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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COOPERATION
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1517
TO BE ANSWERED ON 9th DECEMBER, 2025
Cooperative Groups and Grants
1517: Shri Brijmohan Agrawal
Will the Minister of Cooperation (सहकारिता मंत्री) be pleased to state:
(a) the categories of sector wise cooperatives defined by the Ministry along with the list of
all active cooperative societies, sector and State-wise;
(b) the number of cooperatives that have been funded by the department and affiliated
cooperatives in the form of loans, grants, investments in the last three financial years;
(c) the list of cooperatives with corresponding amounts sanctioned and disbursed under the
Grant in aid to National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC);
(d) the list of States and UTs into 'Cooperatively Developed', 'Under Developed' and 'Least
Developed' groups;
(e) The value of financial assistance provided to all the States under the CSISAC;
(f) the details of initiatives and programmes that are being run by the Ministry for under
developed and least developed groups; and
(g) the measures to address regional variations, engagement in Chhattisgarh's tribal areas,
through training and cultural adaptations?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF COOPERATION
सहकारिता मंत्री (SHRI AMIT SHAH)
(a) As per the National Cooperative Database (NCD), out of total of 8.4 lakh cooperatives
societies across the country, 6.5 lakh are functional, having approximately 30 crore members
across 30 Sectors. The State-wise and sector-wise numbers of functional cooperative
societies, are attached as Annexure-1 & Annexure-2, respectively.
(b) National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) has assisted 40,863 cooperative
societies in the last three financial years. The details of which are attached as Annexure-3.
(c) Under the Grant in aid to National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), the
NCDC has sanctioned Rs. 7323.21 crore and disbursed Rs. 203.75 crore till 30.11.2025. The
details are provided at Annexure-4.(d) & (e) As per the approved guidelines of CSISAC scheme, all the States/UTs had been
categorized as Cooperatively Developed (11), Under Developed (13) and Least Developed
(12) for the purpose of implementation of this scheme. The List of these States/UTs along
with the financial assistance provided under the scheme is given at Annexure-5.
(f) During FY 2024-25, NCDC sanctioned financial assistance of Rs. 79042.02 crore and
disbursed Rs. 66103.90 crore to Least Developed (LD) / Under Developed (UD) States.
Cumulatively as on 31.03.2025, Rs. 2,85,815.09 crore was disbursed to LD/UD States under
various schemes of NCDC, which accounts for around 69.98% of the total assistance of Rs.
4,08,381.27 crore disbursed by NCDC, so far. The details are provided below at Annexure-
6.
(g) To increase the participation of Women, Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Scheduled Castes
(SC), in Multi State Cooperative Societies registered all over the country, the Government
of India vide the Multi-State Cooperative Societies (amendment) Act, 2023 and Rules
framed thereunder has made provisions for reservation of two seats for Women and one seat
for SC or ST in the Board of multi-State cooperative societies. Besides above, Ministry of
Cooperation has circulated Model Bye-laws for PACS to all the States/ UTs under which
provisions have been made to make the membership of PACS more inclusive, giving
adequate representation to Women and Scheduled Castes/Schedules Tribes.
