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The government had committed to supply 12.98 MT of rice under PMGKAY, but the supplies may be increased because of the low wheat stocks.

FCI wheat stocks plunge to 5-year low: Govt may raise rice supplies under free ration scheme as wheat stocks fall

While the government requires about 25-26 MT of wheat annually for the implementation of NFSA, another 10 MT of the…

Updated: May 2, 2022 11:18 pm

That is quite unusual for the state, where government procurement has conventionally been the most robust in the country and private traders used to have only a marginal role.

On the wheat trail: State granaries under strain, private traders make hay

Crop loss, lower procurement to deplete FCI stocks; local supplies may suffice for PDS, free-ration schemes

Updated: April 24, 2022 11:17 pm

Crisil Report : इन 6 कारणों से बिगड़ सकती है देश की आर्थिक हालत, एक साल में ब्याज दरें 0.75% तक बढ़ने का भी अनुमान

Crisil Report : क्रिसिल के मुताबिक रिजर्व बैंक इस वित्त वर्ष के दौरान नीतिगत ब्याज दरों में 50 से 75…

Updated: April 19, 2022 8:21 pm

Sources said that production of rice in par-boiled consuming states such as Jharkhand, Kerala and Tamil Nadu has increased.

FCI won’t buy Telangana’s 1.5 million tonne of par-boiled rice under public distribution system

Telangana chief miniser K Chandrashekhar Rao on Monday commenced a dharna in Delhi for demanding that FCI should procure entire…

Updated: April 12, 2022 12:03 am

FCI to use land pool to attract private investment in storage infrastructure

Sources told FE that additional storage facilities creation would reduce FCI’s dependence on hired godowns from private entities for storing…

Updated: April 7, 2022 11:34 pm

Grains godowns of states to be made part of FCI’s digitised system soon

As part of the depot online system (DOS), around 2,200 storage facilities or godowns owned and hired by the Food…

Updated: March 29, 2022 12:31 am

Workforce rationalisation: Food Corporation of India mulls VRS package, aims to save Rs 2,000 crore annually

The workers under DLS get Rs 50,000-100,000 a month as salary and other benefits.

Updated: March 23, 2022 10:24 pm

This would ensure transparency in the stock movement and facilitate timely intervention for ensuring that highly subsidised foodgrains are supplied to beneficiaries residing in remote locations and some of the hilly states.

FCI to use GPS facility to track grain movement in N-E

The tracking system currently being piloted is aimed at monitoring vehicles owned by private contractors used by the FCI to…

Updated: March 18, 2022 5:48 pm

According to a senior official, out of the total grain storage facility of 98 million tonne (MT) with FCI and state government affiliated agencies, around 19 MT of wheat stocks are virtually kept in the open in the so-called covered and plinth (CAP) facilities, where the grain can’t be stored for more than six months.

FCI to stop storing wheat in the open by September

Under the action plan for eliminating storage of wheat in CAP facilities, FCI aims at transferring wheat currently stored in…

Updated: March 11, 2022 11:04 pm

The wheat stocks have been procured during the 2020-21 rabi marketing season.

India to transport 50,000 tonne of wheat to Afghanistan, via Pakistan

Pakistan has given the necessary clearances for the trucks from Afghanistan to use its territory for taking back India’s foodgrain…

Updated: February 16, 2022 12:29 am

Lenders’ interest rate cut to enable FCI to save Rs 750 crore annually

The rate of interest for FCI for the CCL has been fixed at an average of one month of marginal…

Updated: February 11, 2022 12:52 am

Grain storage: Creation of modern silos way below target

As the protesting farmer leaders against the three contentious farm laws have been alleging that warehouses were first created by…

Updated: March 17, 2021 12:08 am

wheat, rice, foodgrains, FCI, food corporation of india

Foodgrains for poor move at record pace after govt allows states to take food on credit from FCI

To fulfill the government’s promise, FCI is providing wheat and rice directly, without going through the e-auction route.

April 6, 2020 1:29 pm

कोरोना संकट: FCI से राशन का तीन माह का अनाज उधार पर उठा सकेंगे राज्य, वित्त मंत्रालय ने दी मंजूरी

सार्वजनिक वितरण प्रणाली (PDS) के तहत लगभग 75 करोड़ लाभार्थी आते हैं.

Updated: March 23, 2020 10:51 pm

FCI inks pact with Adani Group for construction of 2 silos

As part of the agreement, Adani Agri Logistics will construct silos at Kotkapura in Punjab and Katihar in Bihar in…

June 9, 2016 5:50 pm

United Nations Environment program, Wheat, Maize, toxins in crops, health

Why India may need to import up to 5 million tonnes of wheat

In 2016-17, import at the current rate of exchange (without custom duty) may not exceed Rs 1,400 per quintal against…

Updated: June 1, 2016 7:08 pm

FCI to discontinue OMSS wheat sale as stocks fall

The Food Corporation of India (FCI) is likely to discontinue the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS) of wheat effective July,…

Updated: May 27, 2016 12:35 am

FCI to launch online procurement system for foodgrains in October

In order to bring in more efficiency and transparency in the foodgrain procurement system, the Food Corporation of India (FCI)…

Updated: May 19, 2016 12:58 am

Food Corporation of India, Food Corporation of India News, National Food Security Act

Govt releases Rs 25,834 crore subsidy to FCI this fiscal

The government has released Rs 25,834 crore subsidy to the Food Corporation of India (FCI) so far this fiscal.

April 29, 2016 5:23 pm

FCI raises Rs 30k crore as short-term loan for capital needs

In view of mounting food subsidy arrears, state-run Food Corporation of India (FCI) has raised Rs 30,000 crore as a…

December 27, 2015 4:53 pm

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