Parliament Question: Cooperative Societies

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1487 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09th DECEMBER, 2025 Cooperative Societies 1487: Mrs Ruchi Vira: Will the Minister of COOPERATION (सहकारिता मंत्री) be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government is aware of the status and functioning of co-operative societies particularly in the field of agricultural credit, milk production and rural livelihoods in terms of their management and financial condition and the problems being faced by them, especially in Moradabad District, Uttar Pradesh, if so, the details thereof; (b) the details of the steps taken by the Government for institutional reforms, better regulatory oversight and enhanced financial support to strengthen these cooperative societies; and (c) the reasons for the persistent difficulties being faced by the co-operative societies and their members? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF COOPERATION सहकारिता मंत्री (SHRI AMIT SHAH) (a) Yes Sir. As per the National Cooperative Database (NCD), there are a total of 40,665 cooperative societies in Uttar Pradesh, out of which 22,731 societies are functional. The sector- wise and district-wise, total number of cooperative societies and number of functional societies, is attached as Annexure-1 & Annexure-2, respectively. (b) The Government is providing financial support under the computerization of PACS project to strengthen cooperative societies across the country, including Uttar Pradesh. The details are at Annexure-3. Further, as on 25.11.2025, National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) has disbursed Rs. 4,67,455.66 crore for the development of cooperative institutions across the country. Out of which Rs. 7,646.11 crore has been disbursed for cooperative development in Uttar Pradesh. For the district of Moradabad, NCDC has implemented Integrated CooperativeDevelopment Project (ICDP) during 22.02.2014 to 30.6.2018, under Central Sector Scheme, and extended financial assistance, as per details given below:- (Rs.in lakh) Loan UD Subsidy PIT subsidy Total 858.41 146.847 74.813 1080.070 (c) To resolve the difficulties being faced by the cooperative societies and their members, the Ministry of Cooperation, since its inception on 6th July, 2021, has undertaken several initiatives to realize the vision of “Sahakar-se-Samriddhi” and to strengthen cooperatives across the country including Uttar Pradesh. Key initiatives include: • PACS Computerisation Project, covering more than 79,630 PACS nationwide, including those in Uttar Pradesh, to introduce standardized software, digital accounting, online service delivery and improved transparency. • Model Byelaws of PACS, enabling diversification of activities such as storage, processing, LPG distribution, and common service centers, ensuring better governance standards and promoting member-centric operations. • Capacity-building and training programs are being conducted to train PACS officials in digital operations, financial management and service delivery. • Strengthening of the Three-Tier Cooperative Credit Structure, to improve coordination between PACS, DCCBs and StCBs, ensuring better liquidity management and credit flow. • World’s Largest Decentralized Grain Storage Plan in the Cooperative Sector. • Establishment of Tribhuvan Sahkari University. *****Annexure-1 Sector-wise total Cooperative Societies and functional Cooperative Societies in Uttar Pradesh No. of No. of functional S.No Sector societies societies 1 Agriculture & Allied Cooperative 1240 718 2 Agro Processing / Industrial Cooperative 1829 115 3 Bee Farming Cooperative 0 0 4 Consumer Cooperative 1004 473 5 Credit & Thrift Society 2255 1186 6 Dairy Cooperative 16199 7664 7 Educational & Training Cooperatives 6 6 8 Fishery Cooperative 1589 1266 9 Handicraft Cooperative 26 0 10 