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- 1self-help through mutual helpப.2
The founding ideal, with the equitable principle of one member, one vote.
- 2the country's first credit cooperative society was registered at Tirurப.2
In 1904, in present-day Tiruvallur district - India's first, and the origin of the movement.
- 3the first Registrar of Cooperative Societiesப.2
Thiru P. Rajagopalachari of the erstwhile Madras Province, alongside Thiru Adhi Narayanayya.
- 4first state apex cooperative bank in India to complete a century of serviceப.3
The Tamil Nadu State Apex Cooperative Bank, which began in 1905.
- 5Madras Patternப.3
The Tamil Nadu model of cooperation, soon adopted across the country.
- 6Tamil Nadu Cooperative Societies Act, 1983ப.3
With the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Societies Rules, 1988 - the governing law today, succeeding the 1904 and 1912 legislation.
- 7legacy of more than 122 yearsப.4
Tamil Nadu's cooperative movement, dating from 1904.
- 8exclusive Ministry for Cooperation in July 2021ப.4
Created by the Union Government, alongside the National Cooperation Policy 2025.
- 9United Nations International Year of Cooperativesப.4
2025 was observed as such, giving the movement global salience.
- 10Registrar of Cooperative Societies is the Head of the Departmentப.5
With Additional, Joint and Deputy Registrars beneath, at headquarters and in the districts.
- 11total number of elected board of directors is 11ப.9
For primary societies - 2 SC/ST, 3 women and 6 general.
- 12total number of elected board of directors is 21ப.9
For central and apex societies - 4 SC/ST, 6 women and 11 general.
- 13cooperative credit societies act 1904ப.12
The first legislation, enacted because credit was where cooperatives were first needed.
- 14redesignated as the state apex cooperative bank in 1920ப.14
The bank began in 1905 as an urban cooperative bank.
- 15deposit outstanding stood at Rs.17,569.51 croreப.19
Tamil Nadu State Apex Cooperative Bank as on 31.07.2026, with borrowings of Rs.12,355.55 crore.
- 16the Salem DCCB was established on 6th January 1909ப.19
The first District Central Cooperative Bank in the country - another Tamil Nadu first.
- 1724 District central cooperative banksப.20
Operating through 940 branches across the State.
- 184,477 Primary agricultural cooperative credit societiesப.21
Of which 206 operate 227 branches.
- 1912,571 village panchayatsப.22
Served by the PACCS network - roughly one society for every three village panchayats.
- 20Crop Loan Waiver-2026ப.36
Announced by the Chief Minister on 16.06.2026 and ordered vide G.O.(Ms) No.44 dated 19.06.2026.
- 2113,34,273 crop loans to the tune of Rs.5,267 Croreப.37
Found eligible for the 2026 waiver as on 31.07.2026, with the full amount released to farmers' accounts.
- 22Rs.11,446 croreப.37
The 2026-27 lending target across cooperative institutions for farmers, women, youth and vulnerable sections.
- 23concessional interest rate of 5 per centப.38
Applied to loans for self-help groups, destitute widows, women entrepreneurs and transgender persons.
- 24Rs.7,015 crore has been fixed for SHG loansப.39
The largest single sub-target within the 2026-27 lending plan.