India, July 21 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Sr. No.
State/UT
Number of Societies
Number of Members
1
ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
47
16,051
2
ANDHRA PRADESH
2,041
53,45,995
3
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
177
19,545
4
ASSAM
1,401
22,86,183
5
BIHAR
8,494
1,37,72,082
6
CHANDIGARH
4
589
7
CHHATTISGARH
2,554
34,99,717
8
GOA
141
2,54,104
9
GUJARAT
10,576
33,59,851
10
HARYANA
820
28,16,408
11
HIMACHAL PRADESH
2,225
13,49,946
12
JAMMU AND KASHMIR
769
2,64,718
13
JHARKHAND
4,457
17,21,520
14
KARNATAKA
6,189
78,10,312
15
KERALA
1,647
3,05,03,909
16
LADAKH
128
14,616
17
MADHYA PRADESH
5,185
57,61,249
18
MAHARASHTRA
21,212
1,22,52,114
19
MANIPUR
352
70,119
20
MEGHALAYA
811
1,44,890
21
MIZORAM
154
9,841
22
NAGALAND
584
25,329
23
ODISHA
4,139
70,88,943
24
PUDUCHERRY
53
69,911
25
PUNJAB
3,662
22,57,948
26
RAJASTHAN
9,600
76,64,251
27
SIKKIM
202
34,231
28
TAMIL NADU
4,509
1,06,06,708
29
TELANGANA
905
2,892,610
30
THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU
17
10,584
31
TRIPURA
565
4,02,355
32
UTTARAKHAND
988
12,13,774
33
UTTAR PRADESH
8,003
1,08,88,558
34
WEST BENGAL
4,851
47,56,095
TOTAL
1,07,462
13,91,85,056
Sr. No.
State/UT
Number of Societies
Number of Members
1
ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
1
12
2
ANDHRA PRADESH
11
110
3
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
136
2868
4
ASSAM
580
10875
5
BIHAR
57
98369
6
CHHATTISGARH
517
263952
7
GOA
38
1161
8
GUJARAT
662
99147
9
HARYANA
40
23235
10
HIMACHAL PRADESH
136
5213
11
JAMMU AND KASHMIR
232
23249
12
JHARKHAND
45
5792
13
KARNATAKA
265
73239
14
LADAKH
3
333
15
MADHYA PRADESH
680
490858
16
MAHARASHTRA
212
59755
17
MANIPUR
127
15750
18
MEGHALAYA
290
18537
19
MIZORAM
97
5444
20
NAGALAND
50
2065
21
ODISHA
1539
705969
22
PUDUCHERRY
4
99
23
PUNJAB
152
2504
24
RAJASTHAN
2003
690478
25
SIKKIM
27
636
26
TAMIL NADU
27
12020
27
THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU
5
98
28
TRIPURA
294
4318
29
UTTARAKHAND
606
7892
30
UTTAR PRADESH
1364
151736
31
WEST BENGAL
25
3794
TOTAL
10225
2779508
S. No
State/UTs Name
Approved PACS
Hardware Delivered
ERP Onboarded
e-PACS
1
Andaman and Nicobar
46
46
46
0
2
Andhra Pradesh
2037
2021
2021
2017
3
Arunachal Pradesh
139
14
14
14
4
Assam
850
709
581
540
5
Bihar
4495
4477
4482
4469
6
Chhattisgarh
2028
2028
2028
2028
7
Daman and Diu
9
4
4
4
8
Goa
86
58
55
46
9
Gujarat
6216
5754
5760
5683
10
Haryana
710
710
710
710
11
Himachal Pradesh
1885
1789
1598
1168
12
Jammu and Kashmir
708
537
537
537
13
Jharkhand
2797
1500
1491
1400
14
Karnataka
5894
5491
4590
3794
15
Ladakh
10
10
10
10
16
Madhya Pradesh
5455
4536
4536
4536
17
Maharashtra
12178
12000
12033
11987
18
Manipur
308
196
214
116
19
Meghalaya
330
108
103
97
20
Mizoram
99
49
45
24
21
Nagaland
231
231
142
28
22
Odisha
4240
0
0
0
23
Pondicherry
45
45
44
32
24
Punjab
3482
3456
3454
2517
25
Rajasthan
8525
6781
6933
5954
26
Sikkim
131
107
107
107
27
Tamil Nadu
4561
4532
4481
3007
28
Tripura
475
268
268
267
29
Uttar Pradesh
6257
3581
3219
2014
30
Uttarakhand
1216
670
668
663
31
West Bengal
4187
4167
3512
938
Total
79630
65875
63686
54707
Sr. No.
State/UT
Number of Societies
1
ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
2,244
2
ANDHRA PRADESH
18,165
3
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
1,547
4
ASSAM
12,838
5
BIHAR
27,288
6
CHANDIGARH
476
7
CHHATTISGARH
11,957
8
DELHI
5,827
9
GOA
5,611
10
GUJARAT
88,119
11
HARYANA
35,040
12
HIMACHAL PRADESH
5,844
13
JAMMU AND KASHMIR
10,735
14
JHARKHAND
12,207
15
KARNATAKA
47,288
16
KERALA
19,479
17
LADAKH
273
18
LAKSHADWEEP
65
19
MADHYA PRADESH
53,216
20
MAHARASHTRA
2,27,177
21
MANIPUR
11,655
22
MEGHALAYA
3,599
23
MIZORAM
1,559
24
NAGALAND
7,497
25
ODISHA
8,667
26
PUDUCHERRY
464
27
PUNJAB
20,332
28
RAJASTHAN
43,723
29
SIKKIM
3,750
30
TAMIL NADU
23,034
31
TELANGANA
60,680
32
THE DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN AND DIU
571
33
TRIPURA
3,280
34
UTTARAKHAND
6,442
35
UTTAR PRADESH
40,591
36
WEST BENGAL
32,190
TOTAL
8,53,430
Sr. No.
