India’s first Food Museum launched in Thanjavur, Tamilnadu

India’s first Food Museum launched in Thanjavur, Tamilnadu

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Category : State Published on: November 17 2021

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Union Minister for Commerce, Industry, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal inaugurated launched India's first Food Museum at Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu.
The museum was established in Thanjavur by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) in collaboration with the Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum of Bengaluru because Thanjavur is the birthplace of the FCI on January 14, 1965.
The museum cost Rs 1.1 crore to build.
The museum will showcase the cereals found in India and explain the food culture around the world.
Currently, India is the world's fifth-largest agricultural exporter.

Important Takeaways

About FCI

The Food Corporation of India was set up under the Food Corporation's Act 1964

Objectives:

Ensures national food security
Provides remunerative price to farmers
To make food grains available at reasonable prices, particularly to the vulnerable sections of the society
To maintain buffer stocks as a measure of Food Security
To intervene in the market for price stabilizationp under the Food Corporation's Act 1964

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