India, June 3 -- According to Shah, the loan facility to PACS should be expanded and active participation of PACS in the scheme should be ensured

Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah chaired a review meeting of the world's largest cooperative food grain storage scheme in New Delhi.

Apart from Minister of State for Cooperation Krishan Pal Gurjar and Shri Murlidhar Mohol, officials from the Ministry of Cooperation, Food and Public Distribution, Consumer Affairs, Food Corporation of India (FCI), NABARD, National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) and other institutions were present in the meeting.

Shah said that there are two major parameters to measure economic progress in India-Gross Domestic Product (GDP) a...