Union Home Minister Amit Shah made a grand announcement on Monday stating the Ministry of Home Affairs’ initiative to open a total of 16 new Kendriya Police Kalyan Bhandars in Manipur. These new food stores will offer necessary commodities at reasonable rates to the common people of the state. Customers can purchase products from these new stores starting from Tuesday.
Manipur Set To Get 16 New Food Stores
In line with PM Shri @narendramodi Ji’s commitment, the MHA is launching an initiative to provide commodities to the people of Manipur at reasonable prices. Now the Kendriya Police Kalyan Bhandars will be open for common people from September 17, 2024. In addition to 21 existing…
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) September 16, 2024
Amit Shah shared the necessary information about the initiative on the X (formerly Twitter) platform. He stated that the Ministry of Home Affairs is introducing this initiative to provide commodities to the people of Manipur at reasonable prices in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s commitment.
Kendriya Police Kalyan Bhandars in Manipur are opening for the common people from Tuesday. Previously, there were a total of 21 of these food stores in the Northeast Indian state. These upcoming 16 new food stores will also now provide services to the residents and provide all the essentials at affordable costs along with the existing ones.
Amit Shah also added that 8 of these 16 food stores opening in Manipur will be in the valley. The remaining 8 Kendriya Police Kalyan Bhandars will open their doors in the hills, according to the information provided on the X post.
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About The Kendriya Police Kalyan Bhandar System
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The Ministry of Home Affairs launched the Kendriya Police Kalyan Bhandar system as a welfare measure in 2006. The shops were opened to provide consumer goods to retired and serving personnel in various police forces such as Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), Central Police Organizations (CPOs), and State Police Forces. In addition, their families living in India can also get access to necessary items at cheaper costs from these shops.
According to the Kendriya Police Kalyan Bhandar website, the organisation now has 119 warehouses known as Master Bhandars and over 1800 retail outlets called Subsidiary Bhandars. Till now, the system has successfully provided consumer goods to 35 lakh beneficiaries at low-priced rates compared to the markets.
These are all the information about the new food stores opening in Manipur.
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