Parliament Question: PACS as PM Kisan Samriddhi Kendras

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 288 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21st July 2026 PACS as PM Kisan Samriddhi Kendras †288. Dr. Sambit Patra:

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

(a) the total number of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) in the country have been granted permission to function as Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samridhi Kendra;

(b) the actual number of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) that are currently functioning as PMKSK;

(c) the States where the pilot project for PACS training was conducted by the Government including the number of PACS provided training under the said pilot project;

(d) in which States the pilot project of PACS training was conducted by the Government and how many PACS were trained under the 'Pilot Project'; and

(e) the key learnings from the pilot project on Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) training? ANSWER MINISTER OF COOPERATION सहकारिता मंत्री (SHRI AMIT SHAH)

(a) & (b) The Government aims to operationalise PMKSKs in a phased manner, in all functional PACS. PACS functioning as PMKSKs enables them to provide various quality agri-inputs like fertilizers, seeds, farm implements, pesticides, soil/ seed testing facilities, etc., to the farmers at Panchayat/village level itself, thus helping in improving the agricultural productivity.

As per the data provided by States/ UTs, 38,974 PACS are currently operating as Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samriddhi Kendras (PMKSKs) in the country.(c) & (d) The pilot project for PACS training was conducted in the year 2024-25 in 4 districts of 4 states i.e. Himachal Pradesh (Una), Rajasthan (Jodhpur), Tamil Nadu (Theni) and Odisha

(Sambalpur) in which 284 PACS were provided training by conducting 295 training programmes in which 85,219 participants were trained. Apart from the pilot project, the NCCT is conducting awareness programmes for PACS every year. Since inception of Ministry of Cooperation, the NCCT has conducted a total of 7,320 awareness programmes in the country for PACS through its 20 institutes in which 6,00,602 participants were trained from the year 2022-23 to June, 2026. The institute-wise position of number of programmes conducted and number of participants trained is given in Annexure.

(e) Key learnings from the pilot project on PACS training are as follows- • Training interventions have significantly reduced performance gaps and strengthened functional capabilities. • Participants have acquired new skills, particularly in DPR preparation, and gained a better understanding of government schemes.

• Members are now more aware of their roles, responsibilities, and powers within cooperatives. • PACS have developed a clear understanding of converging schemes of different ministries to strengthen cooperative activities.

• Members have gained a stronger sense of ownership and participation in cooperative institutions. • Several PACS have shown interest in diversifying activities, including Common Service Centres, Jan Aushadhi Kendras, LPG agencies, obtaining license for providing high quality seeds, pesticides, etc., to farmers.

******Annexure Unit-wise Cooperative Awareness Program (Scaling up) data from 2022-23 to 2026-27 (up to June, 2026)p 2026-27 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 (up to June, S.

Name of the Institutes 2026) No No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of Prog Part. Prog Part. Prog Part. Prog Part. Prog Part.

1 VAMNICOM, Pune 48 6387 115 10558 35 3970 100 5625 0 0 2 RICM, Bengaluru 27 4225 56 9072 104 12574 141 12055 17 761 3 RICM, Chandigarh 100 9445 70 6330 50 4338 108 7462 38 1863 4 RICM, Gandhinagar 68 7420 120 9000 168 7709 230 10000 65 5833 5 RICM, Kalyani 92 6935 106 9011 71 6194 10 912 0 0 6 RICM, Patna 19 830 86 5637 72 3781 71 4041 21 494 7 ICM, Bhopal 54 6822 101 5631 94 4804 35 2403 23 1366 8 ICM, Bhubaneswar 85 7991 124 6108 127 4463 157 5962 23 1093 9 ICM, Chennai 27 3253 55 10855 40 8016 103 16462 34 37622026-27 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 (up to June, S.

Name of the Institutes 2026) No No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of Prog Part. Prog Part. Prog Part. Prog Part. Prog Part.

10 ICM, Dehradun 147 7883 73 3538 37 1788 33 1434 6 271 11 ICM, Guwahati 76 7577 53 8141 33 4161 46 12844 19 748 12 ICM, Hyderabad 54 6979 75 7473 114 7259 96 3130 27 711 13 ICM, Imphal 60 7315 55 4267 27 1651 70 3386 14 485 14 ICM, Jaipur 69 5044 214 8325 22 1201 115 8108 42 3832 15 ICM, Kannur 43 6461 79 9976 122 20798 254 27662 52 2668 16 ICM, Lucknow 65 5585 36 1962 47 3868 44 4220 11 778 17 ICM, Madurai 54 6154 94 8065 41 4626 100 10014 12 1118 18 ICM, Nagpur 77 5340 97 7325 104 5699 129 7128 24 983 19 ICM, Pune 187 8215 138 8919 54 3783 113 2922 16 347 ICM, 20 122 4329 133 12787 53 11760 137 25119 15 2987 Thiruvananthapuram Total 1474 124190 1880 152980 1415 122443 2092 170889 459 30100