Digital empowerment of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies

Posted On: 25 MAR 2026 4:42PM by PIB Delhi The number of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) that have successfully migrated to the Common Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) based national software as of March, 2026 are at Annexure- ‘A’ . The measures taken to provide broadband connectivity and hardware (biometric devices, printers) to PACS in remote and hilly areas, to ensure that the digital divide is bridged, the following steps have been taken: Brodband connectivity: - MoU has been executed between Digital Bharat Nidhi (DBN) under administrative control of Department of Telecommunication, GoI and NABARD for extending High-speed broadband access to PACS including remote and hilly areas using Bharat Net. Hardware (biometric devices, printers) to PACS : - Hardware (Computer system, Webcam, VPN device, Printer, Biometric device) has been provided to 65,020 PACS, till date, which includes 3864 PACS in the remote and hilly areas states of Andaman & Nicobar, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and Uttarakhand. The National Cooperative Database (NCD) has been developed by the Ministry of Cooperation, Government of India, with the support of States/UTs. The data of cooperative societies is collected, entered, and updated in the National Cooperative Database (NCD) by nodal officers appointed by the States/UTs for this purpose. Further, to ensure automatic data updates, synchronization, and efficient information management, the NCD portal is being integrated with the portals of the Registrars of Cooperative Societies (RCSs) of all States/UTs through APIs. As of 01.03.2026, the States of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Mizoram, and the UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu have completed integration with the NCD portal. ****** Annexure-‘A’ PACS Computerisation project Status as on 10 th March 2026 S. No States Approved PACS ERP Onboarded ANI 46 46 Andhra Pradesh 2,037 2,021 Arunachal Pradesh 139 14 Assam 850 580 Bihar 4,495 4,481 Chhattisgarh 2,028 2,028 DNH&DD 9 4 Goa 86 53 Gujarat 6,216 5,750 Haryana 710 695 Himachal Pradesh 1,885 1,472 J&K 708 537 Jharkhand 2,797 1,493 Karnataka 5,894 4,555 Ladakh 10 10 Madhya Pradesh 5,455 4,536 Maharashtra 12,178 12,036 Manipur 308 205 Meghalaya 330 23 Mizoram 99 25 Nagaland 231 114 Odisha 4,240 0 Puducherry 45 44 Punjab 3,482 2,682 Rajasthan 8,525 6,445 Sikkim 131 107 Tamil Nadu 4,561 4,513 Tripura 475 268 Uttar Pradesh 6,257 3,076 Uttarakhand 1,216 669 West Bengal 4,187 3,384 Total 79,630 61,866 This information was given by Union Minister for Home and Cooperation Shri Amit Shah in a written reply in Rajya Sabha. **** AK/AP (Release ID: 2245119) Visitor Counter : 342 Read this release in: Urdu , हिन्दी Ministry of Cooperation Digital empowerment of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies Posted On: 25 MAR 2026 4:42PM by PIB Delhi The number of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) that have successfully migrated to the Common Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) based national software as of March, 2026 are at Annexure- ‘A’ . The measures taken to provide broadband connectivity and hardware (biometric devices, printers) to PACS in remote and hilly areas, to ensure that the digital divide is bridged, the following steps have been taken: Brodband connectivity: - MoU has been executed between Digital Bharat Nidhi (DBN) under administrative control of Department of Telecommunication, GoI and NABARD for extending High-speed broadband access to PACS including remote and hilly areas using Bharat Net. Hardware (biometric devices, printers) to PACS : - Hardware (Computer system, Webcam, VPN device, Printer, Biometric device) has been provided to 65,020 PACS, till date, which includes 3864 PACS in the remote and hilly areas states of Andaman & Nicobar, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and Uttarakhand. The National Cooperative Database (NCD) has been developed by the Ministry of Cooperation, Government of India, with the support of States/UTs. The data of cooperative societies is collected, entered, and updated in the National Cooperative Database (NCD) by nodal officers appointed by the States/UTs for this purpose. Further, to ensure automatic data updates, synchronization, and efficient information management, the NCD portal is being integrated with the portals of the Registrars of Cooperative Societies (RCSs) of all States/UTs through APIs. As of 01.03.2026, the States of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Mizoram, and the UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu have completed integration with the NCD portal. ****** Annexure-‘A’ PACS Computerisation project Status as on 10 th March 2026 S. No States Approved PACS ERP Onboarded ANI 46 46 Andhra Pradesh 2,037 2,021 Arunachal Pradesh 139 14 Assam 850 580 Bihar 4,495 4,481 Chhattisgarh 2,028 2,028 DNH&DD 9 4 Goa 86 53 Gujarat 6,216 5,750 Haryana 710 695 Himachal Pradesh 1,885 1,472 J&K 708 537 Jharkhand 2,797 1,493 Karnataka 5,894 4,555 Ladakh 10 10 Madhya Pradesh 5,455 4,536 Maharashtra 12,178 12,036 Manipur 308 205 Meghalaya 330 23 Mizoram 99 25 Nagaland 231 114 Odisha 4,240 0 Puducherry 45 44 Punjab 3,482 2,682 Rajasthan 8,525 6,445 Sikkim 131 107 Tamil Nadu 4,561 4,513 Tripura 475 268 Uttar Pradesh 6,257 3,076 Uttarakhand 1,216 669 West Bengal 4,187 <s