India, Dec. 17 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

In order to realise the vision of 'Sahakar Se Samriddhi', the Ministry has taken various initiatives for development of Cooperative Sector. One such initiative is approval of the plan to establish new multipurpose PACS/dairy/fisheries cooperatives, aiming to cover all panchayats and villages in the country over the next five years, including the State of Odisha. As of November 15, 2025, a total of 30,083 new PACS, Dairy and Fishery Cooperative Societies have been registered; and 15,793 Dairy and Fisheries Cooperative Societies have been strengthened; 255,881 Gram Panchayats (GPs) are covered by PACS; 87,159 Gram Panchayats are covered by dairy cooperative societies; and 29,964 Gram Panchayats are covered by fisheries cooperative societies. In the State of Odisha total 2,039 new M-PACS (1537), Dairy (451) and Fisheries (51) Cooperative Societies have been registered and 209 Dairy Cooperative Societies are Strengthened. Under the Centrally Sponsored Project for the computerisation of functional PACS, Odisha has been sanctioned 4,240 PACS to be brought onto an ERP-based common national software aimed at improving transparency and operational efficiency. Women and tribal cooperatives in Odisha additionally benefit from national interest subvention schemes of NCDC.

S. No

Activity

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

2023-24

2024-25

2025-26 (as on 25.11.2025)

Total

Loan

Grant

Total

Loan

Grant

Total

Loan

Grant

Total

Loan

Grant

Total

Loan

Grant

Total

Loan

Grant

Total

Loan

Grant

Total

1

Marketing

0.64

0.16

0.80

0.50

0.13

0.63

-

-

0.40

0.40

-

1.54

0.29

1.83

2

SERVICE COOP.

-

3.02

3.02

-

-

0.20

0.20

-

3.22

-

3.22

3

DAIRY & LIVE STOCK

-

-

-

0.28

0.01

0.29

0.28

0.11

0.39

0.13

0.13

0.56

0.25

0.81

4

FPO

-

0.27

0.27

1.14

1.14

2.04

2.04

1.95

1.95

1.16

1.16

-

6.56

6.56

5

FISHERIES

-

0.15

0.15

0.07

0.07

0.04

0.04

-

-

-

0.26

0.26

6

FISHERIES FPO (FFPO)

