Grain godowns of states to be made part of FCI’s digitised system soon

Grain godowns of states to be made part of FCI’s digitised system soon

• To complete digitization of food grain storage facilities across states, the government will soon roll out a system for real-time tracking of rice and wheat stored in state government godowns, in terms of their volume and quality.
• As part of the depot online system (DOS), around 2,200 storage facilities or godowns owned and hired by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) have already been integrated into the digital network. However, more than 14,000 godowns of the state governments haven’t been made part of the integrated system. Once these godown are linked to a central portal, rice and wheat stocks with government agencies could be ascertained on a real-time basis.
• Many states including Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat follow a decentralized procurement model to manage procurement, storage and distribute grain under the public distribution system (PDS). Srplus grains are handed over by them to the FCI for distribution to grain-deficient regions.

Published date : 29 Mar 2022 06:31PM