In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, the Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah informed that so far, 47,918 PACS have started providing CSC services to rural citizens, with total transactions worth Rs 96.61 crores carried out by these PACS-CSCs.
He further added that PACS are functioning as Common Service Centers (CSCs) to deliver more than 300 e-services, such as banking, insurance, electricity bill payments, health services, legal services, etc., to rural citizens.
Since the establishment of the Ministry of Cooperation in July 2021, the Government of India has taken several transformative steps to strengthen Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS), aiming to enhance their economic viability, transparency, and financial sustainability.
In order to create decentralized storage capacity at the PACS level, the Government approved the world’s largest Grain Storage Plan in the Cooperative Sector on 31.05.2023. Under the pilot project of the plan, construction of godowns has been completed in 11 PACS across 11 States.
Further, more than 500 PACS have been identified for the construction of godowns under the project, out of which 24 godowns in the State of Rajasthan have been completed and inaugurated on 17.07.2025.
