Parliament Question: PACS

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5079 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24th MARCH, 2026 PACS 5079. Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant: Shri Sanjay Uttamrao Deshmukh: Shri Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav: Will the Minister of Cooperation (सहकारिता मंत्री) be pleased to state: (a) whether it is true that the Government has decided to establish two lakh PACS, dairy and fisheries cooperative societies in every Panchayat/village; (b) if so, the details thereof including percent the current status of implementation of the said plan particularly in Maharashtra; (c) the number of cooperative societies out of the proposed two lakh societies likely to be established in Maharashtra district-wise and including Yavatmal-Washim Lok Sabha Constituency; (d) the timeline for completion of the project and the total allocation made for the project during the last five years; (e) the status of the implementation of the said scheme in the Parbhani Lok Sabha Constituency; and (f) the number of cooperative societies likely to be set up in the Parbhani Parliamentary Constituency of Maharashtra out of the said two lakh societies and the time by which this project is likely to be completed? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF COOPERATION सहकारिता मंत्री (SHRI AMIT SHAH) (a) to (f): The Government on 15.02.2023, approved the Plan for strengthening cooperative movement in the country and deepening its reach up to the grassroots. The Plan entails establishment of 2 lakh new multipurpose PACS (M-PACS), Dairy, Fishery Cooperative Societies covering all the Panchayats/ villages in the country over a period of 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), etc, with the support of National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD), National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) and State Governments. As per the National Cooperative Database (NCD), since the approval of the plan on 15.02.2023, a total of 32,802 new PACS, Dairy and Fishery Cooperative Societies have been registeredacross the country as on 20.01.2026, including the State of Maharashtra. The details are enclosed at Annexure-I. In the State of Maharashtra including Yavatmal, Washim and Parbhani districts, a total of 9,527 M-PACS/ Dairy/ Fishery Cooperative Societies is to be formed/ strengthened over a period of five years. As per information provided by the State Government, the district-wise cooperative societies likely to be established in FY 2025-26 is enclosed at Annexure-II. Further, as per the information provided by the State, a total of 75 new M-PACS are to be formed in Yavatmal-Washim constituency. In Parbhani constituency, 2 Fishery Cooperative Societies have been registered and 20 M-PACS are to be formed. ******Annexure-I State-wise details of newly registered PACS, Dairy & Fishery Cooperative Societies (From 15.02.2023 to 20.01.2026) Achievement S.No State Target Achievement (in %) 1 Himachal Pradesh 389 830 213% 2 Jharkhand 296 561 190% 3 Sikkim 61 88 144% 4 Jammu & Kashmir 1,103 1,565 142% 5 Goa 48 45 94% 6 Maharashtra 1,555 1,450 93% 7 Rajasthan 4,142 3,583 87% 8 Uttar Pradesh 7,183 5,925 82% 9 Bihar 5,718 4,648 81% 10 Uttarakhand 1,298 1,004 77% 11 Puducherry 13 10 77% 12 Karnataka 1,864 1,385 74% 13 Chhattisgarh 1,934 1,142 59% 14 Gujarat 2,315 1,254 54% 15 Assam 2,123 1,141 54% 16 Odisha 4,890 2,281 47% 17 Tripura 816 309 38% 18 Madhya Pradesh 4,754 1,763 37% 19 DNH & DD 28 9 32% 20 Haryana 808 198 25% 21 Punjab 2,123 507 24% 22 Andhra Pradesh 5,094 1,047 21% 23 Tamil Nadu 5,602 847 15% 24 Manipur 1,601 195 12% 25 Mizoram 836 101 12% 26 Telangana 2,988 275 9% 27 Arunachal Pradesh 1,997 156 8% 28 Ladakh 110 7 6% 29 West Bengal 2,624 164 6% 30 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 229 13 6% 31 Meghalaya 4,456 251 6% 32 Nagaland 1,272 41 3% 33 Kerala 170 0 0% 34 Lakshadweep 0 7 0% Grand Total 70,440 32,802 47% Source: National Cooperative DatabaseAnnexure-II District-wise Cooperative Societies likely to be established in Maharashtra in FY 2025-26 Sr.No District No. of Cooperative societies 1 Mumbai 0 2 Thane 20 3 Palghar 23 4 Raigad 23 5 Ratnagiri 22 6 Sindhudurg 23 7 Pune 24 8 Satara 32 9 Sangli 13 10 Kolhapur 43 11 Solapur 22 12 Ahilyanagar 23 13 Dhule 13 14 Nandurbar 20 15 Jalgaon 30 16 Nashik 13 17 Chh. Sambhajinagar 27 18 Jalna 17 19 Beed 13 20 Latur 29 21 Parbhani 18 22 Hingoli 17 23 Nanded 13 24 Dharashiv 22 25 Amravati 23 26 Buldhana 13 27 Yavatmal 20 28 Washim 17 29 Akola 22 30 Nagpur 13 31 Gondiya 10 32 Wardha 13 33 Chandrapur 29 34 Bhandara 28 35 Gadchiroli 17 Total 705