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With Rs 25000 cr at stake plan to unbundle FCI unnerves Punjab
2014-10-03 07:25:25| Agriculture - Topix.net
As the process is on for the unbundling of the Food Corporation of India that drives the public distribution system , Punjab has at stake Bharatiya Janata Party parliamentarian Shanta Kumar, who leads the unbundling and restructuring committee, has hinted that the corporation with an annual outlay of 2-lakh crore could be split into four companies to separate procurement, transportation, storage, and distribution. "Who will then clear our pending payment for these functions," a senior officer in the state food and civil supplies department raised the question on Thursday.
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