Ministry of Cooperation
PROGRESS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST GRAIN STORAGE PLAN
Posted On:
29 JUL 2026 4:53PM by PIB Delhi
The Government on 31.05.2023 approved the World's Largest Grain Storage Plan in Cooperative Sector. The Plan entails creation of various agri infrastructure at Primary Agriculture Credit Society (PACS) level, including warehouses, custom hiring center, 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.
The State-wise details of storage projects approved, under construction and completed so far under the plan are enclosed at Annexure-I.
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Annexure-I
State-wise details of the projects approved, constructed and under construction for the Plan
|
Sr. No.
|
State
|
Number of Projects approved
|
Number of godowns constructed
|
Number of Projects under construction
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
-
|
Gujarat
|
275
|
44
|
84
|
|
|
-
|
Rajasthan
|
201
|
121
|
80
|
|
|
-
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
117
|
117
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
Odisha
|
80
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
Maharashtra
|
79
|
19
|
23
|
|
|
-
|
Jharkhand
|
52
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
Haryana
|
44
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
Bihar
|
36
|
-
|
5
|
|
|
-
|
Chhattisgarh
|
30
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
Punjab
|
30
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
Telangana
|
28
|
1
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
14
|
1
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
Tamil Nadu
|
13
|
5
|
8
|
|
|
-
|
J&K
|
6
|
-
|
3
|
|
|
-
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
Assam
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
Tripura
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
Uttarakhand
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
Karnataka
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
|
|
|
Total
|
1,015
|
313
|
203
|
|
|
This information was given by Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.
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