The total number of functional cooperative societies in the country is 6,21,514 having 28,69,74,425 members. This was answered by the Union Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah in response to question on `Contribution of Cooperatives to National Economy’ asked by MP (Rajya Sabha) from Ludhiana Sanjeev Arora in the ongoing winter session of Rajya Sabha.
Arora had asked about the number of functional cooperative societies in the country, including their membership, State- wise/UT-wise details thereof. In a statement issued here today, Arora said as per the data provided by the Minister in his answer revealed that Punjab falls in top 13 States/UTs as far as number of functional cooperative societies are concerned.
While Punjab neighbouring state Haryana falls at 11th place and Punjab falls at 13th place. The detail is as under: Maharashtra- 2,15,316, Gujarat-76,061, Telangana-48,380, Karnataka-38,828, Madhya Pradesh-26,502, Rajasthan-23,446, West Bengal-22,798, Tamil-Nadu-20409, Uttar Pradesh-19,587, Bihar-16,475, Haryana-14,321, Andhra Pradesh-12,464, Punjab-11,288, Chattisgarh-9,350, Jammu and Kashmir 8,225, Jharkhand-7,386, Kerala-7,076, Odisha-7007, Assam-6,186, Manipur-5,111, Himachal Pradesh-4,333, Uttarakhand-3,753, Goa-2,748, Meghalaya -2,615, Nagaland-2194, Delhi-1,936, Tripura-1,893, Sikkim-1617, Andaman and Nicobar Islands-1,210, Mizoram-1062, Arunachal Pradesh-761, Puducherry-428, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu-363, Chandigarh-196,Ladakh-159 and Lakshadweep-30.
However, Punjab falls among first 17 States/UTs as far as number of members of cooperative societies are concerned. While Punjab neighbouring state Haryana falls at 15th place and Punjab falls at 17th place.
The detail is as under: Maharashtra-7,96,65,337, Kerala-2,94,72,329, Karnataka-2,36,76,736, Tamil Nadu-2,09,10,509, Uttar Pradesh-1,86,72,654, Gujarat-1,79,93,157, Bihar-1,53,81,807, Telangana-1,26,00,316, Odisha-94,57,901, Madhya Pradesh-90,89,058, West Bengal-87,67,584, Rajasthan-81,93,080 Andhra Pradesh-71,77,162, Chattisgarh-52,20,978, Haryana-42,44,007, Assam-31,57,415, Punjab-28,00,520, Jharkhand-20,03,947, Himachal Pradesh-16,79,309, Uttarkhand-16,33,172, Goa-13,96,468, Delhi-12,66,480, Tripura-5,13,711, Manipur-4,36,510, Jammu and Kashmir-4,15,488, Puducherry-4,14,316, Meghalaya-2,35,249, Nagaland-94,752, Lakshadweep-79,091, Sikkim-75,146, Andaman and Nicobar Islands-73,182, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu-46,543, Mizoram-45,052, Arunachal Pradesh 38,928, Chandigarh-24,067 and Ladakh-22,464.