District
Number of Societies
1
AHILYANAGAR
6,117
2
AKOLA
1,048
3
AMRAVATI
2,033
4
BEED
3,419
5
BHANDARA
1,927
6
BULDHANA
2,246
7
CHANDRAPUR
1,591
8
CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR
5,056
9
DHARASHIV
2,075
10
DHULE
1,390
11
GADCHIROLI
669
12
GONDIA
1,712
13
HINGOLI
1,067
14
JALGAON
3,539
15
JALNA
1,946
16
KOLHAPUR
13,661
17
LATUR
2,311
18
MUMBAI
68
19
MUMBAI SUBURBAN
41,433
20
NAGPUR
3,947
21
NANDED
2,632
22
NANDURBAR
874
23
NASHIK
8,323
24
PALGHAR
10,186
25
PARBHANI
2,070
26
PUNE
33,062
27
RAIGAD
11,809
28
RATNAGIRI
3,448
29
SANGLI
4,758
30
SATARA
4,722
31
SINDHUDURG
1,650
32
SOLAPUR
5,874
33
THANE
36,750
34
WARDHA
953
35
WASHIM
1,044
36
YAVATMAL
1,767
TOTAL
2,27,177
The National Cooperation Policy (NCP), 2025 provides a roadmap for the systematic and holistic development of the cooperative sector, which demands regular monitoring along with continuous and consistent efforts by all stakeholders, including Central and State Governments. The institutional mechanism for monitoring the implementation of the policy given in NCP 2025 are as follows:
"9.5.1. A 'National Steering Committee on Cooperation Policy', chaired by the Union Minister of Cooperation, to be constituted for overall guidance, inter-ministerial coordination, periodic policy review, etc. This committee may include the Hon'ble Minister-in-charge of related Ministries of the Government of India as members,
9.5.2. A national-level 'Policy Implementation and Monitoring Committee', chaired by the Union Cooperation Secretary, to be established for central-state coordination, troubleshooting implementation bottlenecks, periodic monitoring and evaluation, etc. It may comprise members, including the Secretary of related Ministries of the Government of India, Secretaries/Principal Secretaries/Additional Chief Secretaries of the Cooperative Department of all States/Union Territories, a representative from NITI Aayog, and Chairpersons/MDs of national cooperative federations/unions/societies, NABARD, NDDB, NCDC, NFDB, NCCT, VAMNICOM, etc."
Both the above committees have been constituted.
The 'Policy Implementation and Monitoring Committee' held its first meeting on 09.06.2026. In its first meeting, it was informed that the NCP is implemented through the Whole-of-Government approach and in the spirit of cooperative federalism. The Ministry of Cooperation has taken 152 initiatives in furtherance of the implementation of NCP, 2025 (copy enclosed as Annexure-A). Besides, all State/UTs are advised to formulate State-level cooperation policy in line with NCP, 2025.
As per National Cooperative Database (NCD), as of 15.07.2026, there are a total of 1,12,895 Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) across the country, out of which 1,07,457 PACS are functional. The State-wise details of total number of functional PACS are attached at Annexure-1. Since the approval of the Government of India's plan on 15.02.2023 to establish new multipurpose PACS, dairy, and fisheries cooperative societies covering all Panchayats and villages across the country, a total of 10,225 M-PACS have been registered. The State-wise details of total number of M-PACS are attached as Annexure-2.
The Government has launched the Central Sector Project for Computerization of PACS, in 2022. The Government of India initially approved 63,000 PACS under Project of Computerization of functional PACS with a total financial outlay of Rs.2,516 Crore which has now been increased up to 2925.39 Crore covering 79,630 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- 3.
Further, the Government of India has approved 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. As per the National Cooperative Database, a total of 10,225 new PACS have been registered as on 15.07.2026 across the country since the approval of the plan on 15.2.2023. The State-wise details are at Annexure-2.
A comprehensive National Cooperative Database (NCD) has been developed by the Ministry of Cooperation with the support of States / UTs. This database provides a single-point access to information on over 8.5 lakh cooperatives societies across 30 economic sectors, having approximately 30 crore members. The data of the Cooperative Societies is collected and updated regularly on the NCD portal by nodal officers appointed by the States/ UTs for this purpose. The State-wise details of cooperative societies across the country including West Bengal and Maharashtra, are attached as Annexure-4. The district-wise details of cooperative societies of Maharashtra State including Palghar district, are attached as Annexure-5.
The NCD plays an important role not only during the formulation of any policy intervention but during policy implementation as well. The database provides critical insights into cooperatives' geographical coverage, financial performance, etc., and thereby helps implement the policy recommendations. The database serves as an important tool for formation of new PACS, dairy and fisheries primary cooperatives in uncovered and under-covered areas, enables development of a ranking framework, and assist in estimating the economic contribution of cooperative sector in the Indian economy.
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