World’s Largest Grain Storage Plan in Cooperative

2025-07-22 Information

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

Maharashtra

Amravati

Neripanglai Vividh

Karyakari Sahakari Sanstha

3,000

Godown

Uttar Pradesh

Mirzapur

Bahudeshiya Prathamik Grameen Sahakari Samiti Limited, Kotwa Panday

1,500

Godown

Madhya Pradesh

Balaghat

BahudeshiyaPrathamik Krishi SaakhSahakari

Society Maryadit Parswada

500

Godown + Paddy Primary processing

unit

Gujarat

Ahmedabad

The Chandranagar Group Seva Sahakari Mandli

Limited

750

Godown

Tamil Nadu

Theni

Silamarathupatti Primary

Agriculture Credit Society

1,000

Godown

Rajasthan

Sri Ganganagar

Ghumudwali Gram Seva Sahakari Samiti Limited

250

Godown + Seed grading unit + Custom hiring

center

Telangana

Karimnagar

Primary Agriculture Credit

Society Limited, Gambhiropet

500

Godown+ processing unit

Karnataka

Bidar

Primary Agriculture

Cooperative Federation Limited, Ekamba

1,000

Godown+ processing unit

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

Annexure – II

State-wise details of newly formed PACS after 15.2.2023

S.No

State

PACS

ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS

ANDHRA PRADESH

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

126

ASSAM

238

BIHAR

CHHATTISGARH

GOA

GUJARAT

458

HARYANA

HIMACHAL PRADESH

JAMMU AND KASHMIR

161

JHARKHAND

KARNATAKA

180

LADAKH

LAKSHADWEEP

MADHYA PRADESH

199

MAHARASHTRA

177

MANIPUR

MEGHALAYA

217

MIZORAM

NAGALAND

ODISHA

1,534

PUDUCHERRY

PUNJAB

RAJASTHAN

970

SIKKIM

TAMIL NADU

TELANGANA

THE DD & DNH

TRIPURA

187

UTTAR PRADESH

516

UTTARAKHAND

543

WEST BENGAL

CHANDIGARH

DELHI

KERALA

Grand Total

5,937

Annexure – III

PACS Computerisation Project Status (30th June 2025)

S. No.

States

Approved

PACS

ERP

Onboarded

ERP –

Go live

Day-

End

Audit

Completed

Hardware

delivered

Maharashtra

12,000

11,954

11,828

10,690

3,379

12,000

Rajasthan

7,468

5,900

5,335

5,233

812

6,781

Gujarat

5,754

5,627

4,513

4,082

2,046

5,754

Uttar Pradesh

5,686

3,048

2,990

2,584

1,112

3,062

Karnataka

5,682

3,765

1,930

1,728

408

5,491

Madhya

Pradesh

5,188

4,428

4,491

4,272

4,062

4,534

Tamil Nadu

4,532

4,531

4,529

4,528

4,532

Bihar

4,495

4,460

4,444

4,431

3,299

4,477

West Bengal

4,167

3,145

3,123

2,959

–

3,314

10.

Punjab

3,482

3,408

2,217

2,080

3,456

11.

Odisha

2,711

–

12.

Andhra

Pradesh

2,037

2,021

1,986

–

2,021

13.

Chhattisgarh

2,028

2,025

2,027

1,606

2,028

14.

Himachal

Pradesh

1,789

965

850

742

435

1,789

15.

Jharkhand

2,797

1,414

1,479

1,424

1,272

1,500

16.

Haryana

710

609

582

433

710

17.

Uttarakhand

670

669

588

–

670

18.

Assam

583

579

573

442

166

583

19.

J&K

537

536

534

536

530

537

20.

Tripura

268

207

193

195

166

268

21.

Manipur

232

175

170

169

22.

Nagaland

231

23.

Meghalaya

112

105

–

109

24.

Sikkim

107

103

105

107

25.

Goa

26.

ANI

27.

Puducherry

28.

Mizoram

29.

Arunachal

Pradesh

30.

Ladakh

31.

DNH&DD

Total

73,492

59,920

54,936

51,470

19,531

64,323

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