World's Largest Grain Storage Plan in Cooperative

  New Delhi. Asal Baat news. Government on 31.05.2023, has approved the “World’s Largest Grain Storage Plan in Cooperative Sector”, and it h...

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New Delhi.

Asal Baat news.

Government on 31.05.2023, has approved the “World’s Largest Grain Storage Plan in Cooperative Sector”, and it has been rolled out as a Pilot Project. The Plan entails creation of various agri infrastructure at PACS level, including godowns, custom hiring centers, processing units, Fair Price Shops, etc. through convergence of various existing schemes of the Government of India (GoI), such as, Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF), Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure Scheme (AMI), Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM), Pradhan Mantri Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises Scheme (PMFME), etc.

Under the Pilot Project of the Plan, construction of godowns has been completed in 11 PACS of 11 States. The State-wise details of the same are attached at Annexure-I. Further, more than 500 PACS have been identified for construction of godown under the project and efforts are being made to complete the construction by December 2026.

The Government of India has approved the plan to establish new multipurpose PACS/dairy/fisheries cooperatives, aiming to cover all panchayats and villages in the country over a period of five years. This initiative is supported by NABARD, NDDB, NFDB and State/UT Governments. For effective implementation of the initiative, ‘Margadarshika’ has been launched on 19.9.2024, indicating the targets and timelines for stakeholders. As per National Cooperative Database, a total of 22,933 new multipurpose PACS, Dairy and Fishery Cooperative Societies have been registered as on 30.06.2025 across the country since the approval of the plan on 15.2.2023 including 5,937 M-PACS. The State-wise details of M-PACS formed since the approval of this plan are attached at Annexure-II.

In order to strengthen PACS, project for Computerization of functional PACS with a total financial outlay of ₹2925.39 Crore has been approved by the Government of India, which entails bringing all functional PACS in the Country onto a common ERP based national software, linking them with NABARD through StCBs and DCCBs. A total of 73,492 PACS from 31 States/ UTs have been sanctioned under the project. A total of 59,920 PACS have been onboarded on ERP Software and hardware has been procured by 30 States/UTs.

Under Computerization of PACS Project, total 5,628 PACS from the State of Karnataka have been sanctioned, out of which 3,765 PACS have been onboarded on ERP Software and hardware has been delivered in 5,491 PACS. The State-wise details are attached at Annexure- III.

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Annexure-I

Details of PACS Godowns constructed under Pilot Project

S.No.	States/UT	District	Name of PACS	Capacity of Godown (MT)	Infrastructure created
1.	Maharashtra	Amravati	Neripanglai Vividh Karyakari Sahakari Sanstha	3,000	Godown
2.	Uttar Pradesh	Mirzapur	Bahudeshiya Prathamik Grameen Sahakari Samiti Limited, Kotwa Panday	1,500	Godown
3.	Madhya Pradesh	Balaghat	BahudeshiyaPrathamik Krishi SaakhSahakari Society Maryadit Parswada	500	Godown + Paddy Primary processing unit
4.	Gujarat	Ahmedabad	The Chandranagar Group Seva Sahakari Mandli Limited	750	Godown
5.	Tamil Nadu	Theni	Silamarathupatti Primary Agriculture Credit Society	1,000	Godown
6.	Rajasthan	Sri Ganganagar	Ghumudwali Gram Seva Sahakari Samiti Limited	250	Godown + Seed grading unit + Custom hiring center
7.	Telangana	Karimnagar	Primary Agriculture Credit Society Limited, Gambhiropet	500	Godown+ processing unit
8.	Karnataka	Bidar	Primary Agriculture Cooperative Federation Limited, Ekamba	1,000	Godown+ processing unit
9.	Tripura	Gomati	Khilpara Primary Agriculture Credit Society Limited	250	Godown+ processing unit+Grameenhaat
10.	Assam	Kamrup	2 No. Pub Bongshar G.P.S.S Limited	500	Godown
11.	Uttarakhand	Dehradun	Bahudeshiya Kisan Seva Sahakari Samiti Limited, Sahaspur	500	Godown
	Total			9,750

 

Cooperative Societies in every Panchayat/Village

The Government on 15.2.2023, approved the Plan for strengthening cooperative movement in the country and deepening its reach up to the grassroots. The Plan entails establishment of 2 lakh new multipurpose PACS (M-PACS), Dairy, Fishery Cooperative Societies covering all the Panchayats/ villages in the country in five years, through convergence of various existing GOI schemes, including Dairy Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF), National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD), PM Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), etc, with the support of National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD), National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) and State Governments. The plan is being implemented by utilizing the approved outlays of the existing schemes of Government of India which are being converged at PACS level.

As per National Cooperative Database, a total of 22,606 new PACS, Dairy and Fishery Cooperative Societies have been registered as on 30.6.2025 across the country since the approval of the plan on 15.2.2023.

In order to ensure effective and timely implementation of the plan, Ministry of Cooperation in coordination with NABARD, NDDB and NFDB has launched a Standard Operating Procedure (Margdarshika) on 19.9.2024, indicating the targets, timelines and roles and responsibilities of all stakeholders concerned.

As per Margdarshika, a total of 4,188 PACS, 9,149 Dairy and 200 Fishery Cooperative Societies are to be formed in the State of Andhra Pradesh. As per National Cooperative Database, as on 30.6.2025, 891 Dairy Cooperative Societies (DCS) including 5 in Krishna District; and 2 Fishery Cooperative Societies have been registered in the State of Andhra Pradesh, since the approval of the plan.

This was stated by the Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.