Saturday, January 1, 2011

Grain storage structures in India-Ppp.

1.Most of the FCI Godowns were constructed a very long back thru' tendering method and now are in dilapidated condition. Prolonged negligence by the officials in repair & maintenance of the storage structures has lead to this apathy.The godowns under CWC are slightly better than ones of FCI.,but not in tune with BIS specs.
2.The carrying cost of grains per tonne per month at FCI is far greater than that of either CWC or Adani's since FCI hires storage space of others at subsidised tariff but owns more number of A,B,C,D cat staff than that of the real foodgrain managers such as CWC,Adanis,etc,..
3.In-order to mitigate this National problem,GOI.,should encourage Pvt players with controls,not by FCI,but by some other means,to procure,clean,grade,store,preserve & sale to Govt,Pvt traders and Public.