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PM conducts review meeting on preparedness for summer season

PM conducts review meeting on preparedness for summer season

🕔18:47, 6.Mar 2023

New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) With the IMD forecasting extreme heat conditions across the country during the forthcoming summer season this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired a high-level meeting to review preparedness to deal with the situation. According

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Piyush Goyal directs FCI to open more procurement centres in UP

Piyush Goyal directs FCI to open more procurement centres in UP

🕔15:55, 13.Feb 2023

New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal has directed the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to set up more procurement centres covering almost all revenue districts of Uttar Pradesh so that the

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Second sale of wheat to be held through e-auction on Feb 15

Second sale of wheat to be held through e-auction on Feb 15

🕔16:50, 4.Feb 2023

New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) With a view to address the issues surrounding rising prices of wheat and Atta, the second sale of wheat through e-auction will be held throughout the country on February 15. Food Corporation of India (FCI) has

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E-auction of wheat for sale in open market begins

E-auction of wheat for sale in open market begins

🕔11:33, 2.Feb 2023

New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Food Corporation of India (FCI) offered 22 lakh metric tonnes of wheat out of its 25 lakh metric tonnes stock for sale through open market in the first e-auction which took place on Wednesday. Official

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Roadmap developed for online storage management of food grains: FCI

Roadmap developed for online storage management of food grains: FCI

🕔07:34, 22.Jan 2022

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) The Department of Food and Public Distribution, under the Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ministry, and its principal agency, Food Corporation of India (FCI), on Friday said a roadmap has been developed to roll out

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Establish grievance redressal mechanism for farmers in distress: Goyal to FCI

Establish grievance redressal mechanism for farmers in distress: Goyal to FCI

🕔06:48, 15.Jan 2022

New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday asked the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to establish a grievance redressal mechanism so that the government can rapidly react to the farmers and farmer producer organisations in distress. “Establish

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FCI to do away with open storage completely by March 2022

FCI to do away with open storage completely by March 2022

🕔06:43, 31.Dec 2021

New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) The Food Corporation of India (FCI) on Thursday declared that it would do away with open storage completely and go for only CAP (covered and plinth) storage by March 2022. There have been numerous cases across

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470L farmers benefited from wheat, rice procurement by FCI in 3 yrs

470L farmers benefited from wheat, rice procurement by FCI in 3 yrs

🕔08:01, 2.Dec 2021

New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) Since 2018, 469.66 lakh farmers have benefitted from procurement of 1,164.68 lakh metric tonne (LMT) of wheat and 1,553.03 LMT rice by the Food Corporation of India (FCI), the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and

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Cutting off-budget borrowings has raised fiscal deficit guidance

Cutting off-budget borrowings has raised fiscal deficit guidance

🕔14:11, 8.Feb 2021

New Delhi, Feb 8  Government’s more transparent stand in terms of its accounts has resulted in country’s fiscal deficit taking a longer glide path towards consolidation. According to a research report by Crisil, with off-budget expenditures such as Food Corporation

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Record wheat procurement at 388.34 lakh tons

Record wheat procurement at 388.34 lakh tons

🕔17:14, 30.Jun 2020

New Delhi, June 30  The ongoing corona pandemic crisis notwithstanding, government agencies have procured a record 388.34 lakh tons of wheat from farmers till Monday, which is nearly seven lakh tons more than in the corresponding period last year. This

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FCI ENSURING FOOD SECURITY THROUGH PMGKAY  IN NATIONAL CAPITAL DURING LOCKDOWN

FCI ENSURING FOOD SECURITY THROUGH PMGKAY IN NATIONAL CAPITAL DURING LOCKDOWN

🕔08:02, 10.May 2020

New Delhi, May 10 : In the fight against Covid 19 pandemic, Govt. of India has announced one of the most important initiatives called Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) that provides free food grains to the needy population.Government

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Cabinet approves big increase in the authorized capital of Food Corporation of India from Rs. 3,500 crore to Rs.10,000 crore

Cabinet approves big increase in the authorized capital of Food Corporation of India from Rs. 3,500 crore to Rs.10,000 crore

🕔12:22, 27.Nov 2019

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved to increase the authorized capital of Food Corporation of India (FCI) from existing Rs.3,500 crore to Rs.10,000 crore. With the increase of authorized capital,

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FCI raises concern on quality of jute bags

FCI raises concern on quality of jute bags

🕔10:05, 25.Dec 2017

Kolkata, Dec 25  Expressing concern over quality of jute bags, Food Corporation of India (FCI) has stated that higher use of lower grade jute in manufacturing of gunny bags could lead to devastating effects in storage of food grains. In

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Cabinet clears Rs 45,000 cr loan to FCI from Small Savings Fund

Cabinet clears Rs 45,000 cr loan to FCI from Small Savings Fund

🕔10:34, 19.Jan 2017

New Delhi, Jan 19  The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a loan of Rs 45,000 crore to the FCI out of the National Small Savings Fund, as well as exempted most states and UTs from the mandatory investment norms for

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FCI reviews key reports to streamline operations

FCI reviews key reports to streamline operations

🕔09:59, 16.Sep 2014

New Delhi, Sep 16  To improve foodgrain management in the country, public sector enterprise Food Corporation of India (FCI) said that a high-level committee has reviewed all the earlier key reports for streamlining the operation of the behemoth. According to

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Tripura to get rice from Andhra Pradesh via Bangladesh Thursday

Tripura to get rice from Andhra Pradesh via Bangladesh Thursday

🕔14:00, 29.Jul 2014

Agartala, July 29  Rice from southern India to Tripura via Bangladesh is likely to reach here Thursday, bringing to fruition a three-year-long diplomatic and strategical endeavour between New Delhi and Dhaka. “The first consignment of 5,000 tonnes of rice in

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