Centre saves ₹8,000 crore by tapping additional foodgrain storage capacity April 28, 2021 Union Government decides to not construct open system any longer to store grains The Union Government has saved at least ₹ 8,000 crore by deciding to utilise 20 per cent additional foodgrain storage capacity in its warehouses, even as it has decided not to construct the open cover and plinth (CAP) storage from the beginning of the current fiscal. “Under CAP storage wheat quality gets affected, while its longevity is also shortened. Therefore, we have decided to go for construction of modern silos. We will be setting up 100 lakh tonnes (lt) modern silos storage capacity,” Union Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey told