OBJECTIVE OF THE RANKING FRAMEWORK FOR COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES - 12th August 2026 - Ministry of Cooperation - Gazette Notification PDF
Issued by Ministry of Cooperation
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Executive Summary & Key Takeaways
Summary: Ranking Framework for Cooperative Societies
Overview and Implementation The Ministry of Cooperation has introduced a Ranking Framework designed to evaluate primary cooperative societies across 12 sectors. Launched on January 24, 2025, the framework utilizes the National Cooperative Database (NCD) portal to enable Registrars of Cooperative Societies (RCS) at the State and Union Territory levels to generate rankings. These rankings are categorized by sector as well as by State, district, and block.
Assessment Criteria and Scoring The framework assesses performance based on five broad parameters, totaling a weightage of 100 marks. Weightage is generally assigned to these categories in the following order of priority:
- Audit compliance
- Operational activities
- Financial performance
- Infrastructure
- Basic identity information
Objectives and Strategic Impact The initiative aims to enhance transparency, efficiency, and effectiveness within the cooperative sector while improving the credibility and competitive capability of societies. Key strategic goals include:
- Providing cooperatives with actionable insights and performance benchmarks.
- Fostering an environment of competition and innovation.
- Identifying and disseminating best practices from top-performing societies to encourage sector-wide adoption.
Administrative Details The details of this framework were provided by the Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.
- Release Date: August 12, 2026
- Origin: PIB Delhi
- Release ID: 2298378