date:May 17, 2012
cured against an estimate of 108 lakh tonnes for the procurement season. Likewise in Haryana, the procurement is 81 lakh tonnes as on May 9, 2012 against the estimate of 70 lakh tonnes. In Rajasthan, the procurement has been 9.69 lakh tonnes as on May 9, 2012 against an estimate of 14 lakh tonnes.
Thomas said that to meet the increased requirement of storage space, the zonal executive directors and regional general managers of FCI have been given full powers for hiring of godowns for short-ter