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FCI corruption: CBI searches 19 more locations, arrests another officialThe agency has arrested Satish Verma, another manager in the Food Corporation of India (FCI), Patiala . He has been sent to Police custody,...
FCI corruption: CBI conducts searches at 50 locations across 3 states, arrests DGMDeputy general manager (DGM) of FCI Rajiv Kumar Mishra was arrested for allegedly receiving a bribe of Rs 50,000 from one Ravinder Singh Kh...
FCI 'corruption': CBI searches 50 locations; DGM arrestedThe searches were started after the arrest of a deputy general manager (DGM) in the FCI while taking a bribe of Rs 50,000, they said.
CBI conducts surprise checks at govt offices across country in anti-corruption driveThe operation is going on at the offices of railways and income tax department among others in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delh...
CBI conducts surprise checks at FCI godowns in Punjab, HaryanaThe CBI action comes amid the ongoing farmers' protest against the three farm laws. The farmers have been protesting at Delhi borders since...
Ram Vilas Paswan seeks ideas from ex-secretaries to improve efficiency of Food Corporation of IndiaThe government has charted a road map for FCI to ensure that not a single grain of food being produced by farmers gets wasted, the minister...
Paswan underlines roadmap for FCIAddressing a press conference he said that the government will soon roll out a new policy on Silo construction for proper storage of foodgr...
Ensure 100% cashless dealings within 15 days deadline: Ram Vilas PaswanRam Vilas Paswan said that an advisory will be issued to state governments to promote cashless transactions at ration shops.
23 bribery cases in FCI in last 3 yrs: Ram Vilas Paswan"There are 23 cases of corruption (bribery) detected/ reported during the last three years in various offices of FCI," Paswan said.
FCI loaders paid more than President, SC says it’s fishyFCI is held to ransom by the labourers and their unions and there is something seriously wrong with it," said a bench of Chief Justice T S ...
Food Corporation of India reform panel gets more time to submit reportA high-level committee, headed by Himachal Pradesh MP Shanta Kumar, was constituted on Aug 28 with a mandate to submit its report within 3 ...
Allow private trade to play a bigger role in the grain marketThe government should revamp the FCI, shot through with corruption and inefficiency, to usher in a competitive market for grain.
Government sets up high-level panel to look into FCI restructuringThe FCI, set up under the Food Corporation Act 1964, is a nodal agency for procurement, storage and distribution of foodgrains to PDS and o...
The Food Bill will not serve the purpose, even for CongressIf the food security Bill is finally implemented, all it will do is to supplement part of what the states spend on food subsidy with money ...
With monsoons around the corner, can the govt prevent India's food mountain from rottingThe FCI's website says that despite this hike, the wheat procurement actually dropped by 16.6% that year to 22.6 mn tonnes from 26.38 mn to...
- FCI incurs Rs 484 cr loss due to storage & transit loss
The Food Corporation of India (FCI) is estimated to have incurred a financial loss of Rs 484.76 crore in 2010-11 due to damage to foodgrain...
Rotting grain & judicial transgressionThe current state-managed public distribution system is corrupt beyond redemption.