The Union government on October 17 allowed construction of intermediary godowns under employment guarantee scheme MGNREGA and has allocated Rs 450 crore for creating 15 lakh tonne of storage capacity across the country by March-end.
The Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said that the Centre has decided to set up intermediary godowns, which are generally created at block level, for efficient and smooth distribution of foodgrains via PDS and check leakages.