*****Annexure-1
State-wise total Cooperative Societies and functional Cooperative Societies
S.No State Name Total no. of No. of functional
societies societies
Andaman And Nicobar
2,238
1 Islands 1,206
2 Andhra Pradesh 17,893 12,627
3 Arunachal Pradesh 1,460 959
4 Assam 12,322 7,696
5 Bihar 27,385 22,322
6 Chandigarh 476 196
7 Chhattisgarh 11,800 10,236
8 Delhi 5,944 1,939
9 Goa 5,578 3,110
10 Gujarat 85,698 78,269
11 Haryana 34,399 14,971
12 Himachal Pradesh 5,668 4,850
13 Jammu And Kashmir 10,580 8,925
14 Jharkhand 11,997 7,919
15 Karnataka 46,805 40,188
16 Kerala 19,664 15,133
17 Ladakh 275 174
18 Lakshadweep 43 31
19 Madhya Pradesh 54,592 27,501
20 Maharashtra 2,24,732 2,17,741
21 Manipur 11,624 5,320
22 Meghalaya 3,437 2,950
23 Mizoram 1,546 1,290
24 Nagaland 8,108 2,247
25 Odisha 8,172 7,595
26 Puducherry 464 431
27 Punjab 19,673 11,908
28 Rajasthan 41,955 25,508
29 Sikkim 3,763 1,648
30 Tamil Nadu 23,080 21,083
31 Telangana 60,860 48,181
The Dadra And Nagar Haveli
569
32 And Daman And Diu 379
33 Tripura 3,227 2,130
34 Uttar Pradesh 40,681 22,754
35 Uttarakhand 6,352 4,721
36 West Bengal 32,127 22,945
Total 8,45,187 6,57,083
Soruce: NCD portal as of 15.11.2025.Annexure-2
Sector wise total cooperative societies and functional cooperative societies
S.No Sector Name Total no. of No. of Functional
Cooperative Societies Societies
1 Agriculture & Allied Cooperative 27,847 16,781
Agro Processing / Industrial
2 Cooperative 20,774 9,714
3 Bee Farming Cooperative 345 268
4 Consumer Cooperative 22,797 14,622
5 Credit & Thrift Society 83,546 69,021
6 Dairy Cooperative 1,55,146 1,16,457
Educational & Training
7 Cooperatives 1,599 1,276
8 Farmers Services Society 583 527
9 Fishery Cooperative 27,266 23,042
10 Handicraft Cooperative 5,163 4,300
Handloom Textile & Weavers
11 Cooperative 19,556 10,138
12 Housing Cooperative Society 1,93,930 1,72,311
13 Jute and Coir Cooperative 69 29
14 Khadi Gramodyog 168 164
15 Large Area Multipurpose Society 6000 5,937
16 Labour Cooperative 46,680 29,436
17 Livestock & Poultry Cooperative 16,874 12,954
18 Marketing Cooperative Society 10,077 7,664
Miscellaneous Credit Cooperative
19 Society 7,581 5,804
20 Miscellaneous Non-Credit 34,967 23,098
21 Multipurpose Cooperative 21,831 14,541
Primary Agricultural Credit Society
22 (PACS) 1,04,324 99,713
23 Sericulture Cooperative 625 396
Social Welfare & Cultural
24 Cooperative 2,523 1,657
25 Sugar Mills Cooperative 280 229
26 Tourism Cooperative 620 445
27 Transport Cooperative 4,191 1,696
28 Tribal-SC/ST Cooperative 2,069 1,649
29 Urban Cooperative Bank (UCB) 1,469 1,334
Women Welfare Cooperative
30 Society 26,287 11,880
Total 8,45,187 6,57,083
Source: NCD portal as of 15.11.2025.Annexure-3
NCDC assistance to cooperative societies in the last three financial years
(Rs. In crore)
S.No. Activity 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25
Amount No. of Amount No. of Amount No. of
Released beneficiary Released beneficiary Relea sed beneficiary
societies societies societies
1 Marketing & Inputs 28031.70 4298 52919.63 5697 77945.72 5632
2 ICDP in selected States/UTs 177.87 23.26 1.62
Agro-Processing 800.02 29 2223.65 40 8101.01 88
(Sugar, Textile, Oilseed, Plantation Crop,
3
Foodgrain, Fruit & Vegetables and Other
Processing)
Weaker Sections Programmes (Fisheries, 603.75 14712 371.49 4740 123.29 4335
Dairy/Livestock. Poultry, Tribal, SC/ST,
4
Handloom, Jute, Coir and Women
cooperatives)
Industrial, Credit & Service Coop. 11322.40 45 5001.66 33 8874.96 37
5
including Yuva Sahakar
6 FPO 38.25 48.33 292 71.97
7 Computerization of Cooperatives 45.02 0.42
Others (Storage. Cold Chain, Consumer, 12.39 601 30.03 213 64.31 71
Agro Export & Export Promotion,
8 Assistance for Computerization,
Promotion & Development)
Total
41,031.40 19,685 60,618.47 11,015 95,182.88 10,163
Source:- NCDCAnnexure-4
Disbursement under Grant in aid to NCDC scheme as on 30.11.2025
(Rs. In crore)
Amount Amount
S.No. Name of Cooperative/Borrower State Activity/Division
sanctioned disbursed
Om Chaitnya Multi State Agro Purpose Cooperative
1 Maharashtra Marketing 3.75 3.75
Society Ltd.