-

-

0.40

0.40

0.87

0.87

2.47

2.47

0.84

0.84

-

4.58

4.58

7

STORAGE

-

-

-

-

0.33

0.15

0.48

0.28

0.10

0.38

0.61

0.25

0.86

Total

0.64

0.16

0.80

3.52

0.55

4.07

-

1.61

1.61

0.28

2.96

3.24

1.21

4.68

5.89

0.28

2.23

2.51

5.93

12.18

18.11

District

Cooperatives

Total Member's

Total_PACS

PACS_Member's

Total_Dairy

Dairy_Member's

Total_Fishery

Fishery_Member's

ANUGUL

185

260,838

128

247,476

17

875

7

2,041

BALANGIR

280

252,344

185

230,945

54

7,813

2

121

BALESHWAR

381

544,988

190

477,940

95

8,960

54

7,831

BARGARH

406

264,307

132

252,065

210

2,702

7

1,039

BHADRAK

298

405,503

133

364,352

107

8,621

47

8,008

BOUDH

99

115,005

46

109,855

16

391

1

-

CUTTACK

674

586,707

284

393,373

230

14,638

81

7,494

DEOGARH

55

70,283

41

67,216

6

296

5

1,570

DHENKANAL

202

254,964

116

236,478

6

338

34

2,778

GAJAPATI

133

63,678

99

51,520

5

371

5

910

GANJAM

580

472,949

419

414,091

13

1,819

91

22,469

JAGATSINGHAPUR

541

381,710

135

251,429

291

16,858

40

18,889

JAJAPUR

252

323,358

194

315,200

14

740

22

2,632

JHARSUGUDA

99

78,787

44

68,646

37

1,989

8

2,736

KALAHANDI

252

298,133

160

273,898

31

4,033

13

1,315

KANDHAMAL

103

237,288

76

162,265

-

-

2

155

KENDRAPARA

286

574,065

140

397,582

90

6,199

31

6,463

KENDUJHAR

229

269,079

137

242,273

32

1,769

12

1,465

KHORDHA

405

301,474

164

235,141

23

2,205

83

19,784

KORAPUT

145

234,492

97

215,830

10

506

5

1,476

MALKANGIRI

82

130,456

55

118,907

4

134

18

2,360

MAYURBHANJ

260

347,479

202

337,461

3

102

22

2,086

NABARANGPUR

158

173,398

91

168,677

53

3,153

9

961

NAYAGARH

198

236,264

183

234,523

-

-

-

-

NUAPADA

89

95,147

69

89,308

2

46

5

592

PURI

538

398,759

228

313,603

133

14,247

146

26,569

RAYAGADA

116

143,965

96

138,825

8

356

3

260

SAMBALPUR

140

167,511

78

159,570

49

2,407

7

1,477

SONEPUR

170

100,863

72

91,532

48

3,714

-

-

SUNDARGARH

239

1,708,479

146

1,639,055

-

-

9

1,515

7,595

9,492,273

4,140

8,299,036

1,587

105,282

769

144,996

During the last three years, financial assistance, grants and credit facilities extended under national programmes have also been made available to the State of Odisha. NCDC has provided a total of Rs.10.74 crore for cooperative development in the State, comprising Rs.1.61 crore in 2022-23, Rs.3.24 crore in 2023-24 and Rs.5.89 crore in 2024-25 (Disbursement by NCDC during last 5 years is Attached at Annexure-I). Targeted support to women and tribal cooperatives has likewise been extended, with Rs.0.20 crore disbursed over this period. This includes Rs.35 lakh to the Self-Employment Mahila Cooperative Organisation Ltd., Rs.31.80 lakh to Maa Sureswari Farmer Producer Cooperative Society Ltd., Rs.2.50 lakh to Swaviman Primary Fisheries Cooperative Society (100% ST members) and Rs.9.30 lakh to Gajapati Organic Farmer Producer Cooperative Society Ltd. (100% ST members). Additionally, Rs.18.07 crore has been released as Central share to Odisha during FY 2025-26 under the PACS Computerisation Project.

For training and capacity building of about 4106 PACS functionaries, assistance of Rs.1.24 crore has been provided to the two Cooperative Training Institutes (CTIs) of Odisha i.e. Agriculture Cooperative Staff Training Institute (ACSTI) and Madhusudan Institute of Cooperative Management (MICM) for 135 training programmes for PACS.

As on 15.11.2025, Odisha has 7,595 cooperative societies and 94,92,273 members across all districts. District-wise Cooperative Societies and Membership details in Odisha are attached as Annexure-II.

Several measures being implemented nationwide, including in Odisha, aimed to strengthen the cooperative structure, promote agriculture-based entrepreneurship and reinforce the rural economy. These include continued implementation of the national plan to establish two lakh new multipurpose PACS, Dairy and Fishery Cooperatives to ensure cooperative presence in all uncovered Panchayats and villages. The rollout of the World's Largest Decentralised Grain Storage Plan will convert PACS into infrastructure and service hubs with godowns, custom hiring centres and primary processing units, improving farmers' post-harvest outcomes. Digital modernisation efforts across the sanctioned PACS in Odisha will continue under the PACS Computerisation Project, enhancing transparency and operational efficiency. Adoption of Model Bye-laws is being encouraged so that PACS can diversify into more than 25 economic activities such as PMKSKs, CSCs and PMBJKs.

Significant financial support has been extended for infrastructure development, including a total outlay of Rs.2,925.39 crore for the computerisation of functional PACS. Under the Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI) Scheme, margin money requirements for PACS godowns have been reduced from 20% to 10%, subsidy rates have been increased from 25% to 33.33%, and an additional subsidy equal to one-third of the total admissible subsidy is provided for ancillary facilities such as internal roads and weighbridges. The Ministry has also facilitated the disbursal of Rs.190 crore to Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) and Rs.98 crore to Fish Farmer Producer Organisations (FFPOs) through National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC).

The establishment of national multi-state cooperative institutions-NCOL, NCEL and BBSSL-will further support market access, branding, procurement and value-chain participation for primary producers and the establishment of the Tribhuvan Sahkari University (TSU) for professionalising cooperative leadership, are further strengthening the long-term financial stability and governance of cooperatives across the country, including Odisha.

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