Primary Agricultural Credit Society

A Primary Agricultural Credit Society (PACS) is a basic unit and smallest co-operative credit institutions in India. Bihar State election authority - bihar government It works on the grassroots level (gram panchayat and village level).

State-wise number of PACS State 2020 2022 Northern region 11558 16,431 Chandigarh 16 117 Haryana 640 1213 Himachal Pradesh 2117 4,166 Jammu & Kashmir 765 620 Punjab 1609 3,543 Rajasthan 6411 6,472 North-Eastern region 3500 3,396 Arunachal Pradesh 34 34 Assam 766 766 Manipur 232 90 Meghalaya 179 179 Mizoram 133 164 Nagaland 1719 1,719 Sikkim 169 176 Tripura 268 268 Eastern region 19,421 18,620 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 46 51 Bihar 8463 8,463 Jharkhand 498 n.a. Odisha 2452 2,701 West Bengal 7962 7,405 Central region 15357 15,478 Chhattisgarh 1213 1,333 Madhya Pradesh 4457 4,457 Uttarakhand 759 759 Uttar Pradesh 8929 8,929 Western region 29633 29,797 Goa 77 81 Gujarat 8154 8,535 Maharashtra 21402 21,181 Southern region 14525 14,516 Andhra Pradesh 2058 1,818 Karnataka 4740 4799 Kerala 1566 5,679 Puducherry 53 1,647 Tamil Nadu 4538 4450 Telangana 906 906 All India 93995 99,635 RBI

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