Rajasthan Mahila Nidhi Credit Cooperative
2 Rajasthan Service Cooperatives 3000.00 100.00
Federation Ltd
Stree Nidhi Credit Cooperative Federation Ltd.,
3 Telangana Service Cooperatives 500.00 100.00
Hyderabad
Stree Nidhi Credit Cooperative Federation Ltd.,
4 Andhra Pradesh Service Cooperatives 500.00 0.00
Vijayawada
5 Government of Punjab, Chandigarh Punjab Processing/Foodgrains 3000.00 0.00
6 Government of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram Kerala Service Cooperatives 66.46 0.00
Vitthalrao Shinde Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd.
7 Maharashtra Sugar 100.00 0.00
Solapur
Kallappanna Awade Jawahar Shetkari Sahakari
8 Maharashtra Sugar 53.00 0.00
Sakhar Karkhana Limited, Kolhapur
Kallappanna Awade Jawahar Shetkari Sahakari
9 Maharashtra Sugar 100.00 0.00
Sakhar Karkhana Limited, Kolhapur
7323.21 203.75
Source:- NCDCAnnexure-5
State-wise financial assistance by NCDC under CSISAC and their category of cooperative
development
S. Name of State/UT Loan Subsidy Total Category
No.
1 Maharashtra 4,09,36,67,300 80,56,17,500 4,89,92,84,800 Developed
2 Kerala 3,03,78,26,000 64,59,71,507 3,68,37,97,507 Developed
3 Gujarat 3,00,75,56,850 59,85,60,550 3,60,61,17,400 Developed
4 Tamil Nadu 74,13,08,000 48,57,17,568 1,22,70,25,568 Developed
5 Karnataka 34,33,68,300 7,04,69,600 41,38,37,900 Developed
6 Punjab 27,20,00,000 4,80,00,000 32,00,00,000 Developed
7 Haryana - 9,40,13,200 9,40,13,200 Developed
8 Delhi - 12,00,000 12,00,000 Developed
9 Chandigarh - - - Developed
10 DNH & DD - - - Developed
11 Puducherry - - - Developed
12 Telangana 52,66,65,62,750 6,99,87,02,422 59,66,52,65,172 Under Developed
13 West Bengal 5,43,74,79,500 1,69,32,94,100 7,13,07,73,600 Under Developed
14 Andhra Pradesh 2,80,07,53,300 1,27,16,60,862 4,07,24,14,162 Under Developed
15 Uttarakhand 2,91,18,31,700 86,64,81,400 3,77,83,13,100 Under Developed
16 Rajasthan 1,92,59,56,900 1,04,86,64,205 2,97,46,21,105 Under Developed
17 Himachal Pradesh 85,74,14,150 65,46,43,019 1,51,20,57,169 Under Developed
18 Uttar Pradesh 31,72,48,950 61,71,69,725 93,44,18,675 Under Developed
19 Madhya Pradesh 27,25,90,700 65,64,52,520 92,90,43,220 Under Developed
20 Odisha 6,81,58,900 5,16,87,200 11,98,46,100 Under Developed
21 A & N Islands 3,33,70,400 89,71,200 4,23,41,600 Under Developed
22 Chhattisgarh 91,66,200 1,92,39,000 2,84,05,200 Under Developed
23 Goa 63,30,200 18,08,300 81,38,500 Under Developed
24 Lakshadweep - - - Under Developed
