To smoothen the supply and plug leakage of food grains under the public distribution system, godowns will be constructed at the block level through the country, the Minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh announced this week. The godowns, with an initial capacity of 1.5 million tones, will be constructed under the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarentee programme at a cost of Rs 450 crores. The average capacity of such godowns will be 3,400 tonnes and foodgrain to meet three month’s requirement could be stored in them.----INDIA WATER PORTAL
Friday, November 1, 2013
Government to spend Rs. 450 crores for godowns under MNREGA
To smoothen the supply and plug leakage of food grains under the public distribution system, godowns will be constructed at the block level through the country, the Minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh announced this week. The godowns, with an initial capacity of 1.5 million tones, will be constructed under the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarentee programme at a cost of Rs 450 crores. The average capacity of such godowns will be 3,400 tonnes and foodgrain to meet three month’s requirement could be stored in them.----INDIA WATER PORTAL
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