The Chief Minister's Office of Rajasthan announced on Saturday, 11 July 2026 that the state, under Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, has emerged as a national leader in cooperative sector implementation, claiming first position in grain storage capacity, online transactions through e-PACS, and the formation of m-PACS.

Context

The CMO's post, carrying the hashtag #आपणो_अग्रणी_राजस्थान ('Our Leading Rajasthan'), states that the state government has 'set an example of prosperity by making cooperatives a means' under Sharma's leadership. It credits Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of 'Sahkar Se Samriddhi' ('Prosperity Through Cooperation') as the guiding resolve that Rajasthan is actively working to realise. The claim positions the state as a frontrunner among all Indian states in key cooperative metrics.

The post specifically highlights three areas of distinction: food grain storage capacity, online transactions conducted through e-PACS (electronic Primary Agricultural Credit Societies), and the constitution of m-PACS (multipurpose PACS). These are central pillars of the national cooperative digitisation drive.

Policy Backdrop

The Ministry of Cooperation, established in July 2021, was created to provide focused attention to India's cooperative sector after years of fragmented oversight across multiple ministries. A centrally sponsored scheme for the computerisation of 63,000 PACS nationwide was approved in 2022, enabling real-time digital transactions and integration with banking systems.

PACS — Primary Agricultural Credit Societies — are the grassroots units of India's three-tier cooperative credit structure, providing farm credit, input supply, and storage services to rural households. The push to upgrade them digitally and expand their functions into multipurpose entities (m-PACS) is a key plank of Modi's cooperative agenda, designed to strengthen agricultural supply chains from the village level upward.

Stakeholders and Impact

Rajasthan's farming community and rural cooperative societies are the primary beneficiaries of these programmes. Improved grain storage capacity directly reduces post-harvest losses for farmers, while e-PACS digitisation enables faster, transparent credit disbursement and commodity transactions without physical paperwork.

The formation of m-PACS expands the role of local cooperative societies beyond credit into services such as retail, banking correspondents, and agri-input supply — broadening the economic footprint of the cooperative network across Rajasthan's largely agrarian districts.

What's Next

Updated national rankings on PACS computerisation and state-level grain storage capacity are expected from the Ministry of Cooperation or NABARD, which would independently verify the positions claimed by the state government. Such rankings carry political weight for BJP-governed states competing to demonstrate the strongest on-ground delivery of the central cooperative agenda.

With Rajasthan positioning itself as the benchmark for cooperative-led rural development, the state's performance data will be closely watched as a template — and a test — of whether the 'Sahkar Se Samriddhi' vision is translating into measurable outcomes for farmers on the ground.