25 Bihar 5,66,35,03,500 2,47,43,20,262 8,13,78,23,762 Least Developed
26 Meghalaya 82,05,53,500 26,94,82,200 1,09,00,35,700 Least Developed
27 Assam 62,60,01,400 24,00,58,000 86,60,59,400 Least Developed
28 Manipur 26,78,90,000 9,58,38,400 36,37,28,400 Least Developed
29 Nagaland 13,76,93,700 20,03,52,850 33,80,46,550 Least Developed
30 Arunachal Pradesh 17,42,97,000 15,41,51,760 32,84,48,760 Least Developed
31 Jharkhand 5,59,48,000 18,51,59,190 24,11,07,190 Least Developed
32 Mizoram 6,28,23,170 16,34,19,570 22,62,42,740 Least Developed
33 Tripura - 7,43,56,270 7,43,56,270 Least Developed
34 Sikkim 4,10,00,000 1,37,50,000 5,47,50,000 Least Developed
35 Jammu & Kashmir 3,68,77,000 1,66,26,875 5,35,03,875 Least Developed
36 Ladakh - - - Least Developed
37 Others (Training 2,64,40,000 5,07,04,680 7,71,44,680
Etc.)
TOTAL 86,71,56,17,370 20,57,65,43,935 1,07,29,21,61,305
Source:-NCDCAnnexure-6
Sanction and Disbursement by NCDC in UD/LD states/UTs during FY 204-25
SANCTION 2024-25 DISBURSEMENT 2024-25
STATE/UT
LOAN SUBSIDY TOTAL LOAN SUBSIDY TOTAL
(A) Cooperatively Least-Developed States/UTs
Arunachal Pradesh 0.00 0.66 0.66 0.00 0.16 0.16
Assam 0.82 2.99 3.81 0.50 1.83 2.33
Bihar 4000.79 10.93 4011.72 0.29 7.03 7.32
J&K 0.00 10.91 10.91 0.00 1.47 1.47
Jharkhand 0.08 4.72 4.80 22.46 8.75 31.21
Ladakh 0.00 2.16 2.16 0.00 0.43 0.43
Manipur 0.00 0.48 0.48 0.00 0.51 0.51
Meghalaya 0.00 1.15 1.15 0.00 0.14 0.14
Mizoram 0.00 1.29 1.29 0.98 0.99 1.96
Nagaland 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.57 0.57
Sikkim 0.00 0.50 0.50 0.00 0.09 0.09
Tripura 0.97 1.19 2.16 0.00 1.46 1.46
Total (A) 4002.66 36.98 4039.64 24.23 23.44 47.67
(B) Cooperatively Under-Developed States
A & N Islands 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.56 0.00 0.56
Andhra Pradesh 19200.00 55.10 19255.10 16330.00 8.27 16338.27
Chhattisgarh 29530.10 4.97 29535.07 28080.00 2.18 28082.18
Goa 0.00 1.15 1.15 0.00 0.83 0.83
Himachal Pradesh 2.00 7.48 9.48 1.90 4.67 6.57
Lakshadweep 0.00 0.33 0.33 0.00 0.06 0.06
Madhya Pradesh 1379.60 12.00 1391.60 322.50 3.47 325.96
Odisha 1.17 6.90 8.07 1.21 4.68 5.89
Rajasthan 204.68 13.28 217.96 80.29 4.36 84.65
Telangana 24136.56 69.40 24205.96 20980.08 9.25 20989.33
Uttar Pradesh 347.03 11.53 358.56 202.45 6.68 209.13
Uttarakhand 2.03 5.62 7.66 2.82 2.92 5.74
West Bengal 2.10 9.35 11.45 0.75 6.31 7.06
Total (B) 74805.28 197.10 75002.38 66002.56 53.67 66056.23
Source:- NCDC