As per Hindustan Times ( 14 July, 2013 ) report, Food Corporation of India [ FCI ] lost rice and wheat worth Rs 2050 Crores in transit and storage , during last 3 years
That was a mere 1.1 Million tons
What is a mere 1.1 million tons , compared to 50 million tons of grains planned to be distributed to 800 million poor Indians , every year , under Food Security Bill ?
( Ans : It is a mere Rs 1,25,000 Crores )
If you go by Mr Tariq Anwar - Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing -, 30 % of food grains supplied thru the Public Distribution System ( PDS ) , is lost every year !
How about replacing the Public Distribution System ( thru elimination of all middlemen ) , with a Poor Distribution System , under which , poor can simply queue up before the FCI godowns / silos and collect those grains for FREE , before they rot ?
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That was a mere 1.1 Million tons
What is a mere 1.1 million tons , compared to 50 million tons of grains planned to be distributed to 800 million poor Indians , every year , under Food Security Bill ?
( Ans : It is a mere Rs 1,25,000 Crores )
If you go by Mr Tariq Anwar - Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing -, 30 % of food grains supplied thru the Public Distribution System ( PDS ) , is lost every year !
How about replacing the Public Distribution System ( thru elimination of all middlemen ) , with a Poor Distribution System , under which , poor can simply queue up before the FCI godowns / silos and collect those grains for FREE , before they rot ?
hemen
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