Arya.ag, India’s leading agricultural warehousing firm, is digitising over $2 billion of grain-backed lending records on the Avalanche blockchain to enhance transparency and streamline credit processes for lenders, marking a significant shift in blockchain adoption within traditional financial infrastructure.
Arya.ag, India’s largest agricultural warehousing company, is moving about $2 billion of grain-backed lending records on to the Avalanche blockchain in an effort to give banks a clearer, shared view of the collateral behind farm loans. The system will tokenise grain deposits, warehouse receipts and loan status, allowing lenders to check whether stored crops have already been pledged and how much debt remains outstanding.
Nandan Nilekani, the Infosys co-founder who led India’s Aadhaar digital identity programme, unveiled the project at the Global Fintech Festival in Mumbai on Thursday. According to Coindesk, the initiative is being developed with Finternet, a group building the rules and digital plumbing for how warehouses and lenders exchange information within the network.
The appeal is straightforward: agricultural lending often depends on records that are split across different systems, which can slow down credit checks and make it harder to verify what is actually being financed. By linking crop deposits with electronic negotiable warehouse receipts and financing data on a single blockchain-based record, Arya.ag is seeking to reduce duplication and improve transparency for lenders. The move also highlights how blockchain tokenisation is expanding beyond speculative crypto trading into more conventional financial infrastructure, particularly in markets where paperwork and trust gaps remain a practical obstacle.
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