New Delhi. An MoU was signed today in the presence of Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah and Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnav to provide services provided by Common Service Centers to Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS). This Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in New Delhi between Ministry of Cooperation, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, NABARD and CSC e-Governance Services India Limited. BL Verma, Minister of State for Cooperation, Ministry of Cooperation and Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Cooperation, senior officials of NABARD and NCDC were present on the occasion.
In his address, the Union Home and Cooperation Minister said that PACS are the soul of cooperatives and making them multipurpose by making them providers of about 20 services will increase employment opportunities in rural areas. He said that the role and contribution of PACS in rural and agricultural development is very important. Describing this agreement as a win-win situation for all, he said that this will not only help in fulfilling Prime Minister Modi’s dream of making cooperatives and cooperatives the backbone of rural development, but also will strengthen both cooperatives and farmers. Shri Shah said that with this the concept of Common Service Center (CSC) will be able to reach even the smallest unit of the country very easily.
Under this agreement, PACS will now be able to function as common service centers, along with this, more than 300 CSC services will be available through PACS to the rural population including 13 crore farmer members of PACS. Apart from this, it will increase the business activities of PACS and help them to become self-sustaining economic institutions.
With this initiative Pax will be able to provide all the services listed on the digital service portal of CSC scheme to the citizens, including banking, insurance, Aadhaar enrolment/update, legal services, agri-inputs like farm equipment, PAN card and IRCTC, Rail, Bus and flight ticket related services, etc. are included. He said that the national software being developed under the currently ongoing Centrally Sponsored Project of PACS Computerization would also be used to make PACS function as CSCs, which would be a great achievement.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : February 02, 2023, 19:45 IST
