Vinod Bhat
Ministry of Cooperation has set up three national-level multi-state cooperative societies; one each for Exports, Organic produce and quality seeds. These Societies have been registered under MSCS Act, 2002. The cooperative societies of all levels, PACS to Apex, interested in specified activities, are eligible to become their member. The details are as under:
National Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL): NCEL will focus on exporting the surpluses available in the Indian cooperative sector by accessing wider markets beyond the geographical contours of the country, and fetch best possible prices for such products/services. The society will also help in arranging finance, provide technical guidance, help in training and capacity building, develop and maintain market intelligence system, implement related government schemes and undertake any other such activities to increase exports from the cooperative sector and other related entities.
Bharatiya Beej Sahkari Samiti Limited (BBSSL): BBSSL has been set up to undertake production, procurement & distribution of quality seeds under the brand name ‘Bharat Beej’, and develop a system for preservation and promotion of indigenous natural seeds. BBSSL would help in increasing the production of quality seeds in India, thereby reducing the dependence on imported seeds, enhancing agricultural production, providing a boost to the rural economy, promoting “Make in India” and leading to Atmanirbhar Bharat.
The society will focus on production, testing, certification, procurement, processing, storage, branding, labelling and packaging of all two generations of seeds i.e., foundation and certified, by leveraging various schemes and policies of different ministries of Government of India. BBSSL will achieve its objectives by leveraging the strength of the network of cooperatives. This will help in achieving the goal of “Sahakar-se-Samriddhi” through the inclusive growth model of cooperatives, where the members would benefit by the realization of better prices through production of quality seeds, higher production of crops by use of High-Yielding Variety (HYV) seeds and also by dividend distributed out of the surplus generated by BBSSL.
National Cooperative Organics Limited (NCOL): NCOL has been set up to undertake and provide aggregation, branding and marketing of organic products through facilitating various activities including certification, production, testing, procurement, storage, processing, labelling, packaging, logistic support, etc of organic products. So far, NCOL has launched 25 organic products under the brand name ‘Bharat Organics’ in the Delhi-NCR. NCOL will make reliable and authentic organic products available in domestic as well as international markets and will pass on the benefits of the high price of organic products to the producers through its members.
The BBSSL is distributing its quality seeds under the brand name ‘Bharat Beej’ through all available market channels, including private, which would help in enhancing the agricultural production. One of the primary objectives of BBSSL is to identify natural seeds of indigenous plant variants, including but not restricted to seeds of food grain, vegetables, fruits etc. and to develop a system for their preservation, conservation, breeding, production, distribution, promotion and all other activities needed. BBSSL will also incentivize farmers for the cultivation of natural seeds through assistance from various agencies and set up a seed bank to ensure the availability of these seeds to farmers.
The BBSSL will work in close coordination with all existing public and cooperative sector seed companies to achieve its objective of production, procurement and distribution of quality seed and reduce the dependence of the country on imported seeds.
This was stated by the Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
Share of Cooperatives in National Economy
At present, no separate database is maintained for assessing the contribution of cooperative sector in national and state level Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Therefore, information on contribution of cooperatives sector in percentage of GDP is not available. However, as per the Statistical Profile-2018 on Indian Cooperative Movement published by National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI) in 2018, the estimated percentage share of Cooperatives in various Sectors in National Economy is as follows:
PERCENTAGE SHARE OF COOPERATIVES IN NATIONAL ECONOMY
Cooperative Sector
Percentage (%)
Total Agricultural Credit Disbursed by Cooperatives (2016-2017)
13.40
Short Term Agricultural Credit Disbursed by Cooperatives to Small
and Marginal Farmers
19.13
Kisan Credit Cards Issued by Cooperatives Banks + Regional Rural Bank
(as at end- March 2017)
67.30
Kisan Credit Cards Issued by Cooperatives (as at end – March, 2017)
50.20
Fertiliser Distributed (2016-2017) Estimated
35.00
Fertiliser Production Capacity (5.35 Million Tonnes for the year 2016-
2017)
24.92
Fertiliser Production (51.62 Million Tonnes for the year 2016-17)
28.80
Capacity of Fertiliser Products (10.77 Million Tonnes for the year
2016-2017)
20.32
Installed Capacity of Fertiliser Manufacturing Units
25.60
(3.638 Million Tonnes, N Nutrient, As on 31.03.2017)
Installed Capacity of Fertiliser Manufacturing Units
23.53
(1.713 Million Tonnes, P Nutrient, As on 31.03.2017)
Installed Number of Sugar Factories (284 as on 31.3.2017)
38.63
Sugar Produced (5.654 Million Tonnes as on 31.3.2017)
30.60
Capacity Utilisation of Sugar Mills (As on 31.3.2017)
46.14
Liquid Milk Marketed out of total Milk Procured by Cooperatives
84.17
Milk procurement to total production (2016-17)
9.50
Milk procurement to marketable surplus (2016-17)
17.50
PACS having Storage facility (at village level) (2016-17)
55.50
Total Storage Capacity of Cooperative Sector (2016-17) 22.77 Million
MT
14.79
Fishermen in Cooperatives (active)
20.05
Wheat Procurement (4.4 Million Tonnes during 2017-18)
13.30
Paddy Procurement (7.5 Million Tonnes during 2016-17)
20.40
Retail Fair Price Shops (Rural + Urban)
20.30
Spindleadge in Cooperatives (3.56 Million – As on 31.3.2018)
29.34
Direct Employment Generated by Cooperatives
13.30
Self-employment Generated for persons
10.91
PFMS is a web-based financial management application developed and implemented by the Controller General of Accounts (CGA), Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, Government of India. PFMS is a Centralized Transaction System & Platform, providing end to end financial management services to all stakeholders. PFMS was started with the objective of tracking funds released under all Plan schemes of Government of India, and real time reporting of expenditure at all levels of Programme implementation.
SNA/CNA/TSA/SNA-SPARSH are the various fund flow and real time monitoring of releases mechanisms of PFMS.
As per DoE OM No. 48(06)/PF-II/2016 dt. 12.09.2017 registration of all the Central Sector Schemes and all of their implementing agencies at all levels of PFMS is mandatory and use of EAT module by all these implementing agencies. The PFMS/EAT module ensures complete tracking of funds up to last mile and also ensure Just in Time release of funds.
This was stated by the Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
