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5,000 FPOs must have turnover above ₹1 cr by FY26: Chouhan
Financial Express Lucknow
|October 31, 2025
AGRICULTURE MINISTER SHIVRAJ Singh Chouhan on Thursday called for increasing annual sales turnover of at least 5,000 farmers producer organisations (FPOs) to above ₹1 crore each by FY26 for achieving economy of sale and financial sustainability.
“Sales turnover of at least 50% of 10,000 farmers’ collectives should cross ₹1 crore each by end of FY26, while in the next fiscal we can target all the collectives to clock ₹1 crore sales,’ Chouhan said after inaugurating national FPO conclave 2025 here.
The minister also called on collectives to enroll over 20 million farmers as shareholders from the current level of 5 million by the end of FY26.
This story is from the October 31, 2025 edition of Financial Express Lucknow.
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