In order to strengthen Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS), the project for Computerization of 63,000 functional PACS with a total financial outlay of ₹2,516 Crore has been approved by the Government of India, 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).
So far, proposals for computerization of 62,318 PACS from 28 States/ UTs have been sanctioned, for which Rs. 488.42 Cr. has been released as GoI share to the States/UTs concerned. The National Level Common Software for the project has been developed by NABARD and 15,783 PACS have been onboarded on ERP in 27 States/ UTs so far. Hardware procurement and digitization of legacy data by the States and Union Territories are under process. State-wise details of number of PACS sanctioned, onboarded on ERP and GoI share released, are enclosed as Annexure.
Implementation of Common Accounting System (CAS) and Management Information System (MIS) at PACS level under this project would improve governance and transparency in PACS, thus leading to speedy disbursal of loans, lowering of transaction cost, reduction in imbalances in payments, seamless accounting with DCCBs and StCBs and will also increase efficiency. It will enhance trustworthiness in the working of PACS among farmers, thus contributing towards realizing the vision of “Sahakar se Samridhi”.
Annexure
Status of Computerization of PACS Project
|
S. No. |
States |
No. of PACS Sanctioned |
No. of PACS onboarded on ERP |
GoI Share released in FY 2022-23 & 2023-24 (in crore) |
|
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
2,037 |
12 |
14.93 |
|
2 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
14 |
14 |
0.21 |
|
3 |
Assam |
583 |
562 |
6.41 |
|
4 |
Bihar |
4,495 |
2,626 |
32.95 |
|
5 |
Chhattisgarh |
2,028 |
64 |
14.86 |
|
6 |
Goa |
58 |
12 |
0.32 |
|
7 |
Haryana |
711 |
100 |
4.85 |
|
8 |
Himachal Pradesh |
870 |
634 |
13.22 |
|
9 |
Jharkhand |
1,500 |
1,275 |
10.99 |
|
10 |
Karnataka |
5,491 |
13 |
40.25 |
|
11 |
Madhya Pradesh |
4,534 |
2,557 |
45.94 |
|
12 |
Maharashtra |
12,000 |
2,440 |
87.95 |
|
13 |
Manipur |
232 |
– |
2.55 |
|
14 |
Meghalaya |
112 |
27 |
1.23 |
|
15 |
Mizoram |
25 |
23 |
0.27 |
|
16 |
Nagaland |
33 |
33 |
0.50 |
|
17 |
Punjab |
3,482 |
20 |
25.52 |
|
18 |
Rajasthan |
5,585 |
1,170 |
43.81 |
|
19 |
Sikkim |
107 |
107 |
1.63 |
|
20 |
Tamil Nadu |
4,532 |
19 |
33.2 |
|
21 |
Tripura |
268 |
128 |
2.95 |
|
22 |
Uttar Pradesh |
3,062 |
1,539 |
24.68 |
|
23 |
West Bengal |
4,167 |
15 |
30.54 |
|
24 |
Gujarat |
5,754 |
1,949 |
42.17 |
|
25 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
537 |
351 |
5.25 |
|
26 |
Puducherry |
45 |
37 |
0.60 |
|
27 |
Andaman & Nicobar |
46 |
46 |
0.52 |
|
28 |
Ladakh |
10 |
10 |
0.12 |
|
Total |
62,318 |
15,783 |
488.42 |
|
This was stated by the Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
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