LOK SABHA
The State Government
of Bihar had requested for 3 lakh MT of additional storage capacity
under the 7-years guarantee scheme in April 2002 and the same
was approved by the Government of India. The State Government,
in consultation with the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and the
Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC), has tentatively identified
centres for such capacity and it is expected that the construction
will be completed by December, 2003.
During the financial
year 2002-03, requests have been received from the Government
of Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Himachal Pradesh for creation of
additional storage capacity under the 7-years guarantee scheme.
Government of Rajasthan requested for 10000 MT additional storage
capacity. The request was not agreed to as there was no justification.
Governments of Maharashtra and Himachal Pradesh have requested
for 7.5 lakh MT and 10000 MT of additional storage capacity respectively,
under the 7-years gurantee scheme. Both the proposals are under
consideration of the Ministry and a decision in this regard will
be taken soon.
This information
was given in the Lok Sabha today by Minister of State for Consumer
Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Shri U.V. Krishnam Raju
in reply to a question of Shri Arun Kumar and Shri Rajo Singh.
