Steel silos planned to be set up at 249 sites can hold 11 million tonnes of foodgrains. They’ll be linked through hub-and-spoke model, with rail connection at one large facility.
India spends lakhs of crores to produce wheat and rice, which then doesn’t get sold. It’s because the food policy has remained pro-cereal since the 1960s.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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