Lok Sabha Question No. 2313 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-06
Subject: Agreements for Gram Storage facility
Ministry: COOPERATION
Asked by: Dr. Kirsan Namdeo

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2313 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06/08/2024

Agreements for Gram Storage facility

## 2313.  DR. DR KIRSAN NAMDEO:

Will the Minister of COOPERATION ( सहकारिता मंत्री ) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has entered into agreements with cooperatives to set up the world's largest grain storage facility;
- (b) If so, the details of these agreements, including the cooperatives involved and the locations of the proposed grain storage facilities;
- (c) the total storage capacity planned under these agreements and the timeline for completion; and
- (d) the total budget allocated for the establishment of these grain storage facilities?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF COOPERATION सहकारिता मंत्री (SHRI AMIT SHAH)

(a) to (d): The Government on 31.05.2023, has approved the World's Largest Grain Storage Plan in Cooperative Sector, which has been rolled out as a Pilot Project. 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. over a period of 5 years.

Under the Pilot Project of the Plan, construction of godowns has been completed in 11 PACS of 11  States,  for  which  Memorandum  of  Understandings  (MoUs)  were  signed  between  PACS concerned and NABARD Consultancy Services (NABCONS). The details of PACS, along with the names of District/ State and capacity of godowns constructed are as under:

|   S.No. | Name of PACS                                  | District   | State       | Godown Capacity (in MT)   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------|------------|-------------|---------------------------|
|       1 | Neripanglai Vividh Karyakari Sahakari Sanstha | Amravati   | Maharashtra | 3,000                     |

|   2. | Bahudeshiya Prathamik Grameen Sahakari Samiti Limited, Kotwa Panday   | Mirzapur       | Uttar Pradesh   | 1,500   |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|-----------------|---------|
|    3 | The Chandranagar Group Seva Sahakari Mandli Limited                   | Ahmedabad      | Gujarat         | 750     |
|    4 | Ghamudwali Gram Seva Sahakari Samiti Limited                          | Sri Ganganagar | Rajasthan       | 250     |
|    5 | Bahudeshiya Prathamik Krishi Saakh Sahakari Society Maryadit Parswada | Balaghat       | Madhya Pradesh  | 500     |
|    6 | Bahudeshiya Kisan Seva Sahakari Samiti Limited, Sahaspur              | Dehradun       | Uttarakhand     | 500     |
|    7 | Silamarathupatti Primary Agriculture Credit Society                   | Theni          | Tamil Nadu      | 1,000   |
|    8 | Primary Agriculture Credit Society Limited, Gambhiraopet              | KarimNagar     | Telangana       | 500     |
|    9 | 2 No. Pub Bongshar G.P.S.S Limited                                    | Kamrup         | Assam           | 500     |
|   10 | Primary Agriculture Cooperative Federation Limited, Ekamba            | Bidar          | Karnataka       | 1,000   |
|   11 | Khilpara Primary Agriculture Credit Society Limited                   | Gomati         | Tripura         | 250     |

A total of 9,750 MT storage capacity has been created in 11 States of the country under the Pilot Project.

Further, the plan is being implemented by utilizing the available outlays under various existing GoI schemes that are being converged at PACS level.

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