Parliament Question: Computerization of Agricultural and Rural Development Banks (ARDBs)

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2098 ANSWERED ON 11.03.2026 Computerization of Agricultural and Rural Development Banks (ARDBs) 2098 # Shri Neeraj Shekhar: Will the Minister of Cooperation be pleased to state: (a) whether Government has implemented any national scheme for the computerization of Agricultural and Rural Development Banks, if so, the details thereof; (b) the number of State Agricultural and Rural Development Banks which have been a part of computerization scheme, so far; (c) the number of ARDBs that have been onboarded on the ERP system and the State-wise number thereof; (d) whether proposals have not yet been received from any State under the project, if so, the name of such States; and (e) the estimated timeline fixed for the completion of this scheme? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF COOPERATION (SHRI AMIT SHAH) (a) to (c) Yes, Sir. The Government has approved a Centrally Sponsored Project namely “Strengthening of Cooperatives through IT Interventions” for computerization of Agriculture and Rural Development Banks (ARDBs). The total estimated cost of the Project of Computerisation of ARDBs is Rs. 119.40 Crore. The project provides for hardware procurement, digitization, National level Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) based software, cyber security, data centre support and establishment of a Central Project Management Unit (PMU). Till date, only 10 states out of 13 States have been onboarded on the project. The state-wise details are at Annexure-‘A’.(d) No proposal has been received from West Bengal and Kerala for onboarding under the project. Further, Jammu and Kashmir has opted out of this project due to ARDBs in their region have been deemed financially unviable based on reports from NABARD and a special audit. (e) The initial estimated timeline was fixed as 31.03.2026. *******Annexure-‘A’ Total Total Hardware Hardware Total Fund S.No. State ARDBs to be Delivered released (Cr.) Delivered 1 Gujarat 195 440 440 0.82 2 Haryana 90 203 0 0.76 Himachal 3 88 202 202 Pradesh 1.04 4 Rajasthan 163 351 351 1.14 5 Punjab 113 272 0 0.94 6 Karnataka 207 467 467 1.28 7 Tamil Nadu 216 477 471 1.96 8 Puducherry 2 17 4 0.11 9 Tripura 6 15 5 0.04 10 Uttar Pradesh 342 740 0 1.75 Jammu & 11 51 115 0 Kashmir* 0.3 Total 1473 3299 1940 10.14