32 States/UTs adopt Model Bye-laws for PACS, 21,292 Dairy and Fisheries Cooperatives strengthened

The MPs asked the Ministry of Cooperation to provide details on the implementation of the National Cooperative Policy 2025, the status of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) computerization and new registrations, and the integration of the National Cooperative Database with policy implementation.

Asked by: Shri Damodar Agrawal and Shri Vishnu Dayal Ram; Answered by: Ministry of Cooperation (Minister Shri Amit Shah).

• Both the National Steering Committee and the Policy Implementation and Monitoring Committee have been constituted.
• The Policy Implementation and Monitoring Committee held its first meeting on 09.06.2026.
• The Ministry of Cooperation has taken 152 initiatives to implement the National Cooperative Policy 2025.
• As of 15.07.2026, there are 1,12,895 PACS in the database, of which 1,07,457 are functional.
• 10,225 new Multipurpose PACS (M-PACS) have been registered since the plan approval on 15.02.2023.
• The PACS Computerization Project has a financial outlay of ₹2,925.39 Crore covering 79,630 PACS.
• 54,707 PACS have been declared as e-PACS, and 51.58 Crore transactions have been processed through the software as of 15.07.2026.
• The National Cooperative Database contains information on over 8.5 lakh cooperative societies with approximately 30 crore members.
• The database is used for policy formulation, implementation, and identifying uncovered areas for new cooperatives.

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