India has recorded an all-time high foodgrain production of 353.96 million tonnes in 2024-25, including 117.51 million tonnes of wheat and 149.07 million tonnes of rice, bolstering its efforts to ensure food security through robust storage infrastructure, according to an official statement released on Sunday.

The Food Corporation of India (FCI) and state agencies manage a combined covered and Cover and Plinth (CAP) storage capacity of 917.83 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) for central pool grains. Additionally, the country operates 8,815 cold storages with a capacity of 40.21 million metric tonnes to preserve perishables like fruits, vegetables, dairy, and meat. By June 2025, 73,492 Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) have been computerized, and 5,937 new PACS have been registered to ex

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