PACS computerization in West Bengal, is under process since 2006. almost 4 years and above. In the year 2010 TENDER has been published (Total 3 times, including last tender on 17/09/2010.). Although it has been clearly instructed that PACS computerization is one of the initiatives that has been taken by NABARD in order to modernize the Primary Agricultural Co-operative Societies across the country in their PACS revival package after Baidyanathan Committee recommendation, some Central Co-operative banks in West Bengal is doing it in their own way. Balageria central co-operative bank has already given order to all their affiliated PACS in East Midnapore district in West Bengal to take up computerization project in their society form a private company. ISSAC, the company claiming to have the order for this huge computerization project and they have already claimed it in their company web site's news section about this matter (Source: ISSAC Web Page). They are claiming to get the order on November 2009. They are also claiming that, Balageria Central Co-Operative Bank has undertaken rigorous audits of software and support quality before selecting ISSAC.
To do rigorous audit of related software they need to contact companies who has got similar kinds of softwares, they are looking for. But neither any TENDER process were involved nor any kind of announcement in leading newspaper, invoking for software demonstration in the project. Now the question is, how a responsible Central co-operative bank can give or can decide to go with one company without a proper selection process? If the above mention quote is not real and no such was initiated by the CCB then how a software company can claim this in their company web site?
Reality tells something else, no letters were issued to the affiliated PACS regarding the computerization process. Balageria central co-operative bank is advising the co-operative societies personally to install the software developed by ISSAC. But why?
The co-operative societies needs to think about it. The societies are getting cheated. Who is going to save them as well as stop this.