Handloom Textile & Weavers Cooperative 1814 886 11 Housing Cooperative Society 3247 1207 12 Jute and Coir Cooperative 0 0 13 Khadi Gramodyog 148 148 14 Labour Cooperative 551 138 15 Livestock & Poultry Cooperative 19 0 16 Marketing Cooperative Society 1807 892 17 Miscellaneous Credit Cooperative Society 6 6 18 Miscellaneous Non-Credit 70 7 19 Multipurpose Cooperative 129 69 Primary Agricultural Credit Society 20 (PACS)/FSS/ LAMPS 8439 7765 21 Sericulture Cooperative 88 87 22 Social Welfare & Cultural Cooperative 2 1 23 Sugar Mills Cooperative 27 27 24 Tourism Cooperative 1 1 25 Transport Cooperative 85 6 26 Tribal-SC/ST Cooperative 0 0 27 Urban Cooperative Bank (UCB) 56 51 28 Women Welfare Cooperative Society 28 12 Total 40665 22731 Source: NCD portal as of 15.11.2025.Annexure-2 District-wise total Cooperative Societies and functional Cooperative Societies in Uttar Pradesh No. of functional S.No District Name No. of Societies Societies 1 Agra 1,287 616 2 Aligarh 518 307 3 Ambedkar Nagar 641 465 4 Amethi 347 186 5 Amroha 353 193 6 Auraiya 409 104 7 Ayodhya 618 409 8 Azamgarh 1,026 686 9 Baghpat 296 226 10 Bahraich 539 310 11 Ballia 442 251 12 Balrampur 194 133 13 Banda 352 169 14 Barabanki 767 455 15 Bareilly 821 533 16 Basti 563 401 17 Bhadohi 197 122 18 Bijnor 774 436 19 Budaun 524 277 20 Bulandshahr 717 554 21 Chandauli 542 265 22 Chitrakoot 339 193 23 Deoria 403 269 24 Etah 429 209 25 Etawah 498 103 26 Farrukhabad 498 132 27 Fatehpur 714 237 28 Firozabad 303 134 29 Gautam Buddha Nagar 558 196 30 Ghaziabad 713 218 31 Ghazipur 859 441 32 Gonda 739 445 33 Gorakhpur 788 480 34 Hamirpur 335 247 35 Hapur 293 204 36 Hardoi 601 377 37 Hathras 219 163 38 Jalaun 589 237 39 Jaunpur 687 371 40 Jhansi 695 224No. of functional S.No District Name No. of Societies Societies 41 Kannauj 363 69 42 Kanpur Dehat 473 118 43 Kanpur Nagar 966 397 44 Kasganj 146 107 45 Kaushambi 470 145 46 Kheri 456 351 47 Kushi Nagar 350 223 48 Lalitpur 343 209 49 Lucknow 1,390 718 50 Maharajganj 373 217 51 Mahoba 208 98 52 Mainpuri 245 125 53 Mathura 532 462 54 Mau 445 176 55 Meerut 864 708 56 Mirzapur 633 407 57 Moradabad 870 507 58 Muzaffarnagar 420 343 59 Pilibhit 381 284 60 Pratapgarh 525 341 61 Prayagraj 1,333 660 62 Rae Bareli 733 511 63 Rampur 379 254 64 Saharanpur 749 478 65 Sambhal 286 185 66 Sant Kabeer Nagar 217 148 67 Shahjahanpur 581 435 68 Shamli 173 94 69 Shravasti 237 97 70 Siddharth Nagar 380 196 71 Sitapur 685 472 72 Sonbhadra 207 147 73 Sultanpur 507 309 74 Unnao 583 363 75 Varanasi 975 399 Total 40,665 22,731 Source: NCD portal as of 15.11.2025.Anneuxre-3 Funds released under PACS Computerization project (Rs. in crore) S.No States/UTs 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 Total 1 Maharashtra 87.95 33.65 - 9.14 130.73 2 Rajasthan 23.78 43.3 11 6.76 84.83 3 Gujarat - 58.3 22.19 13.48 93.97 4 Uttar Pradesh 11.28 42.3 - 13.51 67.1 5 Karnataka 40.25 15.39 - 12.19 67.83 6 Madhya Pradesh 33.23 25.42 - 7.78 66.43 7 Tamil Nadu 33.2 12.48 - 6.05 51.73 8 Bihar 32.95 - 14.66 4.15 51.76 9 West Bengal 30.54 - - 15.25 45.79 10 Punjab 25.52 - - 7.42 32.94 11 Andhra Pradesh 14.93 3.74 14.54 2.1 35.31 12 Chhattisgarh 14.86 - 10.21 3.28 28.35 13 Himachal Pradesh 9.56 7.32 3.09 6.77 26.74 14 Jharkhand 10.99 - - 8.21 34.3 15 Haryana 4.85 2.44 - - 8.79 16 Uttarakhand - - - - - 17 Assam 6.41 2.45 6.39 1.76 17.02 18 J&K 5.25 1.52 1.85 1.75 10.37 19 Tripura 2.95 1.13 3.03 - - 20 Manipur 2.55 - - - 3.14 21 Nagaland 0.36 2.46 1.6 0.01 4.43 22 Meghalaya 1.23 - - - 2.34 23 Sikkim 1.18 0.9 0.79 0.41 3.28 24 Goa 0.32 0.13 0.44 0.31 1.19 Andaman & Nicobar - - - - - 25 Islands 26 Puducherry 0.44 0.17 - - 0.67 27 Mizoram 0.27 - - 0.56 1.27 28 Arunachal Pradesh 0.15 0.12 0.09 - - 29 Ladakh - - - - 0.12 30 Odisha - - - - 18.07 31 DNH&DD - - - - - 32 Sub-Total 395 257.71 105.54 142.24 900.49 33 NABARD 100 40.92 25 - 165.92 Total 495 298.63 130.54 - 1,066.41 Note: data as of 25.11.2025.