[Assam] 1 crore Indians starve as grains rot in FCI godowns

[Pradip Kumar Datta]

1 crore Indians starve as grains rot in FCI godowns 


1 crore Indians starve as grains rot in FCI godowns
July 02, 2008 11:01 IST

Over 10 lakh (1 million) tonnes of food grains worth several hundred crores of rupees, which could have fed over one crore hungry people for a year, were damaged in Food Corporation of India godowns during the last one decade.

The damages were suffered despite the FCI spending Rs 242 crore (Rs 2.42 billion) while trying to prevent any loss of food grains during storage. Ironically another 2.59 crore was spent just to dispose off the rotten food grains....more
 
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