India, Aug. 19 -- By Rajnish Singh

New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): Within three years of its five-year plan to establish new multipurpose Primary Agricultural Credit Society (PACS), dairy and fisheries cooperatives covering all panchayats and villages across the country, a total of 37,454 new PACS, dairy and fishery cooperative societies have been registered; and 21,292 dairy and fisheries cooperative societies have been strengthened as on June 4, 2026, a Ministry of Cooperation data reveals.

The plan entails establishment of two lakh new multipurpose PACS (M-PACS), dairy, fishery cooperative societies covering all the panchayats and villages in the country over a period of five years, through convergence of various existing Central...