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Cooperative Grain Storage Plan (PACS Godowns)
India is putting small grain godowns next to the fields and handing them to village cooperatives, so a harvest need not travel to a distant warehouse before it can be stored.
Last updated 3 September 20265 min read
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Cooperative godowns have moved past the pilot stage: 313 village societies had finished storage by July 2026, adding more than 1.80 lakh tonnes of capacity, with 1,012 societies picked for the next round.
- Decentralised Grain Storage Plan
- PACS
- NCDC
- Ministry of Cooperation
- grain storage
- Agriculture Infrastructure Fund
- cooperative godown
- food security
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