The Cooperation Minister said that there can be no bigger means than CSC to implement the formula of “Minimum Government, Maximum Governance with last mile delivery but without corruption.”
Under the FPOs Scheme, financial assistance of Rs 33 lakh is provided to each FPO. Further, financial assistance of Rs 25 lakh per FPO is given to CBBOs for promoting and handholding the FPOs.
The project proposes computerisation of about 63,000 functional primary agricultural credit societies (PACS) over a period of five years with a total budget outlay of Rs 2516 crore with the Central government's share of Rs 1528 crore.
