Augmenting capacity

Godowns in the cooperative sector will benefit farmers

The Rs 1-trillion programme approved by the Union Cabinet to create the world’s largest decentralised grain storage capacity in the cooperative sector has implications that go beyond the safe upkeep of grain reserves for food security. The godowns to be built at the block level under this project are designed to serve as multifunctional centres run by the cooperatives, providing various utilitarian services to farmers. Apart from curtailing wastage of food grains and improving the economic health of the primary cooperative societies, these warehouses would also boost farm incomes. The cooperative societies would, for all practical purposes, function as grain