Mandira Sarma
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) Core 6A, India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi 110 003 India mandira@icrier.res.in •First •Prev •Next •Last •Go Back •Full Screen •Close •Quit
• The cooperative banks/credit institutions constitutes the second segment of Indian banking system, comprising of about 14% of the total banking sector asset (March 2007).
• Bulk of the cooperative banks operate in the rural regions with rural coop banks accounting for 67% of the total asset and 67% of the total branches of all cooperative banks.
• Share of rural cooperatives in total institutional credit was 62% in 1992-93,
34% in 2002-03 and 53% in 2006-07.
• Cooperative banks have an impressive network of outlets for institutional credit in India, particularly in rural India (1 PACS per 7 villages).
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• In March 2007, there were 97,224 PACS in rural India against 30,393 branches of commercial banks (more than 3 times of outlet of coop banks).
• In March 2007, there were 102 savings A/C and 113 cooperative bank members per 1000 rural in India.
• Cooperative banks (both rural and urban) cater to small and marginal clients. • Financial health of the cooperative credit institutions, particularly the rural cooperatives, has been found to be poor by several Committees.
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Structure of Cooperative Banking (March 2007) Institution A. Rural Cooperative Credit Structure (i) Short Term (ST) • State Coop Banks (StCB) • District Central Coop Banks (DCCB) • Primary Agri Coop Societies (PACS) (ii) Long Term (LT) • State Coop Agri and Rural Dev Banks • Primary Coop Agri and Rural Dev Banks B. Urban Cooperative Banks (i) Primary Coop Banks (PCB) (ii) Primary Non-Agri Coop Societies Number No. of br. Asst Share (%) 107497 106781 31 369