Piyush Goyal directs Central Warehouse Corporation to double its storage capacityPiyush Goyal said that CWC should build modern silos for wheat and rice storage all over the country, so that maximum grains could be store...
06 Apr, 2021, 07.32 PM IST
Adani Group says does not buy food grains from farmers; only manages storage for FCIFCI buys food grains from farmers and stores them in silos built through a public-private partnership. While private players are paid a fee...
09 Dec, 2020, 06.27 PM IST
31 silos to come up in Punjab for scientific storage of foodgrains: Union MinisterThe minister said that soon the "one nation, one ration card' policy will be implemented in all states of the country as 12 states have alr...
18 Feb, 2020, 06.57 PM IST
Government to roll out new guidelines for silosThis will help the government deal with the storage problem of food grains as silos require 30% less land as compared to conventional wareh...
13 Jan, 2020, 05.22 PM IST
Ram Vilas Paswan seeks ideas from ex-secretaries to improve efficiency of Food Corporation of IndiaThe government has charted a road map for FCI to ensure that not a single grain of food being produced by farmers gets wasted, the minister...
08 Jun, 2019, 07.31 AM IST
In case of a bumper crop, MSP hike may create storage issuesWarehousing corporation should empanel private players and sign MoUs (memoranda of understanding) with them as Gujarat and Rajasthan state ...
06 Jul, 2018, 07.23 AM IST
Narain Karthikeyan’s agri-logistics firm raises $10 million from Neev fundLeap India has already obtained long-term contracts from certain state governments for setting up such facilities on a public-private partn...
10 Apr, 2018, 08.50 AM IST
After Wheat, FCI to Set up Rice SilosTo drive modernisation and technology adoption for mechanised preservation of food grain, FCI will set up rice silos.
12 May, 2017, 11.28 AM IST
Madhya Pradesh builds six ultra modern silos to store 4-lakh MT grainMP is building steel silos to minimise the storage loss of food grains and till now six ultra modern granaries have been built.
03 Aug, 2015, 09.19 PM IST
'Foodgrain warehousing demand to grow up to 6% in next 5 yrs'The demand for foodgrain warehousing is expected to grow by 5-6 per cent annually in the next five years, according to a report by Rabobank.
18 Sep, 2013, 11.06 PM IST
Food Act will raise a bill of $2.5 billion in storage build-upImplementation of the Food Security Act will require an investment of $0.5-2.5 bn as capacity addition of about 22-32 million tonne (mt) wi...
16 Sep, 2013, 04.02 AM IST
FCI to call bids for building silos of 2 mn ton capacityFCI today said it will soon invite bids for building modern foodgrain storage facilities, 'silos', at 42 locations across the country.
17 Jun, 2013, 07.29 PM IST
- Covered foodgrain storage cap to touch 71 MT in 2 years
India's total covered storage capacity for foodgrains will increase to about 71 MT in the next two years on the back of construction of god...
17 Oct, 2012, 05.54 PM IST
- EGoM clears proposal for steel silos
The EGoM on food, headed by Pranab Mukherjee, has cleared a proposal seeking the establishment of steel silos with a capacity of two millio...
25 Feb, 2012, 05.24 AM IST
- Private players to help government stem rot in godowns soon
Govt is ready with a blueprint to build grain silos through public-private partnerships to meet the procurement and storage requirement
09 Sep, 2011, 07.08 AM IST
- Planning Commission to prepare study on building modern silos for food grain storage
The study acquires significance given that the Food Corporation of India, has come under intense criticism of late over the quantity of gra...
18 Apr, 2011, 04.14 PM IST
- Sen Panel to report on feasibility of silos under PPP model
An expert panel, headed by Abhijit Sen, will soon come up with a comprehensive study on the economics of building modern silos for food gra...
18 Apr, 2011, 08.24 AM IST