Newmai News Network
Imphal | September 21
Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan said that the Government is taking a revolutionary step, whether it be in the interest of the consumers of the country or the Food department.
Paswan said this during the inauguration ceremony of the Food Storage Depot at Old Cachar Road, Bishnupur in south Manipur on September 21.
The Food Storage Depot has a storage capacity of 4600 MT, the foundation stone of which was also laid by Paswan in 2015.
Appreciating the Manipur Government for doing a great job, Paswan thanked the FCI officials for their work and team effort in bringing a full-fledged regional office of FCI here in Imphal by January 2020.
Highlighting that 2 godowns have been inaugurated by the Prime Minister, he said that the Government will further try to open FCI godowns in almost all the districts of the North East.
He also said that he had discussed in detail NFSA issues, drought related problems and other related matters with the General Managers, ED & Secretaries of the North Eastern States on Friday.
Paswan also mentioned that post machines have been implemented in 14 states of the country in connection with the one nation one card scheme. While Tripura and Imphal have completed almost 100% and 86% targets respectively, Assam and Mizoram have comparatively achieved lesser targets, he added.
He also pointed out that the people of Manipur should try to get the benefits of Prime Minister’s Ayushman Yojana that gives 5 lakhs financial assistance per family in a year.
