TODAY -
New FCI godown inaugurated
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, November 13 2013:
Prof.K.V.Thomas, Union Minister of State (Independent charge) for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution today inaugurated a newly constructed 5000 MT capacity FCI godown at Mayangkhang Ningthoupham under Senapati district today.
Education Minister M Okendro, who is also in charge of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of Manipur was also present on the occasion.
|
Speaking on the occasion, Thomas assured that every revenue district in the state will have at least one FCI godown.
Presently there are five FCI depots are operational in the state with a capacity of 33,090MTs.With the inauguration of the new godown, FCI would be able to effectively serve the needs of 4,06,593 PDS beneficiaries through annual induction of about 2.35 Lac MT of foodgrains in the State despite its geographical and infrastructural bottlenecks.
After the construction of seven new FCI godowns in the state storage capacity will increase to 37,500MTs. Thomas is on his tour to North East to review preparedness of seven states in this region to implement the ambitious national food security law.
* Comments posted by users in this discussion thread and other parts of this site are opinions of the individuals posting them (whose user ID is displayed alongside) and not the views of e-pao.net. We strongly recommend that users exercise responsibility, sensitivity and caution over language while writing your opinions which will be seen and read by other users. Please read a complete Guideline on using comments on this website.
HEADLINES - 14, NOV 2013
SPORTS - 14, NOV 2013
LATEST IN E-PAO.NET
Jump Start
DBS Imphal SubSite |
Readers Mail |
Editorials |
Education Announcements |
Essay |
Exclusive Event |
Flash - Audio Visual |
Incidents |
LFS Imphal SubSite |
News Timeline |
Poetry |
Opinion |
Sports |
Rock Concert |
RSS |
Top Stories |
Wathi Jugai