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English Release 19-June 2013
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- Presidents Secretariat
- President of India to visit Tripura from June 20 to 21
- Prime Minister's Office
- PM announces 1000 crore rupee disaster relief for Uttarakhand
- PM congratulates President-elect Rowhani of Iran
- Min of Comm. & Information Technology
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Extension of time for receiving comments on draft amendments to the Interconnection Regulations applicable for Digital Addressable Cable Television Systems (DAS) and Tariff Order applicable for all addressable systems
- Min of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
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National Consumer Helpline Records 12,704 Calls in may, 2013
- Min of Defence
- Armed Forces Mount Massive Relief Operations in Uttarakhand and Himachal
- Ministry of Finance
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Government Approves 1 Proposal of Foreign Direct Investment Amounting to About Rs.7.00 Crore
- India and World Bank Sign Us$ 216 Million Agreement
for Kerala State Transport Project
- Min of Health and Family Welfare
- Smt. Santosh Chowdhary takes over as Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare
- Min of Human Resource Development
- MoS for HRD Shri Jitin Prasada visits Seoul International Book Fair (SIBF) 2013
- HRD Ministry to Strengthen Monitoring System of Mid Day Meal Scheme
- Min of Petroleum & Natural Gas
- MoPNG rebuts allegations regarding KG D-6 Field
- International crude oil price of Indian Basket declines to
103.20/US$ bbl on 18.6.2013
- Ministry of Railways
- Commodity-Wise Freight Revenue by Railways Goes up by 8.66 Per Cent During April-May 2013
- Shri Mallikarjun Kharge Takes Over as Minister of Railways
- Min of Shipping
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Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust Signs Concession Agreement with M/s. Nhava Sheva (India) Gateway Terminal Pvt. Ltd
- Min of Textiles
- K S Rao Takes Charge as New Textiles Minister
- Ministry of Tourism
- Tourism Minister Announces New Campaign to Promote Himalayas
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Ministry of Agriculture18-May, 2012 16:25 IST
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Boost to Farm Storage Capacity by Encouraging
Private Investment
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The Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution has formulated a Scheme for construction of storage godowns through private entrepreneurs (under PPP mode) with Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) and State Warehousing Corporations (SWCs). Assessment of additional storage needs under the scheme is based on the overall procurement/consumption and the storage space already available.
Under the scheme, the Food Corporation of India would provide a guarantee of ten years for assured hiring to the private entrepreneurs and construct 20 lakh tones of storage capacity in silos, within the overall storage requirement of FCI, through the PPP mode. The government has also finalized a plan for construction of storage capacity of 151 lakh tones in 19 States under the scheme through private entrepreneurs and Central and State Warehousing Corporations and 5.4 lakh tones in the North Eastern States.
Ministry of Agriculture is implementing Grameen Bhandaran Yojna for creation of scientific storage capacity to meet out various requirement of farmers for storing farm produce and processed farm produce etc. During XIth plan 13,719 godowns with capacity of 135 lakh tonnes have been sanctioned under the scheme with subsidy of Rs.511.60 crore and during 2012-13 an amount of Rs.716.00 crore has been allocated under the scheme. The pattern of assistance has been enhanced to 25% since 2008.
Ministry of Agriculture is also implementing National Horticulture Mission (NHM), National Horticulture Board (NHB) and Horticulture Mission in North East and Himalayan States (HMNEH) schemes, which provides assistance for a number of components related to horticulture development including private sector investment through creation of post harvest infrastructure like cold storages, controlled atmosphere/modified atmosphere (CA/MA) storages and refrigerated transport in the country including Andhra Pradesh. In order to attract more private sector investment and to bridge the gap of demand in supply in cold storage sector, assistance under these schemes has been enhanced from 25% to 40% of capital cost during XIIth plan period in general areas and from 33.33% to 55% in hilly and scheduled areas.
This information was given by Shri Harish Rawat, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.
MP:SB: CP storage (18.5.2012)
(Release ID :84133)
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