Parliament Question: Modernisation of Weaver's Cooperative Societies of Bhiwandi

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1432 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29th JULY 2025 MODERNISATION OF WEAVER'S COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES OF BHIWANDI 1432: SHRI BALYA MAMA SURESH GOPINATH MHATRE:

Will the Minister of Cooperation (सहकारिता मंत्री) be pleased to state:

(a) whether any special scheme is being implemented by the Government for revival and modernization of weaver's cooperative societies of Bhiwandi, if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the Government is proposing or proposes to launch any pilot scheme for digitization of cooperative societies of Bhiwandi, if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether cooperative societies of Bhiwandi have been reeling under the burden of GST, if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government is formulating any scheme to address the issue;

(e) whether the cooperative societies of Bhiwandi have received the financial assistance under the schemes being implemented by the National Cooperative Development Corporation along with the details thereof; and

(f) if not, the reasons therefor? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF COOPERATION सहकारिता मंत्री (Shri Amit Shah)

(a) to (d) The Cooperative Societies with objects not confined to one State are governed by Entry 44 of the List I - Union List of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution and provisions of centrally administered Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002.

Cooperative Societies with objects confined to one State are governed by Entry 32 of the List II - State List of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution and provisions of respective State Cooperative Societies Act. Co-operative Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Development Fund (CRRDF) has been established by the Central Government for revival of sick multi-State cooperative societies and for development purposes in accordance with

section 63A of the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 2002.

The Government of India has initially approved 63,000 PACS under Project of Computerization of functional PACS with a total financial outlay of ₹2,516 Crore which hasnow been increased upto 2925.39 Crore covering 73,492 PACS which entails bringing all the functional PACS onto an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) based common national software, linking them with NABARD through State Cooperative Banks (StCBs) and District Central Cooperative Banks (DCCBs). The state-wise details are at Annexure- ‘A’. In Maharashtra, the total sanctioned PACS under this project are 12000. The district-wise details are at Annexure- ‘B’. Bhiwandi, as part of digitization initiative comes under the Thane district.

Further, Government of Maharashtra has reported that under, Textile Policy 2023-28, if plain powerloom owners choose to upgrade to modern, technology-based machinery, the State Government will provide capital subsidies to both powerloom cooperative societies and private powerloom units through the Maha-Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (Maha-TUFS) to support the modernization of the powerloom industry in the Bhiwandi sector. The Government of Maharashtra is also providing financial assistance to powerloom cooperative societies in the form of share capital, electricity subsidies to both powerloom cooperative societies and private powerloom units and Capital and interest subsidies under the earlier/old textile policy are also being disbursed. The State Government has launched the e-Textile Portal to ensure that all benefits are made easily accessible to the textile industry in Maharashtra.

(e) The Details of Textile Cooperatives assisted by National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra is placed at Annexure-C.

(f) Does not arise ***Annexure- A PACS Computerization Project Status (30th June 2025) S. No States Approved PACS ERP Onboarded

1. Maharashtra 12,000 11,954

2. Rajasthan 7,468 5,900

3. Gujarat 5,754 5,627

4. Uttar Pradesh 5,686 3,048

5. Karnataka 5,682 3,765

6. Madhya Pradesh 5,188 4,428

7. Tamil Nadu 4,532 4,531

8. Bihar 4,495 4,460

9. West Bengal 4,167 3,145

10. Punjab 3,482 3,408

11. Odisha 2,711 -

12. Andhra Pradesh 2,037 2,021

13. Chhattisgarh 2,028 2,028

14. Himachal Pradesh 1,789 965

15. Jharkhand 2,797 1,414

16. Haryana 710 609

17. Uttarakhand 670 670

18. Assam 583 579

19. J&K 537 536

20. Tripura 268 207

21. Manipur 232 175

22. Nagaland 231 6423. Meghalaya 112 99

24. Sikkim 107 103

25. Goa 58 45

26. ANI 46 46

27. Puducherry 45 43

28. Mizoram 49 25

29. Arunachal Pradesh 14 11

30. Ladakh 10 10

31. DNH&DD 4 4 Total 73,492 59,920Annexure- B PACS Computerization Project Status-Maharashtra (As on 30th June 2025) Approved ERP S.No. District Name PACS Onboarded 1 Ahmednagar 946 946 2 Dhule 175 175 3 Jalgaon 352 352 4 Jalna 200 191 5 Kolhapur 1751 1725 6 Nandurbar 111 111 7 Palghar 93 93 8 Pune 1192 1192 9 Raigad 122 122 10 Ratnagiri 287 282 11 Sangli 650 639 12 Satara 933 942 13 Sindhudurg 214 214 14 Thane 144 144 16 Akola 412 411 17 Amravati 214 219 18 Aurangabad 305 305 19 Buldhana 201 200 20 Hingoli 156 155 21 Nagpur 162 162 22 Nashik 614 615 23 Parbhani 149 149 24 Washim 424 424 25 Yavatmal 210 210 27 Beed 200 200 28 Bhandara 135 135 29 Chandrapur 179 179 30 Gadchiroli 101 101 31 Gondia 121 121 32 Latur 482 475 33 Nanded 64 64 34 Osmanabad 156 156 35 Solapur 545 545 Grand Total 12,000 11,954Annexure-C Details of Textile Cooperatives assisted by NCDC in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra S.No. Name of Cooperative Year of Sanction Purpose Assistance Released (Rs. In Lakh) 1 Mubassara Powerloom Cooperative 1996-97 Margin Money 24.98 Society Limited 2 Ajanta Powerloom Cooperative 1996-97 Margin Money 9.00 Society Limited 3 Swami Samarth Yantramarg 2000-01 Infrastructure 11.80 Audhyogik Utpadak Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit Total 45.78

Note: The aforesaid cooperatives were assisted by NCDC through Government of Maharashtra wherein the State Government was the Primary Borrower of NCDC assistance.

In addition to that NCDC has disbursed grant of ₹4.66 Lakhs to one FFPO UsgaonMachhimarSahakari Sanstha Ltd., Mukkam, Post Ganeshpuri, Taluka Bhiwandi, District Thane, Maharashtra under PMMSY scheme in FY 2024-25.