The total number of functional cooperative societies in the country is 6,21,514 having 28,69,74,425 members. This was answered by the Union Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah in response to question on `Contribution of Cooperatives to National Economy’ asked by MP (Rajya Sabha) from Ludhiana Sanjeev Arora in the ongoing winter session of Rajya Sabha. Arora had asked about the number of functional cooperative societies in the country, including their membership, State- wise/UT-wise details thereof.