The ambitious programme to create 18 million tonnes of storage space for foodgrains seems to have made little progress in Jharkhand and West Bengal, two of India’s prominent rice producing states. The progress has not been enviable in Gujarat, Kerala and Uttarakhand, either.
According to data provided by the FCI till August 31, not a single completed warehouse has been handed over in West Bengal, despite the government granting approval for creation of 156,600 tonnes of storage space in the state under the PEG scheme.
