Strengthening of cooperative societies

• Strengthening of cooperative societies refers to a basket of Government of India initiatives — led by the Ministry of Cooperation (created July 2021) — to revive, computerise and diversify grassroots cooperatives, especially Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS).
• Anchored in PM Modi's slogan "Sahkar Se Samriddhi" (Prosperity through Cooperation); flagship action is the ERP-based national PACS software linking PACS → DCCBs → StCBs → NABARD.
• Examinable as a multi-dimensional theme: rural credit, federalism (cooperatives = State subject, Entry 32 List-II), e-governance, agri-marketing diversification.