656

TOTAL

676750

177605

854355

Source: NCUI, 2018

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

 

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