Warehousing industry needs a makeover
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To stem the wastage of harvested crop, warehouses need to scale up capacity, modernise and be manned by skilled personnel
Foodgrains production in India has come a long way, from a consistent net deficit situation in pre-Green Revolution times to one of surplus in the last few years. However, this increase had brought along the greater challenge of efficient storage.
It is estimated that wastage due to unscientific processes alone could amount to half of the total wastage of 14 million tonnes (mt) of foodgrains during post-harvest storage. Scientific storage involves ensuring proper packaging and quality certification of the inward materials, maintenance of humidity and temperature in the warehouse adjusted to the storable life of the goods to minimise damage due to pest/diseases or the natural decay process and consistent surveillance of stored items.
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Security, Confidentiality Concerns Need To Be Addressed In Virtual Board Meetings: Sebi Chief
Other concerns specified by the Sebi chief included if investor voices are adequately heard during virtual shareholder meetings and whether shareholders have sufficient opportunity to pose questions to the management at such meets.
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Sebi chairman Ajay Tyagi on Thursday said confidentiality and security concerns of virtual board meets need to be addressed before they become a norm in the post-pandemic world.
He said there has been widespread adoption of technological inputs at corporates in the face of the pandemic, with both board meets and also annual general meetings going virtual.