Status of PACS Computerisation in Rajasthan and financial assistance
Rajasthan has 6,933 of 8,525 approved Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) onboarded onto the Enterprise Resource Planning system, with computerisation funded through multi-year central assistance and a completion target of 31 March 2027.
- PACS are village-level cooperative credit institutions that form part of the short-term rural credit structure.
- The PACS computerisation project uses an Enterprise Resource Planning system to digitise cooperative operations and records.
- The Rajasthan rollout has reached a majority of approved PACS, but a remaining set of societies still needs ERP onboarding before the target date.
What happened
The Ministry of Cooperation has reported the status of the computerisation of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) in Rajasthan. Of the approved PACS under the project, most have been onboarded onto an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, while the remaining societies are yet to be integrated.
The Union Minister for Home and Cooperation, Amit Shah, gave this information in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
UPSC may frame PACS computerisation as an example of digital governance in cooperative institutions, with questions on implementation progress, cooperative credit delivery, and the role of the Ministry of Cooperation in strengthening last-mile rural financial infrastructure.
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