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Trina Bhagat (PRN: 09020242005)
Meghraj Gawande (PRN: 09020242009)
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] Processing
] Packaging
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 in Uttar Pradesh, estimated to be
worth Rs 25 crore, were damaged due to rains at the Food
Corporation of India (FCI) godown in Ghaziabad, while more than 1
lakh sacks were left in the open despite enough space available in
the Allahabad godown.

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 in Haryana were destroyed in irsa
warehouse due to floods.
espite flood warnings from the
weatherman, no precautions were taken and the food grain
continued to lie in the open and low-lying area

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#$% in Gondia district of Maharashtra are
left to rot in the open despite plenty of space available inside the FCI
godown. According to officials, the grain was stored outside the
warehouse because there was a space crunch when the shipment
arrived in May
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] India currently has 5101
cold storage facilities with a
total capacity of 21.6 million
MTs.

] stimated capacity
utilization is about 30-40%.

] Majority of private players.

] Power issues.
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] Non-availability of specialised transportation
] Poorly maintained link roads across the country,
] The railway system is also ill equipped for free
container movement from the hinterlands.
] Handling facilities for food products at ports are
also inadequate and obsolete.
] Insufficient quantum of vehicles.
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] Non availability of low cost machinery.
] uality standards.
] ocation of the processing facilities.
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] Poor grading, sorting, cleaning, and packaging practices.
] ack of enforcement of the few existing grading and packing
standards.
] xample:
Ł for packaging of edible oils secondary tinplates which have logos printed
on it (harmful) are used and not prime sheets.
Ł According to the guidelines laid down by the Bureau of Indian
tandards, sheets used for packaging these products should not have
anything printed on their surface
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] arge and scattered markets
] ack of retail infrastructure
 Poor visibility and display of product on rural shop
shelves
 Highly credit driven market and low investment
capacity
 Inadequate bank and credit facilities for rural
retailers
] Multiple tiers (large no of intermediaries)
leading to higher cost
] Poor communication due to poor reach of media
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] Misnomer in true sense. (59% literacy in rural
India, 2001 census).

] Non-availability of skilled and efficient work

force in the retail industry.
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] Modernization of food sector.
] Insufficient volumes for the supermarkets to be
cost competitive.
]
eterioration in quality.
] Inefficient supply chain as compared to
international benchmarks.
] Price variations.
] High operational costs for the retail players
making the business unprofitable.
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] Public-private-partnerships. (efficient system
catering to the mass)
] F
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] APMC Act amendments.
] Broaden the concept of literacy.
] stablishment of institutes for Agri retail
specialization.
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