The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on Wednesday, agreed to convert existing wholesale petrol and diesel dealership licensed under Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) into retail outlets, the Ministry of Cooperation said in a statement.
Centre has received proposals for the computerization of 58,383 Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) from 24 states and four Union Territories so far, Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
The plan is also to establish and strengthen the existing PACS, dairy and fishery cooperatives through the convergence of various schemes of the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying by leveraging the 'whole-of-Government' approach.
As many as 25 different facilities will be provided through Primary Agricultural Credit Society. Dairy and fishery will also be linked to the agri cooperatives.
"To promote cooperation, PM Modi has introduced several schemes in the Union Budget. The previous tax of 26 per cent which was used to be levied on cooperation in the field of production, has now been lowered to 15 per cent. We have also constituted a Ministry of Cooperation to check which a
As per the MoU, which was signed in presence of Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah here in the national capital, PACS will now be able to function as Common Service Centres, along with this, more than 300 services will be made available to the rural population including 13 cror
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