REVITALISING COOPERATIVE ECOSYSTEM IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR

The Ministry of Cooperation launched the Cooperative Ranking Framework on 24 January 2025 to assess cooperative societies using standard parameters such as audit compliance, financial performance and operational activities. In Jammu & Kashmir, 1,611 new cooperative societies were registered by 15 July 2026 (232 multipurpose PACS, 1,339 dairy and 40 fishery societies) and 760 existing dairy societies plus one fishery society were strengthened. Under the centrally‑sponsored computerisation project, 708 PACS were sanctioned, hardware was supplied to 537 PACS and they were migrated to an ERP‑based national platform as e‑PACS. Additional measures include digital profiling of PACS, adoption of model bye‑laws for >25 activities, capacity‑building, and linking PACS to Common Service Centres and national cooperative networks. The Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, conveyed this information in a Rajya Sabha written reply.