TNPSC Thervupettagam

Primary Agricultural Credit Societies

July 5 , 2022 875 days 683 0
  • The Union Cabinet has approved computerisation of primary agricultural credit societies (PACS).
  • It has proposed computerization of about 63,000 functional PACS over a period of five years.
  • It will become delivery point for various services and provision of inputs like fertilizers, seeds etc.
  • The project will help in making PACS as outlets for banking activities and also non-banking activities.
  • PACS is the smallest unit in cooperative sector which works with farmers and aim at development of rural economy.
  • It is the lowest tier of the three-tier short-term cooperative credit (STCC).
  • The other two tiers i.e State Cooperative Banks (SCBs) and District Central Cooperative Banks (DCCBs) already work on Common Banking Software (CBS).

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