FCI to offer 25 LMT of wheat in the open market sale till March 25The government plans to offload 25 LMT of wheat to bulk buyers like flour millers from FCI's buffer stock by March 31, 2025. This is aimed ...
28 Nov, 2024, 07.47 PM IST
Non-basmati prices high on low supplyThe offtake of rice in September and October 2023 was 2.838 mt and 3.098 mt,respectively, while in September and October 2022, the monthly ...
09 Jan, 2024, 12.08 AM IST
Govt sees bright prospect of wheat crop; current temperature conducive for higher yieldsLike last year, there have been no reports of extreme temperatures from wheat-growing states so far. This augurs well for the crop prospect...
22 Dec, 2022, 04.42 PM IST
FCI to be strengthened, modernised in next 12 months; MSP system to continue: Piyush GoyalThe Food Corporation of India (FCI), government's nodal agency for procurement and distribution of foodgrains, should become more efficient...
14 Jan, 2021, 09.15 PM IST
Enough foodgrains stock with FCI; government closely monitoring PDS distribution: Ram Vilas PaswanState-run Food Corporation of India (FCI), the government's nodal agency for procurement and distribution of foodgrains under the Public Di...
26 Mar, 2020, 01.31 PM IST
- FCI borrowings surge sharply sans subsidy
Subsidies released to the FCI have been steadily declining.
28 Feb, 2020, 03.23 PM IST
Food Corporation of India depots to go online this week: GovernmentThe government will launch an online system this week to automate the operations at FCI depots in order to minimise storage losses of foodg...
15 Mar, 2016, 02.16 PM IST
Rs 2.45 crore worth foodgrains damaged till June in 2015-16Foodgrains worth Rs 2.45 crore has been damaged in FCI godowns till June of this fiscal and disciplinary action has been taken against 13 o...
31 Jul, 2015, 07.32 PM IST
Over 2,000 Food Corporation of India depots to go online by March 2016: Ram Vilas Paswan"All the depots will have all their operation online by March, 2016," Food Minister Paswan said after releasing a logo and tag line of the ...
01 Jul, 2015, 06.28 PM IST
Government asks FCI to automate depot operations to check grain loss"We have asked FCI to automate all depot operations to bring down storage losses of foodgrains in 18 months time," a senior Food Ministry o...
25 Aug, 2014, 04.47 PM IST
Food Corporation India starts maize procurement in Bihar to ensure MSP to farmersConcerned over farmers in Bihar selling maize below MSP, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Sunday said FCI has been asked to procure the ce...
13 Jul, 2014, 11.44 AM IST
Wheat procurement lower by one-third so far this market yearFood Corporation of India (FCI), the nodal agency for procurement and distribution of foodgrains, and state agencies had procured 37.35 mil...
26 Jun, 2013, 03.17 PM IST
- Govt may buy record 35 mn tonne rice this year
The Food Corporation of India (FCI) is the nodal agency that undertakes procurement and distribution of foodgrains in the country.
12 Feb, 2012, 12.56 PM IST
- Govt's foodgrain stock at 51.78 million tonnes till Oct 1
Among total reserves, 51.20 million tonnes of foodgrains are stored in various government godowns and 0.58 million tonnes is in transit, th...
24 Oct, 2011, 05.48 PM IST
- Govt foodgrain stocks at 61.27 Mt as of Aug 1: FCI
The foodgrain stocks held in government godowns amounted to 61.27 million tonnes(Mt)at the start of the current month, says FCI.
10 Aug, 2011, 03.16 PM IST
- Over 11,700 tonnes of foodgrains damaged in FCI godowns: Pawar
Over 11,700 tonnes of foodgrains worth Rs 6.86 crore were found "damaged" in government godowns, Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar...
27 Jul, 2010, 07.28 PM IST
- Central pool may get only 15 lt of UP rice
Uttar Pradesh, the country’s largest rice producer, will be able to contribute only one third of expected at 15 lakh tonnes to the Centre’s...
03 Sep, 2009, 12.53 AM IST