e-Governance Overview
Department manages cooperative domain which deals with 2.3 lakh cooperative societies and 535 lakh cooperative members. Department manages cooperative domain through its CC RCS office. The CC RCS and Sugar Commissionerate is entrusted with the administration of the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960; and the Rules made there under.
Cooperation is an activity of the people. It is a self-generated, voluntary, self-sufficient activity. However, considering the economic importance of movement and interests of several people involved in it, the Government has passed legislation to monitor the activities of the cooperatives mainly with the purpose of safeguarding the interests of all the members. The legal framework essentially covers the following aspects covered under “ The Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960”.
- Registration of Cooperative Societies
- Rights of the members
- Privileges of the societies
- Property and Funds of the society
- Management of the society
- Audit, Inquiry and Inspection
- Disputes
- Liquidation of Societies
- Offenses and Penalties
- Reviews and Revision
Our Objective:
The department is responsible for administration and monitoring of Cooperative Sector, Agriculture Produce Marketing Sector and Textiles Sector in the state. Our focus is to improve the quality of life of our stakeholder especially cooperative society members to strengthen the cooperative movement which has its significance in agrarian economy in state.

Our Administration Setup
- Cooperative Societies : 2.28 Lakhs
- Society Members : 525 Lakh Members
- Auditors : 7500 (under 8 categories)
- Office Administration Officials : 700+ at various levels ( Division/District/Taluka)
- Government of India
- Educational and training Institutes
- Central Regulatory Bodies :RBI/NABARD
- Bankers
- Researchers
Sr. no | Application | Purpose | Status |
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1 | e-Sahakar : Online Process Management System( Society enrollment and Society Validation) | Key processes of Cooperative Societies like Audit, Election, Inspection are automated online | Completed . 1.85 lakh cooperative society enrolled online |
2 | e-Sahakar : Online Mandatory returns | Societies can fill mandatory returns online. Officers can review through provided reports | Completed . 1.85 lakh cooperative society enrolled online to submit the returns online |
3 | Online Audit Management System | Online Auditor Empanelment, Selection and Order generation would be automated online. | In progress under MahaOnline. |
4 | Online Deemed Conveyance Management System | Deemed Conveyance Application and processing is automated and is online. Stakeholders can track case progress online and download the required documentation online |
Implemented. System Online |
5 | Crop Loan Management System | Crop Loan disbursement thorough PACS/Pvt bank/Nationalized Banks would be tracked online. | Implemented. Migration in progress. |
6 | Online Election Management System | Society Election management module would facilitate registrars to manage the elections online. | RFP ready to be published after Requirement Gathering. |
7 | Online Grievance Redressal Management System | To address the grievances for cooperation department | DIT instructed to use the existing software in use by other department |
8 | Housing Loan Management System | To manage the housing loan disbursement and payments online. | DIT instructed to use the existing software in use by other department |
9 | Website : MahaSahakar | To ensure citizen centric interface. | Under Implementation with MahaOnline |
Sr. no | Application | Purpose | Status |
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21 | Cooperative Society Information System | To collect, capture, process information of Sugar domain and make it available to all the stakeholders | RFP ready to be published after Requirement Gathering. |
22 | Business Intelligence: Dashboard and reports | To collect, capture, process information for cooperative domain for quick decision making | RFP ready to be published after Requirement Gathering. |
23 | GIS mapping of Key cooperative societies : PACS/Credit Societies and Members UID seeding | RFP ready to be published after Requirement Gathering. | |
24 | Website : CCRCS website | To ensure citizen centric interface. | LIVE and hosted. CMS is under implementation |
Sr. no | Application | Purpose | Status |
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10 | Maharashtra Sugar Information System | To collect, capture, process information of Sugar domain and make it available to all the stakeholders | Vendor Finalized for PIC approval |
11 | Online Sugar Sale Information System | To provide platform to sugar factories to enable the online sale of Sugars factories products or by products | Vendor Finalized for PIC approval |
12 | BI for Sugar Commissionerate | To collect, capture, process information of Sugar domain and make it available to all the stakeholders | Implementation in progress by Maha Online |
13 | UID integration and seeding of Cooperative sugar factories members for cane payment | UID integration with sugar factories member farmers. | Pilot in progress |
14 | PULL SMS Application | To collect information through mobile application daily from sugar factories. | Implementation Done. |
15 | Website :MahaSugar | To ensure citizen centric interface. | Implementation Done. |
Sr. no | Application | Purpose | Status |
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16 | Online Society Information System | To collect, capture, process information of Co-operative domain and make it available to all the stakeholders | RFP ready to be published after Requirement Gathering. |
17 | APMC Commodity Analysis System | To collect, capture, process information of APMC and make it available to all the stakeholders | RFP ready to be published after Requirement Gathering. |
18 | MSP Tracking System | To collect, capture, process information regarding MSP support counter set up by directorate or federations | RFP ready to be published after Requirement Gathering. |
19 | Online License Issuance management System | To provide platform to track application and issue the license online. | Application User Acceptance Testing in Progress by MSAMB |
20 | Website : Maha Pannan | To ensure citizen centric interface. | Site is down due to Security Audit non Compliance. Work in Progress at Maha Online |