Parliament Question: Expansion of cooperative societies

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 486 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2026 Expansion of cooperative societies

486. Dr. Dinesh Sharma:

Will the Minister of Cooperation be pleased to state:

(a) the State-wise number of registered cooperative societies in the country, including Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh;

(b) the steps taken by Government for the revival of cooperative societies, to bring transparency, to modernize, to create competitiveness and for capacity building of these societies, the details thereof; and

(c) whether Government is providing financial assistance for the capacity expansion of these societies after the constitution of a separate Ministry, if so, the details thereof? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF COOPERATION (SHRI AMIT SHAH)

(a) As per the National Cooperative Database (NCD), there are a total of 8.48 lakh cooperative societies across the country, including the States of Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh.

The State-wise total number of cooperative societies is enclosed as Annexure-1.

(b) & (c) Yes Sir. The Ministry of Cooperation, since its inception on 6th July, 2021, has undertaken several initiatives to realize the vision of “Sahakar-se-Samriddhi” by bringing transparency, modernizing systems, enhancing competitiveness, reviving cooperative societies, along with capacity building and capacity expansion of cooperatives across the country, including Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh. Key initiatives include:

• To strengthen PACS, a project for the Computerization of functional PACS with a total financial outlay of ₹2925.39 Crore has been approved by the Government of India, which entails bringing all functional PACS in the Country onto a common ERP-based national software. Out of total 79,630 sanctioned PACS from 31 States/ UTs under the project, 61,478 PACS have been onboarded on ERP Software.

• 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.

• World’s Largest Decentralized Grain Storage Plan in the Cooperative Sector.• Creation of National Cooperative Database (NCD), that enables identification of gaps in the geographical spread of cooperatives, including both covered and uncovered gram panchayats and formation of 2 lakh new multipurpose PACS, Dairy and Fishery cooperative societies.

• By leveraging the NCD, the Government launched the Cooperative Ranking Framework on 24th January 2025 to assess and rank cooperatives, State-wise and sector-wise. This ranking system aims to enhance transparency, reliability, and competitiveness among cooperative societies, ultimately fostering their growth.

• Setting up of Co-operative Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Development Fund under

section 63A of the Multi-State Cooperative Societies (MSCS) (Amendment) Act, 2023 for revival of sick multi-State cooperative societies and providing assistance for meeting infrastructural requirement.

• Capacity building and skill development programmes through National Council for Co- operative Training (NCCT) for members, Board of Directors, employees of cooperative, state officials and aspiring youth across the country with a network of 20 training institutes. As on date, 16,404 training programmes for 10,11,359 participants have been conducted by these training institutes.

• Capacity-building programs undertaken through NABARD that provide training on ERP Software i.e. e-PACS software. • Establishment of Tribhuvan Sahkari University. ******Annexure-1 State-wise total number of Cooperative Societies S.No State Name Total no. of societies 1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2,239 2 Andhra Pradesh 18,183 3 Arunachal Pradesh 1,461 4 Assam 12,427 5 Bihar 27,387 6 Chandigarh 476 7 Chhattisgarh 11,845 8 Delhi 5,944 9 Goa 5,593 10 Gujarat 86,519 11 Haryana 34,673 12 Himachal Pradesh 5,791 13 Jammu and Kashmir 10,620 14 Jharkhand 12,091 15 Karnataka 46,969 16 Kerala 19,652 17 Ladakh 275 18 Lakshadweep 43 19 Madhya Pradesh 53,965 20 Maharashtra 2,25,986 21 Manipur 11,627 22 Meghalaya 3,452 23 Mizoram 1,560 24 Nagaland 7,955 25 Odisha 8,362 26 Puducherry 464 27 Punjab 19,662 28 Rajasthan 41,969 29 Sikkim 3,768 30 Tamil Nadu 23,210 31 Telangana 60,858 32 The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 597 33 Tripura 3,270 34 Uttar Pradesh 40,709 35 Uttarakhand 6,393 36 West Bengal 32,142 Total 8,48,137

Soruce: NCD portal as of 20.01.2026.