The poor stare vacantly as a food-surplus nation lets its stock spoil in the open
Systemic Failure
* Despite record procurement, poor storage has led to a criminal waste of grain
* 61,000 tonnes of grain rotted as it was left in the open during the monsoon
* The FCI had shut down storage facilities after low procurement in 2006-07
* The plan for decentralised storage fac
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/something-rotten
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/outlook-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-policy
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/subsidies
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
