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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COOPERATION
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3694
ANSWERED ON 25.03.2026
Establishment of new Multipurpose PACS, dairy and fisheries cooperatives
3694 # Shri Aditya Prasad:
Will the Minister of Cooperation be pleased to state:
(a) whether Government has approved any scheme for the establishment of new multipurpose
PACS, dairy and fisheries cooperative societies in uncovered Panchayats;
(b) the State-wise details of the newly formed societies across the country, including the State
of Jharkhand; and
(c) the steps taken to ensure the smooth implementation of the scheme?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF COOPERATION
(SHRI AMIT SHAH)
(a) to (c) Government on 15.02.2023, has approved the Plan for strengthening cooperative
movement in the country and deepening its reach up to the grassroots. The Plan entails
establishment of new multipurpose PACS or primary dairy/ fishery cooperative societies
covering all the Panchayats/ villages in the country in the next five years, through convergence
of various existing GOI schemes, including Dairy Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF),
National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD), PM Matsya Sampada Yojana
(PMMSY), Fisheries & Aquaculture Infrastructure Fund (FIDF), etc. This plan is being
implemented with the support of National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC),
National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD), National Dairy
Development Board (NDDB), National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB), National Level
Cooperative Federations and State Governments. Further, a Standard Operating Procedure
(Margdarshika) has been issued, detailing targets, timelines, institutional framework, and roles
of stakeholders for smooth and uniform implementation. A multi-tiered institutional
framework involving States/UTs and concerned agencies has been formed:
i. Inter-Ministerial Committees (IMC) with Hon’ble Cooperation Minister as
chairman and Hon’ble Ministers and Secretaries of GoI Ministries/ Departments
concerned as members, has been constituted.ii. National Level Coordination Committee (NLCC) has been constituted under the
chairmanship of Secretary, Ministry of Cooperation, GoI and Secretaries of
concerned Ministries/Departments of the Government of India, and other
stakeholders concerned as members, to steer the overall implementation of the
initiative.
iii. State Cooperative Development Committee (SCDC) has been constituted at the
State level under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary and District Cooperative
Development Committee (DCDC) has been constituted at the district level under
the chairmanship of the District Collectors, to ensure effective implementation and
monitoring of the initiative at district level.
iv. Further, Joint Working Committees (JWC) at the district level have also been
formed by States/ UTs to ensure timely execution of the plan at the grassroots level.
The State-wise details of the newly formed societies across the country, including the
State of Jharkhand is at Annexure.
***Annexure
S. No State PACS DCS FCS Grand Total
ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR
1 ISLANDS 1 1 11 13
2 ANDHRA PRADESH 11 1,034 2 1,047
3 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 121 15 20 156
4 ASSAM 469 591 81 1,141
5 BIHAR 57 4,589 2 4,648
6 CHHATTISGARH 469 351 322 1,142
7 GOA 37 5 3 45
8 GUJARAT 525 706 23 1,254
9 HARYANA 31 161 6 198
10 HIMACHAL PRADESH 116 708 6 830
11 JAMMU AND KASHMIR 216 1,313 36 1,565
12 JHARKHAND 127 257 177 561
13 KARNATAKA 243 1,097 45 1,385
14 KERALA 0 0 0 0
15 LADAKH 3 3 1 7
16 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 7 7
17 MADHYA PRADESH 663 874 226 1,763
18 MAHARASHTRA 149 1,140 161 1,450
19 MANIPUR 104 24 67 195
20 MEGHALAYA 228 16 7 251
21 MIZORAM 97 2 2 101
22 NAGALAND 18 5 18 41
23 ODISHA 1,543 679 59 2,281
24 PUDUCHERRY 4 3 3 10
25 PUNJAB 1 463 43 507
26 RAJASTHAN 1,387 2,174 22 3,583
27 SIKKIM 24 61 3 88
28 TAMIL NADU 28 794 25 847
29 TELANGANA 0 173 102 275
30 THE DD & DNH 6 1 2 9
31 TRIPURA 288 2 19 309
32 UTTAR PRADESH 1,099 4,340 486 5,925
33 UTTARAKHAND 621 263 120 1,004
34 WEST BENGAL 24 137 3 164
Grand Total 8,710 21,982 2,110 32,802