Capacity of wheat silos to triple in three years
Financial Express Lucknow|January 01, 2025
THE GOVERNMENT IS aiming to build 9 million tonne (MT) of wheat silos capacities over the next three years, from a current level of 2.8 MT of state-of-the-art grain storage facilities.
SANDIP DAS

New Delhi, December 31

The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has invited bids for the construction of 2.5 MT of modern wheat storage facilities under the public-private partnership (PPP) model.

Sources told FE that by February 2025, contracts for building this state-of-the-art grain storage facility would be awarded while 35 silos with a cumulative capacity of over 2.8 MT have been in operation.

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