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PROCUREMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOODGRAINS
Govt to upgrade rice quality for public distributionIn a significant move to enhance food security, the government has decided to improve the quality of rice distributed to over 80 crore citi...- Agriculture Ministry's FY27 budget at Rs 1.4 lakh crore a five-fold jump from 2013-14 levelThe Modi government has five-folded the agriculture ministry budget to Rs 1.4 lakh crore for 2026-27. Over 3,000 climate-resistant crop var...
- QR codes on rice bags: Centre widens grain-tracking pilot to 3 statesThe Centre is expanding its QR tagging system for Food Corporation of India foodgrain bags. This initiative will cover Andhra Pradesh, Tela...
- Open MSP procurement, storage to private sector: StarAgri CEOStarAgri CEO Amith Agarwal advocates a bigger private-sector role in MSP procurement and storage to boost efficiency, warehousing capacity,...
- Government's foodgrain stocks hit 604 lakh tonnes, nearly three times buffer requirementIndia's food reserves are robust. Wheat and rice stocks in FCI godowns are nearly three times the mandatory buffer. This ensures ample supp...
- Food Ministry signs pact with FCI; sets target for procurement, better management of subsidyThe Food Ministry and FCI have signed an agreement for fiscal year 2025-26, focusing on improving foodgrain management and subsidy optimiza...
- Is a state law hiking levy binding on central govt?States are keenly observing the Punjab-Centre conflict in the Supreme Court over state legislation raising fees for foodgrain procurement u...
- FCI has supplied 69 lakh tonnes of foodgrains to states so far for free distribution under PMGKAY: GovtThis means that till November 2021, more than 80 crore people will continue to get decided quantity of free foodgrain every month.
- 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...
- Food ministry to separate procurement, storage of foodgrainsRaosaheb Danve said here today that his ministry would separate the functions of procurement and storage of foodgrains for effective manage...
- Centre asks states not to announce bonus on rice, wheat this yearIt also said the continuous mono-cropping is affecting soil health. Farmers are growing those crops on which states fix bonus.
- Govt mulls supplying packed foodgrains via ration shopsIn order to plug leakages in PDS and supply quality foodgrain under the new food law to 67% of the country's population, govt is looking at...
- Success of food law hinges on raising output: Sharad PawarSharad Pawar said the implementation of world's largest social welfare scheme should be enshrined on strong domestic production.
- Food Corporation of India asks for additional Rs 14,300 cr for rice procurementFood Corporation of India has sought an additional Rs 14,300 crore during this fiscal for rice procurement in the 2012-13 marketing season.
- FCI to hire 6,000 more employees in six monthsState-run foodgrain procurement agency FCI will hire additional 6,000 employees in the next six months, Food Minister K V Thomas said here ...
- Centre asks states to boost procurement for Food BillCentre has asked state govts to draw up an "action plan" to increase foodgrains procurement for successful implementation of proposed Food ...
- Food subsidy bill to rise by 27 per cent to Rs 74,231 crore this yearThe country's food subsidy bill is expected to jump by 27 per cent to Rs 74,231 crore in the 2010-11 fiscal, the Lok Sabha was told today.
- Implementing SC order on foodgrains not possible: PawarSupreme Court order asked the Centre to distribute foodgrain for free to the poorest instead of allowing it to rot due to lack of storage f...
- Wheat procurement reaches 90 lakh tonnesGovernment's wheat procurement has almost touched the 90 lakh tonne mark as on May 7 as compared to a total of 92 lakh tonnes bought from f...
- Govt plans breakup of FCINEW DELHI: Having committed itself to removing hurdles in the way of free movement and storage of foodgrains, the government is considering...
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