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AMI Scheme for grain storage Amended Progress of Grain Storage Scheme
The margin money requirement has been reduced
from 20% to 10%.

NE Region 560 Cooperative societies have been identified
under the Grain Storage Scheme.
Plain Areas 8,000
7,000 Warehouses have been constructed
rupees per metric tonne rupees per metric tonne: 120 within cooperative societies.
the construction cost
: the construction cost has been increased from
has been revised from 4,000 rupees per metric
3,000–3,500 rupees per tonne. 426 DPRs have been submitted for the
metric tonne. construction of warehouses.

n The subsidy for PACS has been increased from 25% 72,702 Metric tonnes of storage capacity
to 33.33% (specifically, from ₹875 per metric tonne have been created as a result.
to ₹2,333 per metric tonne for plain areas, and from
₹1,333.33 per metric tonne to ₹2,666 per metric tonne (Note: Figures are as of January 20, 2026.)
for North-Eastern states).
n A provision has been made to provide an additional Process for Establishing Grain Storage Centres
subsidy, equivalent to one-third of the total admissible n The State Cooperative Department identifies
subsidy, to PACS for infrastructure components such as PACS/cooperative societies.
internal roads, weighbridges, boundary walls, etc.
n A DPR (Project Report) is prepared based on the
specific location.
n Construction work commences in accordance with
prescribed design and quality standards.
n The warehouse is completed in approximately 6
months.
9 (Approximately 1%)
Low Interest

Loans are available at low
Facilities being established Years interest rates, along with a
under the scheme… subsidy of up to 33%.
n Warehouses at the village level within A rental guarantee
PACS/cooperative societies for this duration is
n Machinery Rental Centres provided by the Food
Corporation of India
n Processing Units (FCI).
n Fair Price Shops (Ration Shops)

construction of godowns, and under the AMI Scheme, undertaken by the cooperative sector. He said that this
33% subsidy is given for the construction of foodgrain is everyone’s responsibility and should not be left solely
storage. The Department of Agriculture and Farmers to PACS; tehsil-level cooperative dairies, state-level
Welfare has extended the credit guarantee period for marketing federations, district cooperative banks
PACS under the AIF scheme from 2+5 years to 2+8 years. through financing, and district sales-purchase unions
Emphasising the importance of food grain storage should construct large warehouses. He added that 70
infrastructure, Union Minister of Cooperation Amit percent of food grains are procured from North India,
Shah stated that the country’s food grain storage Punjab and Haryana, and if procurement, storage and
capacity needs to be increased nearly threefold in the distribution are aligned regionally, transportation costs
coming days, of which two fold expansion should be can be reduced by at least 30–40 percent. n

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