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Detailed explanation-1: -In November 2021, Union Minister Piyush Goyal virtually launched India’s first digital food museum in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. Thanjavur is the birthplace of the FCI that’s why Thanjavur was chosen as the site for India’s first digital food Museum.

Detailed explanation-2: -Inaugurated in November last year, India’s first museum dedicated to food opened in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. It was established by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to digitally exhibit the food grain production scenario in the country and around the world, and to highlight challenges to do with food storage.

Detailed explanation-3: -Thanjavur was chosen as the site for India’s first Food Museum because of its historical relevance to the FCI. In some ways, Thanjavur, the state’s cultural capital, is the origin of FCI, as its first office was established here on January 14, 1965.

Detailed explanation-4: -Piyush Goyal launched India’s first digital food museum in Tamil Nadu in November 2021. It is also known as India’s first Food Security Museum. It is located at Thanjavur (birthplace of the FCI), Tamil Nadu, where FCI was inaugurated 56 years ago on 14 January 1965.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD) will be the world’s first food museum with exhibits you can eat and a mission to change the way people think about food and beverages.