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World’s Largest Grain Storage Plan in India
July 26 , 2025
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- India implements the world’s largest grain storage plan in the cooperative sector.
- It is an ambitious initiative aimed at revolutionizing rural agri-infrastructure and empowering Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) across the country.
- Approved on May 31, 2023, the plan is currently being rolled out as a pilot project.
- And it is set to transform grain storage and agricultural logistics at the grassroots level.
- Minister of Cooperation, Amit Shah, shared these updates in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.
- The plan focuses on the creation of infrastructure at the PACS level, including godowns, custom hiring centers, food processing units, and Fair Price Shops.
- These developments are being implemented through the convergence of various government schemes such as the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF), Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure Scheme (AMI), Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM), and the Pradhan Mantri Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme.
- As part of the pilot phase, construction of godowns has been completed in 11 PACS across 11 states, including Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Telangana, Karnataka, Tripura, Assam, and Uttarakhand.
- The total storage capacity developed so far stands at 9,750 metric tonnes.
- States like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, and Uttar Pradesh are leading in the number of PACS onboarded.
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