Member benefits of cooperative societies in Odisha

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In order to realise the vision of ‘Sahakar Se Samriddhi’, the Ministry has taken various initiatives for development of Cooperative Sector. One such initiative is approval of 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, including the State of Odisha. As of November 15, 2025, a total of 30,083 new PACS, Dairy and Fishery Cooperative Societies have been registered; and 15,793 Dairy and Fisheries Cooperative Societies have been strengthened; 255,881 Gram Panchayats (GPs) are covered by PACS; 87,159 Gram Panchayats are covered by dairy cooperative societies; and 29,964 Gram Panchayats are covered by fisheries cooperative societies. In the State of Odisha total 2,039 new M-PACS (1537), Dairy (451) and Fisheries (51) Cooperative Societies have been registered and 209 Dairy Cooperative Societies are Strengthened. Under the Centrally Sponsored Project for the computerisation of functional PACS, Odisha has been sanctioned 4,240 PACS to be brought onto an ERP-based common national software aimed at improving transparency and operational efficiency. Women and tribal cooperatives in Odisha additionally benefit from national interest subvention schemes of NCDC.

During the last three years, financial assistance, grants and credit facilities extended under national programmes have also been made available to the State of Odisha. NCDC has provided a total of ₹10.74 crore for cooperative development in the State, comprising ₹1.61 crore in 2022–23, ₹3.24 crore in 2023–24 and ₹5.89 crore in 2024–25 (Disbursement by NCDC during last 5 years is Attached at Annexure-I). Targeted support to women and tribal cooperatives has likewise been extended, with ₹0.20 crore disbursed over this period. This includes ₹35 lakh to the Self-Employment Mahila Cooperative Organisation Ltd., ₹31.80 lakh to Maa Sureswari Farmer Producer Cooperative Society Ltd., ₹2.50 lakh to Swaviman Primary Fisheries Cooperative Society (100% ST members) and ₹9.30 lakh to Gajapati Organic Farmer Producer Cooperative Society Ltd. (100% ST members). Additionally, ₹18.07 crore has been released as Central share to Odisha during FY 2025–26 under the PACS Computerisation Project.

For training and capacity building of about 4106 PACS functionaries, assistance of ₹1.24 crore has been provided to the two Cooperative Training Institutes (CTIs) of Odisha i.e. Agriculture Cooperative Staff Training Institute (ACSTI) and Madhusudan Institute of Cooperative Management (MICM) for 135 training programmes for PACS.

As on 15.11.2025, Odisha has 7,595 cooperative societies and 94,92,273 members across all districts. District-wise Cooperative Societies and Membership details in Odisha are attached as Annexure-II.

Several measures being implemented nationwide, including in Odisha, aimed to strengthen the cooperative structure, promote agriculture-based entrepreneurship and reinforce the rural economy. These include continued implementation of the national plan to establish two lakh new multipurpose PACS, Dairy and Fishery Cooperatives to ensure cooperative presence in all uncovered Panchayats and villages. The rollout of the World’s Largest Decentralised Grain Storage Plan will convert PACS into infrastructure and service hubs with godowns, custom hiring centres and primary processing units, improving farmers’ post-harvest outcomes. Digital modernisation efforts across the sanctioned PACS in Odisha will continue under the PACS Computerisation Project, enhancing transparency and operational efficiency. Adoption of Model Bye-laws is being encouraged so that PACS can diversify into more than 25 economic activities such as PMKSKs, CSCs and PMBJKs.

Significant financial support has been extended for infrastructure development, including a total outlay of ₹2,925.39 crore for the computerisation of functional PACS. Under the Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI) Scheme, margin money requirements for PACS godowns have been reduced from 20% to 10%, subsidy rates have been increased from 25% to 33.33%, and an additional subsidy equal to one-third of the total admissible subsidy is provided for ancillary facilities such as internal roads and weighbridges. The Ministry has also facilitated the disbursal of ₹190 crore to Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) and ₹98 crore to Fish Farmer Producer Organisations (FFPOs) through National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC).

The establishment of national multi-state cooperative institutions—NCOL, NCEL and BBSSL—will further support market access, branding, procurement and value-chain participation for primary producers and the establishment of the Tribhuvan Sahkari University (TSU) for professionalising cooperative leadership, are further strengthening the long-term financial stability and governance of cooperatives across the country, including Odisha.

