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| West Bengal Tribal Development Co-operative Corporation Ltd. |
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| The concept of grain bank came into being with a view to safeguard the poor tribal people against starvation during any natural calamity or lean season when they do not have any earning opportunity and hence no income to obtain even their daily food requirement. Such people in need of food may borrow food grain from their village grain bank set up within the locality and again repay back when they start earning. Each grain bank caters to the need of 30-40 tribal families. One quintal of food grain is allotted per family as a one time grant. So far we are having 955 such grain banks operating under LAMPS throughout West Bengal, area-wise details of which are furnished below. |
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| District-wise location of Village Grain Banks |
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| Name of the districts |
2002-03 |
2003-04 |
2006-07 |
2008-09 |
2009-10 |
No. of units |
Bankura |
3 |
18 |
54 |
57 |
70 |
202 |
Purulia |
11 |
32 |
39 |
72 |
80 |
234 |
Paschim Medinipur |
11 |
11 |
24 |
47 |
55 |
148 |
Purba Medinipur |
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6 |
6 |
12 |
Jalpaiguri |
4 |
6 |
3 |
9 |
52 |
74 |
Darjeeling |
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3 |
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8 |
11 |
Maldah |
1 |
13 |
12 |
11 |
20 |
57 |
Uttar Dinajpur |
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11 |
4 |
7 |
22 |
Dakshin Dinajpur |
2 |
14 |
10 |
17 |
40 |
83 |
Birbhum |
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7 |
6 |
6 |
28 |
47 |
Bardhaman |
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3 |
6 |
2 |
11 |
Hooghly |
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5 |
10 |
15 |
Murshidabad |
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3 |
4 |
10 |
17 |
24 Parganas (North) |
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2 |
6 |
6 |
14 |
24 Parganas (South) |
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8 |
8 |
Total |
34 |
101 |
170 |
250 |
400 |
955 |
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