date:May 17, 2012
unjab and Haryana. The government of Madhya Pradesh has taken steps to hire private godowns and space at rice mills to cater to the additional space required for storing wheat. The government of Uttar Pradesh and FCI have jointly initiated steps to hire the smaller godowns of 2,000 MTs and 5,000 MTs along with spaces available with sugar mills, air-strips, etc.
The problems of storage space in Punjab is due to increased procurement. As on May 9, 2012, a quantity of 118 lakh tonnes has been pro