Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Cooperation

The Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Cooperation is a Central Sector umbrella initiative designed to provide financial assistance for strengthening cooperative institutions, upgrading post-harvest infrastructure, and enhancing market access for agricultural producers.

• It plays a critical role in addressing regional imbalances by providing focused assistance to cooperative societies in under-developed states and weaker socio-economic segments.
• The scheme enhances value-addition capabilities for primary producers by supporting cooperative processing, storage, and agricultural marketing infrastructure.
• It supports the functional transformation of primary credit institutions into multi-service centres capable of driving rural enterprise and institutional credit flow.

UPSC frames questions on this scheme within GS Paper III to evaluate the role of cooperatives in supply chain management, institutional credit, and rural development. Candidates are expected to analyze how targeted central assistance overcomes structural bottlenecks in cooperative governance while respecting state-level cooperative autonomy. Questions often require linking cooperative modernization with broader policy goals of farmer income security and post-harvest risk mitigation.

• Development processes and industry GS2
• Major crops GS3

• Ayushman Bharat
• Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
• Blue Revolution
• Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)
• Green Revolution – Krishonnati Yojana
• Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Marketing
• MGNREGA
• Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture
• National Food Security Mission
• National Health Mission
• National Livestock Mission
• National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture
• National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm
• National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture
• National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM)
• National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)
• National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM)
• Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana
• PMAY
• Poshan Abhiyaan
• Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
• Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)
• Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana
• Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY)
• Price Stabilization Fund
• Rashtriya Gokul Mission
• Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan
• Skill India Mission
• Soil Health Card Scheme