Today’s Cabinet decision on computerization of Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (PACS) will benefit crores of farmers, particularly small and marginal farmers.
PM Narendra Modi
It will also enhance transparency and lead to better service delivery.
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs:
- Cabinet approves Computerization of Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (PACS)
- 63,000 functional PACS will be computerized with overall budget outlay of Rs 2516 crore
- Will benefit approx. 13 crore farmers most of which are Small & Marginal Farmers
- Will bring transparency, efficiency, enhance trustworthiness and help PACS to become nodal delivery service point at Panchayat level
- Cloud based unified software with data storage, Cyber security, Hardware, digitization of existing records, Maintenance and Training are the main components
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