FCI to sell 10.13 lakh tonnes of wheat to bulk users on Wednesday via e-auctionsFood Corporation of India has sold 28.85 lakh tonnes of wheat to bulk consumers in the five rounds of e-auction held so far. According to a...
14 Mar, 2023, 04.04 PM IST
Grain supply won’t go into a squeeze, says Ram Vilas PaswanWe are also prepared to provide them 5 kg free foodgrain for the next three months, as announced under PM Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY),...
01 Apr, 2020, 11.34 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 operations hit in lockdown, seeks mention in exemption listPolice and local administration, specially in states of Punjab and Haryana from where surplus food grains have to be moved to other parts o...
25 Mar, 2020, 10.36 PM IST
Wheat procurement up 16% so far; may cross target of 32 million tonsAs many as 18,326 centres have been established for wheat procurement this year, as against 17,304 centres last year, senior FCI official s...
14 May, 2018, 04.45 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
Government's rice procurement still lags at 10.35 million tonnesThe Food Corporation of India and state agencies undertake procurement of rice and wheat to ensure that farmers get a minimum support price.
25 Nov, 2014, 03.23 PM IST
Ram Vilas Paswan asks FCI staff to give 100 hrs/year to 'Swachh Bharat'Paswan, said there is no respect for sweepers in India unlike developed countries and that needs to be changed.
29 Sep, 2014, 07.03 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
Government approves FCI plan to raise Rs 8,000 crore via long-term bondsFCI is facing problems in running operations in view of non-payment of food subsidy worth Rs 40,000 crore from the government.
09 Feb, 2014, 11.32 AM IST
Govt's rice procurement drops to 34.1 mn tonnes in 2012-13Government's rice procurement declined marginally by 3 per cent to 34.1 million tonnes in the 2012-13 marketing year that ended last month.
03 Oct, 2013, 06.38 PM IST
Eyes on Food Security Law, FCI's food grains movement up by 30%The movement of food grains by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) across the country has gone up by 30% in the last quarter.
17 Sep, 2013, 08.06 PM IST
FCI exports 4.19 mn tonnes wheat; to earn over Rs 7,000 croreFCI has exported 4.19 million tonnes of wheat, valued at more than Rs 7,000 crore, in the past one year.
27 Jun, 2013, 04.22 PM IST
- FCI plans to raise Rs 8,000 cr via bonds issue in FY'14
Food Corporation of India is planning to raise Rs 8,000 crore through issue of bonds in the current fiscal to improve its working capital.
11 Jun, 2013, 04.06 PM IST
- Private traders stay away from wheat export bids
The Centre had allowed wheat export of 5 million tonne for 2011-12 crop from its godowns through private traders in a bid to ease the stora...
23 May, 2013, 07.28 PM IST
- FCI to make direct payment to farmers in paddy lifting season
FCI has decided to make direct payment to farmers for their produce in the coming paddy lifting season to bring more transparency in procur...
31 Aug, 2010, 04.50 PM IST
- Huge gap of 50 lakh tonne in FCI wheat stocks, enquiry ordered
Government has ordered an enquiry into alleged missing of grains worth over Rs 3,200 crore from Food Corporation of India (FCI) godowns.
07 Mar, 2003, 05.06 PM IST