Establishment of new Multipurpose PACS, dairy and fisheries cooperatives

Posted On: 25 MAR 2026 4:57PM by PIB Delhi Government on 15.02.2023, has approved the Plan for strengthening cooperative movement in the country and deepening its reach up to the grassroots. The Plan entails establishment of new multipurpose PACS or primary dairy/ fishery cooperative societies covering all the Panchayats/ villages in the country in the next 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), Fisheries & Aquaculture Infrastructure Fund (FIDF), etc. This plan is being implemented with the support of National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD), National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB), National Level Cooperative Federations and State Governments. Further, a Standard Operating Procedure (Margdarshika) has been issued, detailing targets, timelines, institutional framework, and roles of stakeholders for smooth and uniform implementation. A multi-tiered institutional framework involving States/UTs and concerned agencies has been formed: Inter-Ministerial Committees (IMC) with Hon’ble Cooperation Minister as chairman and Hon’ble Ministers and Secretaries of GoI Ministries/ Departments concerned as members, has been constituted. National Level Coordination Committee (NLCC) has been constituted under the chairmanship of Secretary, Ministry of Cooperation, GoI and Secretaries of concerned Ministries/Departments of the Government of India, and other stakeholders concerned as members, to steer the overall implementation of the initiative. State Cooperative Development Committee (SCDC) has been constituted at the State level under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary and District Cooperative Development Committee (DCDC) has been constituted at the district level under the chairmanship of the District Collectors, to ensure effective implementation and monitoring of the initiative at district level. Further, Joint Working Committees (JWC) at the district level have also been formed by States/ UTs to ensure timely execution of the plan at the grassroots level. The State-wise details of the newly formed societies across the country, including the State of Jharkhand is at Annexure . Annexure S. No State PACS DCS FCS Grand Total 1 ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS 1 1 11 13 2 ANDHRA PRADESH 11 1,034 2 1,047 3 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 121 15 20 156 4 ASSAM 469 591 81 1,141 5 BIHAR 57 4,589 2 4,648 6 CHHATTISGARH 469 351 322 1,142 7 GOA 37 5 3 45 8 GUJARAT 525 706 23 1,254 9 HARYANA 31 161 6 198 10 HIMACHAL PRADESH 116 708 6 830 11 JAMMU AND KASHMIR 216 1,313 36 1,565 12 JHARKHAND 127 257 177 561 13 KARNATAKA 243 1,097 45 1,385 14 KERALA 0 0 0 0 15 LADAKH 3 3 1 7 16 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 7 7 17 MADHYA PRADESH 663 874 226 1,763 18 MAHARASHTRA 149 1,140 161 1,450 19 MANIPUR 104 24 67 195 20 MEGHALAYA 228 16 7 251 21 MIZORAM 97 2 2 101 22 NAGALAND 18 5 18 41 23 ODISHA 1,543 679 59 2,281 24 PUDUCHERRY 4 3 3 10 25 PUNJAB 1 463 43 507 26 RAJASTHAN 1,387 2,174 22 3,583 27 SIKKIM 24 61 3 88 28 TAMIL NADU 28 794 25 847 29 TELANGANA 0 173 102 275 30 THE DD & DNH 6 1 2 9 31 TRIPURA 288 2 19 309 32 UTTAR PRADESH 1,099 4,340 486 5,925 33 UTTARAKHAND 621 263 120 1,004 34 WEST BENGAL 24 137 3 164 Grand Total 8,710 21,982 2,110 32,802 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: 2245145) Visitor Counter : 363 Read this release in: Urdu , हिन्दी