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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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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