An amount of Rs 8,429.42 crore has been distributed to 39,46,550 depositors of the Sahara Group of Cooperative Societies as of January 20, 2026, as per a Ministry of Cooperation statement. The largest sum of Rs 2,228.27 crore has been repaid to depositors in Uttar Pradesh, followed by Rs 1,892.89 crore in Bihar, and Rs 847.67 crore in Jharkhand.
The Supreme Court has mandated the transfer of an additional Rs 5,000 crore from the ‘Sahara-SEBI Refund Account’ to the Central Registrar of Cooperative Societies. The court has also extended the deadline for refund disbursement to depositors until December 31, 2026.
Applications submitted on the Sahara Refund Portal are undergoing transparent processing, requiring proper identification and deposit proof. Payments are directly credited to the Aadhaar-linked bank accounts of legitimate depositors. Currently, amounts up to Rs 50,000 are being disbursed to each genuine depositor of the Sahara Group of Cooperative Societies against verified claims through Aadhaar-seeded bank accounts.
In cases where deficiencies are identified in a depositor’s application on the portal, the depositors are informed to resubmit their applications through the re-submission portal launched on November 15, 2023.