Annexure-I

Last 5 Years Activity wise Disbursement in Odisha

(Rs.in crore)

S. No Activity 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 (as on 25.11.2025) Total
Loan Grant Total Loan Grant Total Loan Grant Total Loan Grant Total Loan Grant Total Loan Grant Total Loan Grant Total
1 Marketing 0.64 0.16 0.80 0.50 0.13 0.63 – – 0.40 0.40 – 1.54 0.29 1.83
2 SERVICE COOP. – 3.02 3.02 – – 0.20 0.20 – 3.22 – 3.22
3 DAIRY & LIVE STOCK – – – 0.28 0.01 0.29 0.28 0.11 0.39 0.13 0.13 0.56 0.25 0.81
4 FPO – 0.27 0.27 1.14 1.14 2.04 2.04 1.95 1.95 1.16 1.16 – 6.56 6.56
5 FISHERIES – 0.15 0.15 0.07 0.07 0.04 0.04 – – – 0.26 0.26
6 FISHERIES FPO (FFPO) – – 0.40 0.40 0.87 0.87 2.47 2.47 0.84 0.84 – 4.58 4.58
7 STORAGE – – – – 0.33 0.15 0.48 0.28 0.10 0.38 0.61 0.25 0.86
Total 0.64 0.16 0.80 3.52 0.55 4.07 – 1.61 1.61 0.28 2.96 3.24 1.21 4.68 5.89 0.28 2.23 2.51 5.93 12.18 18.11

 

District-wise Cooperative Societies and Membership in Odisha

Annexure-II

 District Cooperatives Total Member’s Total_PACS PACS_Member’s Total_Dairy Dairy_Member’s Total_Fishery Fishery_Member’s
 ANUGUL 185 260,838 128 247,476 17 875 7 2,041
 BALANGIR 280 252,344 185 230,945 54 7,813 2 121
 BALESHWAR 381 544,988 190 477,940 95 8,960 54 7,831
 BARGARH 406 264,307 132 252,065 210 2,702 7 1,039
 BHADRAK 298 405,503 133 364,352 107 8,621 47 8,008
 BOUDH 99 115,005 46 109,855 16 391 1 –
 CUTTACK 674 586,707 284 393,373 230 14,638 81 7,494
 DEOGARH 55 70,283 41 67,216 6 296 5 1,570
 DHENKANAL 202 254,964 116 236,478 6 338 34 2,778
 GAJAPATI 133 63,678 99 51,520 5 371 5 910
 GANJAM 580 472,949 419 414,091 13 1,819 91 22,469
 JAGATSINGHAPUR 541 381,710 135 251,429 291 16,858 40 18,889
 JAJAPUR 252 323,358 194 315,200 14 740 22 2,632
 JHARSUGUDA 99 78,787 44 68,646 37 1,989 8 2,736
 KALAHANDI 252 298,133 160 273,898 31 4,033 13 1,315
 KANDHAMAL 103 237,288 76 162,265 – – 2 155
 KENDRAPARA 286 574,065 140 397,582 90 6,199 31 6,463
 KENDUJHAR 229 269,079 137 242,273 32 1,769 12 1,465
 KHORDHA 405 301,474 164 235,141 23 2,205 83 19,784
 KORAPUT 145 234,492 97 215,830 10 506 5 1,476
 MALKANGIRI 82 130,456 55 118,907 4 134 18 2,360
 MAYURBHANJ 260 347,479 202 337,461 3 102 22 2,086
 NABARANGPUR 158 173,398 91 168,677 53 3,153 9 961
 NAYAGARH 198 236,264 183 234,523 – – – –
 NUAPADA 89 95,147 69 89,308 2 46 5 592
 PURI 538 398,759 228 313,603 133 14,247 146 26,569
 RAYAGADA 116 143,965 96 138,825 8 356 3 260
 SAMBALPUR 140 167,511 78 159,570 49 2,407 7 1,477
 SONEPUR 170 100,863 72 91,532 48 3,714 – –
 SUNDARGARH 239 1,708,479 146 1,639,055 – – 9 1,515
  7,595 9,492,273 4,140 8,299,036 1,587 105,282 769 144,996

This information was given by Union Minister for Home and Cooperation Shri Amit Shah in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.

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