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| States not lifting grain, |
| States not lifting grain, Centre faces storage crunch
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| INDIA
, 18-June-2011
1:35:11 AM |
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A good monsoon and bumper wheat harvest is in sight, but the Food Ministry seems worried. Reason: most states are not coming forward to lift the 20 lakh tonnes of additional foodgrain allocated by the ministry to ease the storage space crunch in the country.
So, Food Minister K V Thomas has shot a letter to all chief ministers, urging them to lift the additional foodgrain on “priority” basis and “distribute it to retail consumers” to create space for fresh wheat crop in the wake of progressing monsoon.
“We are staring at huge quantity of foodgrain. We want to release storage space. When fresh grain is coming, we want some vacant space for it,” Thomas told The Indian Express, explaining the need for states to lift the allocated grains.
The ministry’s granaries are overflowing and the ban on export of foodgrain has only worsened the situation. As on June 1, the Central pool stock stood at a record 65.59 million tonnes against the buffer norm of 31.9 million tonnes. The ministry has 63.36 million tonnes of storage space, including hired and Cover and Plinth storage facilities. Only 57.49 million tonnes of this is covered storage space. The ministry plans to add 15 million tonnes of storage space under a PPP arrangement, but these facilities are unlikely to be created before the end of 2012.
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