Centre for private players in construction of food storage pools
Sai Nikesh | The Dollar Business In addition to already existing central pools available with Food Grain Corporation of India (FCI) for the storage of food grains, the Indian Ministry of State for Consumer Affairs on Tuesday informed that the government is keen on involving private players in the construction of storage capacities for food grains. In a move to further augment the available food grain storages in the country, the government is planning to rope in private entrepreneurs, private warehouses, Central Warehouse Corporation (CWC) and State Warehousing Corporation (SWC) under Private Entrepreneurship Guarantee scheme. Under this scheme, the Minister of State for Consumer Affairs Raosaheb Patil Danve says, the government has already approved the construction of a storage capacity of ...
