{"id":9616,"date":"2025-03-07T05:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T05:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/?p=9616"},"modified":"2025-03-07T05:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T05:04:11","slug":"regional-office-of-fci-to-be-established-in-tripura-soon-minister-sushanta-chowdhury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/2025\/03\/07\/regional-office-of-fci-to-be-established-in-tripura-soon-minister-sushanta-chowdhury\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional Office of FCI to be Established in Tripura Soon: Minister Sushanta Chowdhury"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tripura 7 March, 2025: <\/strong>A regional office of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) will soon be established in Tripura. This announcement was made by Sushanta Chowdhury, Minister of Food, Tourism, and Transport, during a press conference held at the Secretariat yesterday. The minister recently visited Delhi, where he met with Union Ministers Pralhad Joshi (Food, Public Distribution, and Consumer Affairs), Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (Tourism), Ashwini Vaishnaw (Railways), and Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu (Civil Aviation) to discuss various issues concerning the state\u2019s interests and presented several demands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food Distribution and Ration Dealer Commission <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the press conference, Minister Chowdhury stated that he informed Union Minister Pralhad Joshi about the pending allocation of \u20b953.17 crore from the central government towards commission payments for state ration shop dealers under the National Food Security Act and the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana since the 2021-22 fiscal year. The central minister assured that the funds would be released soon. He further mentioned that 69% of beneficiaries in the state have already completed their e-KYC verification for ration distribution. Currently, ration dealers receive a commission of \u20b9143 per quintal, shared between the central and state governments at a 75:25 ratio. The central government has approved an increase in this commission to \u20b9180 per quintal, which will be implemented once electronic weighing machines are integrated with the ePoS system in ration shops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tourism Development Projects <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During his meeting with Union Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Minister Chowdhury proposed a \u20b970 crore project to enhance tourism at Jampui Hills. Additionally, he sought \u20b950 crore for the development of the Tripura Heritage Village and Music Experience project in Sachindranagar, Jirania, and \u20b930 crore for the Mystic Plantation Retreat project in Laxmilunga, Agartala. The Union minister responded positively and assured prompt action on these requests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For religious tourism, Minister Chowdhury highlighted the \u20b997.7 crore project to construct an \u201cEkannashakti Peeth\u201d at Banduar, Udaipur. So far, the central government has allocated \u20b967 crore for the project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Railway and Transport Infrastructure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During his meeting with Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Transport Minister raised several demands, including: \u2022 Introduction of Vande Bharat Express between Guwahati and Agartala. \u2022 Conversion of single railway lines into double tracks. \u2022 Electrification of the Badarpur-Agartala railway route and the introduction of electric passenger trains. \u2022 Launching intercity rail services between Agartala and Guwahati. \u2022 New express train services between Agartala and Jammu, Puri, and Gaya. \u2022 Expedited construction of a railway line to the fuel storage depot in Sekerkote. \u2022 Improving cleanliness in all local and express trains running in the state. \u2022 Upgrading Agartala railway station to world-class standards. \u2022 Adding stoppages for the Kanchanjungha Express at Bilonia, Teliamura, and Manu railway stations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Union Railway Minister assured that necessary actions would be taken soon regarding these proposals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aviation and Air Connectivity <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minister Chowdhury also met with Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu to discuss improving air connectivity in Tripura. Key demands included: \u2022 Introduction of international flight services from Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport, Agartala. \u2022 Establishing immigration services at the airport. \u2022 Increasing the frequency of flights on the Agartala-Delhi route. \u2022 Introducing a direct flight between Agartala and Mumbai. \u2022 Ensuring affordable airfares for passengers on various routes from Agartala. The Union Minister also assured that steps would be taken to operationalize Kailashahar Airport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials Present at the Press Conference <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The press conference was attended by Transport Department Secretary C.K. Jamatia, Tourism Secretary U.K. Chakma, Special Secretary of the Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs Department Debapriya Bardhan, Director of the Food Department Sumit Lodh, and Additional Secretary of the Transport Department Subrata Chowdhury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tripura 7 March, 2025: A regional office of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) will soon be established in Tripura. This announcement was made by Sushanta Chowdhury, Minister of Food, Tourism, and Transport, during a press conference held at the Secretariat yesterday. The minister recently visited Delhi, where he met with Union Ministers Pralhad Joshi […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":9614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[550,532],"ppma_author":[1174],"class_list":{"0":"post-9616","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tripura","8":"tag-minister-sushanta-choudhary","9":"tag-tourism"},"authors":[{"term_id":1174,"user_id":33,"is_guest":0,"slug":"kamaljamatia","display_name":"kamal jamatia","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/564a074770eb17d36f3af441d462b8a2a809599748f74220740b1d3b52879fcf?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Faguli.in%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F07%2FPHOTO-2023-09-14-08-30-32-3.jpg&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9617,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9616\/revisions\/9617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9616"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=9616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}