Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Prof. K.V.Thomas inaugurated new granary of 5000 MT capacity in Manipur today.
Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh was also present on the occasion.
Presently there are five FCI depots operational in the state with a capacity of 33,090MTs.
With this, the FCI is effectively serving the needs of 4,06,593 PDS beneficiaries through annual induction of about 2.35 Lac MT of foodgrains to Manipur despite geographical and infrastructural bottlenecks.
After the construction of seven new FCI godowns in the state storage capacity will increase to 37,500MTs and every revenue district in the state will have at least one FCI godown.
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