Thinking global, living local

FCI storage scenario — from 851 LMT to the 2,150 LMT plan ← All Articles (Index) India's grain-storage system has grown slowly (851→918 LMT, FCI+State, 2018→2025) while central-pool stock swings 300–900 LMT with the crop cycle. The World's Largest Grain Storage Plan (2023, ₹1 lakh cr) now adds +700 LMT of cooperative (PACS) capacity to lift total agri-storage from 1,450 to 2,150 LMT . Each figure is PIB-sourced (below). FCI + State covered+CAP (LMT) + cooperative / total agri-storage (plan) peak central-pool stock (LMT) 2,150 LMT target The scenario story: in mid-2021 stock hit a record ~907 LMT — brushing the covered-godown ceiling and spilling into open CAP/hired space (FCI is 70% hired , only ~147 LMT owned). The cooperative plan fixes this at the village level (PACS godowns, 1,000 MT each; 2,000 MT hubs) — turning rented, centralised, over-stretched storage into owned, distributed capacity that doubles as procure...

India — where the grain, the storage, and the farmers are ← All Articles (Index) Schematic state map (approximate geography, not to scale). Each tile: lead grain/feedstock (left-border colour), covered storage (green bar, LMT · S) · SFAC FPOs (gold bar · F) · FCI depots (owned+hired warehouse count · D). The point: the storage belt and the FPO belt are different states — Madhya Pradesh is the one with both, and Punjab has 569 FCI depots but only 78 FPOs. wheat-led paddy-led oilseed/cotton-led mixed storage LMT   FPOs India — where the grain, the storage, and the farmers are Real India state boundaries, shaded by FCI covered-storage capacity (owned + hired CWC/SWC/PEG/private, DFPD Foodgrain Bulletin, Nov-2024). Darker = more storage. The ranked list on the right adds SFAC FPO counts — the point of the whole exercise: the storage belt and the FPO belt are different states . Madhya Pradesh has both (...

FCI Grain Flow — Procurement · Storage · Disposal ← All Articles (Index) India's foodgrain support system in one view: what the government buys, what it holds against buffer norms, and where the grain goes — PDS, welfare, open-market sale to processors, ethanol. Data: DFPD Foodgrain Bulletin (Nov 2024), DFPD Annual Report 2024-25, PIB Year-End Review 2025, data.gov.in. Units: lakh metric tonnes (LMT). Central pool stocks — 1 Jan 2025 476.85 LMT vs 214.1 LMT buffer norm · +~319 LMT unmilled paddy Paddy procured — KMS 2024-25 832.17 LMT record · ~1.19 crore farmers paid Wheat procured — RMS 2025-26 300.35 LMT Punjab ≈ 47% of the wheat pool Food subsidy released — FY25 ₹1.99 lakh cr FCI ₹1.29 + DCP states ₹0.70 lakh cr Repo: FCI-warehouse-MSPvsMSV · every series' provenance in data/MANIFEST.md . Rice 2024-25 procurement is the official Economic Survey rice-terms figure (544...