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The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a grant of over Rs 2,516 crore for computerisation of around 63,000 Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies (PACS). According to top officials, this is part of a gamut of measures that the government intends to take to make PACS economically viable.
The measures also include preparing a set of model bylaws for states to run and manage PACS.
The model bylaws will enable PACS to offer a host of economic activities other than credit. This includes developing cold-storage facilities in villages, running PDS shops and providing locker facilities for rural depositors.
