RCS - Office of The Registrar of Cooperative Societies

INTEGRATED COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
( I.C.D.P )

1. INTRODUCTION :

Integrated Cooperative Development Project is a centrally sponsored innovative programme launched during 8^th five year Plan by the Union Ministry of Agriculture & Cooperation. The National Cooperative Development Corporation provides financial assistance & monitors the implementation of the scheme in all the States. The main objects of the Scheme are :

Development of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies as multipurpose self-reliant entities.
Development of allied sector cooperatives.
Development of viable functional linkages among cooperatives.

Under this scheme, districts are selected on the recommendation of the State Governments for coverage in the Project. The period of implementation of the project is 5 years. In Tamil Nadu, I.C.D.P commenced in 1989, and so far 32 districts have been covered under the scheme.

This project has an area based approach which aims to empower the primary cooperatives to perform their core activities in an effective manner. This empowerment is made possible by providing financial assistance for creation of necessary infrastructure for effective service delivery and working capital assistance for strengthening their capital base. This area based integrated approach has succeeded in creating an environment conducive for developing the cooperative societies in the sphere of agriculture and allied sectors.

2. FOCUS AREA

To financially assist Cooperatives to create infrastructure facilities in the selected districts.
To improve overall performance of the cooperatives, margin money is provided.

3. PATTERN OF FUNDING

Under the Project, financial assistance is given to Cooperatives by the State Government in the form of loan and share capital under refinance from NCDC.

S.No	Activity	NCDC to State Govt		State Govt to Coop Societies
S.No	Activity	Loan	Total	Loan	Share	Total
1	Civil works, Plant & Machinery, infrastructure	100%	100%	50%	50%	100%
2	Margin Money(Share capital)	100%	100%	50%	50%	100%

4. NATURE OF ASSISTANCE

Primary Cooperatives (PACCS, APCMS) are provided assistance for construction and repair of godowns, construction of office building, godown cum shop and compound walls.
Banking infrastructure is granted in the form of modern banking counters, deposit counters, strong room defender doors, Iron safe, safety lockers, computers, furniture etc. Handloom Cooperatives are assisted in the construction of building / godowns, showrooms and purchase of machineries and equipments.
Dairy Cooperatives are provided funds to establish milk collecting units, Bulk cooler, Milk testers Refrigerators, Milk cans and High tech equipments for cooling storage and pasteurization of milk.
Fisheries Cooperatives are assisted in the purchase of Nylon nets, Aluminum vessels, constructions of sales outlets, fish collection centre etc.
Industrial Cooperatives are funded for up-gradation of machinery and construction of office cum work sheds.
Margin money in the form of 50 % Loan and 50% share capital is provided to all types of societies to augment their working capital resources for business expansion.

5. IMPLEMENTING TEAM

The Project Implementation Team ( P.I.T. ) headed by a Additional Registrar / Joint Registrar as General Manager and Cooperative Sub Registrars as Development Officers implement the project in the district. The District Central Cooperative Bank of the district acts as Project Implementation Agency ( P.I.A ).

In the districts, a District Level Coordination Committee ( D.L.C.C ) headed by the District Collector monitors the implementation of the project. Project Monitoring Cell headed by Additional Registrar ( I.C.D.P ) in RCS office monitors the performance of all the ongoing projects. A State Level Coordination Committee headed by the Secretary to Government, C.F & C.P.Department will review the progress of all ongoing project activities in the State annually.

6. REPAYMENT

On Loans given to cooperative societies, interest is charged now at the rate of 9.46% per annum.
The loan amount provided is repayable within a period of 8 years including 3 years of moratorium period. Hence for the first 3 years only interest on loan is repaid by the societies. From the 4^th year onwards the principal along with interest will be repaid and all the loan amount to be settled within 8 years.
The Share Capital assistance provided to the societies should be repatriated in five equal installments after completion of the project

7(1)Completed Phase -I ICDP’s

S.No	District Name	Project Period	Total Fund Allotted	Total Fund Utilization	Remitted to Govt A/C	% of Utilisation
1	Virudhunagar	1989-1995	850.42	840.86	9.56	100
2,3	Cuddalore – Villupuram	1992-1997	1508.20	1445.08	63.12	100
4,5	Coimbatore – Tirupur	1995-2001	1081.07	1080.99	0.08	100
6,7	Dharmapuri - Krishnagiri	1995-2001	1160.25	1160.25	0.00	100
8	Tiruvannamalai	1996-2001	816.58	816.58	0.00	100
9	Kancheepuram	1998-2005	1103.88	1103.88	0.00	100
10	Ramanathapuram	2000-2004	677.03	664.04	12.99	100
11	Tiruchirappalli	2002-2008	1216.97	1216.97	0.00	100
12	Thanjavur	2002-2008	1101.09	1091.59	9.50	100
13,14	Perambalur - Ariyalur	2002-2008	937.81	926.62	11.19	100
15	Tiruvarur	2002-2008	1222.44	1222.44	0.00	100
16	Theni	2005-2011	987.73	978.17	9.56	100
17	Tuticorin	2005-2011	942.08	942.08	0.00	100
18	Salem	2009-2013	2651.58	2651.58	0.00	100
19	Erode	2009-2013	3564.43	3534.32	30.11	100
20	Madurai	2009-2013	2439.68	2376.45	63.23	100
21	Pudukkottai	2009-2013	1437.56	1437.56	0.00	100
22	Dindigul	2010-2013	3085.78	3078.35	7.43	100
23	Sivagangai	2010-2014	2743.80	2738.69	5.11	100
24	Tirunelveli	2010-2014	4220.85	4201.07	19.78	100
25	Karur	2011-2016	2563.70	2541.02	22.68	100
26	Vellore	2011-2016	3169.81	3100.13	69.68	100
27	Nagapattinam	2011-2016	4219.35	4174.08	45.27	100
28	Nilgiris	2012-2017	3088.00	2974.43	113.57	100
29	Namakkal	2016-2022	7555.24	7555.24	0.00	100
30	Kannyakumari	2016-2022	5800.29	5790.51	9.78	100
31	Tiruvallur	2016-2022	4374.88	4323.86	51.02	99
32	Chennai	2017-2023	14646.32	14153.04	493.28	97
	Total		79166.82	78119.85	1046.94

Next phase (Phase II)

To launch Phase II of I.C.D.P in the following districts Virudunagar, Cuddalore, Villupuram, Dharmapuri, Tiruppur, Krishnagiri, Tiruvannamalai, Ramanathapuram and Kanchipuram , necessary follow up action has been taken.

Impact of the Project

The new buildings and creation of Modern facilities increases the confidence among members, improves service delivery mechanism which in turn promotes business development.

Godown facilities provides facilities to farmers for availing produce - pledge loan.

Margin Money facility strengthens the financial capacity of Cooperative Institutions to expand its business many fold.

INTEGRATED COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ( I.C.D.P )

INTEGRATED COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT( I.C.D.P )