Important Schemes of Cooperation Department

Schemes

SL.No.	Name of the Scheme	Objective
1	Assistance for Offsetting Imbalances in PCARDBs	To help the Primary Co-operative Agricultural & Rural Development Banks by providing assistance for offsetting their imbalances.
2	Assistance for Universal Membership	Assistance in the form of share capital grant @ INR 250 per head to the small, marginal and landless farmers so that they can enroll themselves as member of agriculture cooperative credit society and avail credit facilities from the phenol Singh Bank under taking economic activities as part of financial inclusion
3	Assistance To Agril. Marketing Society [Primary]	To assist the Primary Marketing Societies with subsidy for creation of price fluctuation funds and to provide them with 'Share capital assistance' for strengthening their Capital base and also with Working Capital loans.
4	Assistance To Apex Marketing Society	To assist the West Bengal State Co-operative Marketing Federation Ltd. (BENFED) with 'Share capital assistance' for strengthening their Capital base and also with subsidy for creation of price fluctuation funds.
5	Assistances for Revival of Urban Cooperative Bank	Assistances provided for revival of urban Cooperative Banks.
6	Construction of Office Building	To construct / repair office buildings for the office of the Range offices, Audit offices and other offices under Cooperative fold.
7	Co-operative Education & Training	The scheme is for developing and / repairing of infrastructures of various co-operative centres run by the West Bengal State Co-operative Union.
8	Development of Apex Consumers' Co-operative	To assist Apex Consumers' Co-operative Society (CONFED) for infrastructure development and strengthening of working capital.
9	Development of Labour Cooperative Societies	To assist Labour Co-operatives with Share Capital contribution, Managerial subsidy & Loan for furniture & fixture.
10	Development of Mahila Credit Cooperative Societies	To assist Mahila Credit Co-operative Banks/ Mahila Credit Co-operatives with Share Capital contribution, Managerial subsidy & Loan
11	Development Of Processing Cooperatives	To assist the Co-operative Rice Mills, fruits & vegetables processing units etc. with 'Share capital assistance', subsidy and loans for their rehabilitation.
12	Development of Unemployed Engineers Cooperative Societies	To assist the Unemployed Engineers' Co-operative Societies with 'Share Capital' assistance for strengthening their Share Capital base.
13	Development of Urban Consumers Cooperative Societies	To assist the Wholesale Consumers Co-operatives, Primary Consumers Co-operatives, Student Consumers Co-operatives with 'Share capital assistance' and 'loan-cum-grant' for purchase of furniture and fixtures and construction of business premises and managerial subsidy.
14	Development of Urban Credit Cooperative Societies	To assist Urban Credit Co-operative Banks/ Urban Credit Co-operatives with Share Capital contribution, Managerial subsidy
15	Distribution of Consumer Articles in Rural Areas	To assist the Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) & Primary Consumers for doing business in rural areas with loan-cum-grants for purchase of furniture and fixtures construction of godown premises.
16	Establishment of Cold Storage/ Development of Processing Cooperatives & Cold Storages	To assist the Co-operative Cold Storages by providing subsidy for running their Diesel generator set and 'working capital loan' / To assist co-operative societies for construction of Cold Storages and establishment of Mini Cold Storages, fruits & vegetables units etc.
17	Establishment of Storage Godown	The scheme is for assisting the Primary Agricultural Marketing Societies (PAMS), Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) for construction of Storage Godowns.
18	Information & Publicity [For Computerization]	For meeting the cost for installation of Computers / Computerisation at Co-operation Directorate and Regional Offices.
19	Information & Publicity [For publication]	For meeting the cost for holding Seminars, Publicity of Co-operative movements,
20	Investment in Share of Cooperatives Organization [NRC(LTO)]	The scheme provides for assisting the Co-operative Institutions under Short Term sector and Long Term sector with Share Capital contribution from loans to be received from NABARD out of NRC (LTO) fund.
21	Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna [RKVY]	Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) was introduced in the 11th Five-year Plan aiming at an annual growth rate of 4.1% in Agriculture by providing incentive to the State in the shape of grant-in-aid.
22	Rural Infrastructural Development Fund [RIDF]	The Objective of this project is to ensure poverty reduction and food security by building Storage Infrastructure and Agro-Processing Units at different desired locations of West Bengal to meet the Quantitative and the Spatial Demand for Storage Infrastructure and Agro-Processing Units through Government-Cooperative convergence.
23	Special Bad Debt Reserve for Central Cooperative Banks(CCBs)	The Scheme is to make outright grants to Central Co-operative Banks for creating Risk funds as an incentive for liberalizing their loaning policy.
24	Special Bad Debt Reserve for Primary Agricultural Credit Societies[PACS]	The Scheme is to provide outright grants to Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) for creating Risk funds as an incentive for liberalizing their loaning policy..
25	Strengthening of Central Cooperative Banks (CCBs)	To assist the Central Co-operative Banks to strengthen the capital base and net worth.
26	Strengthening of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS)	To strengthen financial base of the weak, incipient PACS in order to start Agril. Input business and arrangement of awareness / sensitization/orientation training programme for the members of SHG.
27	Supply of Long Term Credit	To assist the Primary Agriculture and Rural Development Banks [PCARDBS] by providing them with outright grants to those Banks @3% of incremental loan for creating Risk funds as an incentive for liberalizing their loaning policy.
28	Training for SHG	Skill development and Sensitization/Awareness Training of Members of Self Help Groups (SHG)
29	Development of LTCCS	To assist Apex and Primary CARD Banks for infrastructure development, training and other purposes.
30	Grants to Co-operative Societies for enhancement of emoluments of their employees	To provide Ad-hoc Grant to the employees of five types (viz. PACS/FSCS/PAMS/WS/PCCS) of Cooperative Societies.
31	Interest subvention to Co-operative Banks relating to Financing to Crop Loans to farmers	To provide interest subvention to the Central Cooperative Banks for lending crop loan at subsidized rate of interest out of their own fund.
32	Subsidies for Interest liabilities in respect of Share croppers, small farmers & self Employed persons	To provide interest subsidy to the borrowers under LTCCS as an incentive for timely repayment of loan.
33	Customer Service Points (CSP)(NCDC sponsored Scheme)	To assist PACS to set up Customer Service Points (CSP) to provide financial services to the rural people particularly in the unbanked areas of the State.
34	Farm Machinery Hubs (Custom Hiring Centre)(NCDC sponsored Scheme)	To provide assistance for setting up Farm Machinery Hubs to increase agricultural yield by farm mechanization.
35	Income Enhancement Initiative for SHGs through Poultry Farming & Goat Rearing (NCDC sponsored Scheme)	Aimed at empowerment of rural women by providing assistance to the members of Self Help Groups for backyard poultry and goat rearing.