He noted that the government’s first task after the creation of the Ministry of Cooperation was to compile a database of PACS in partnership with state governments, with the aim of establishing 2 lakh PACS in the next five years. “Now, the work to develop the national cooperative database is nearly complete, and information on cooperative societies across the country is available at the click of a button,” he said.PACS are currently linked to over 20 different activities and functioning as Common Service Centres, Jan Aushadhi Kendras, and offering other services within panchayats.According to the data on the National Cooperative Database portal, the country has 1,01,524 functional PACS. Maharashtra leads with the highest number of PACS at 21,060, followed by Gujarat with 10,193, Bihar with 8,484, Rajasthan with 8,187, Uttar Pradesh with 7,178, and Karnataka with 6,001.Highlighting the importance of trained manpower in the cooperation sector, Shah said his ministry has introduced a bill for the establishment of the Tribhuvan Sahkari University and “it will be passed by Parliament soon.”
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