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Centre relaxes quality norms for procurement of shrivelled, broken grains
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The Centre on Sunday informed that it has decided to allow the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to procure wheat in Punjab and Haryana including the Union Territory of Chandigarh by relaxing the Fair and Average Quality (FAQ) of shrivelled and broken grains up
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Centre allows Telangana to deposit 6.05 LMT of fortified parboiled rice wi
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): The central government has allowed Telangana to deposit 6.05 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of fortified parboiled rice with the Food Corporation of India (FCI), the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution said on Saturday.
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Odisha Minister seeks personal intervention of Piyush Goyal for subsidy re
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 12 (ANI): Odisha's Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister, Ranendra Pratap Swain on Thursday, wrote a letter to the Union Minister Piyush Goyal, urging and seeking his personal intervention to resolve the issues regarding the release of subsidies, evacu
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Centre releases Rs 2,94,718 crore to FCI, states for food subsidy
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): The Centre has released Rs 2,94,718 crore to the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and state governments for food subsidy under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) and National Food Security Act (NFSA) during 2021-22, the Ministry of Consumer
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Department of Food, Public Distribution develops roadmap for rollout of on
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): The Department of Food and Public Distribution has developed a roadmap to roll out Online Storage Management (OSM) in the country, which aims to put in place a single source of information for food grains stored in the country for the central pool through
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Centre planning to reduce import of edible oil by increasing production, a
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): With the aim of reducing the country's import dependency for edible oil, which is about 60 per cent of the total production presently, and in line with the 'Atma Nirbhar' campaign, the Food Corporation of India (FCI) has recommended increasing the pro
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FCI adopts modern technology, scientific methods to improve outcomes, prov
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): In a modernisation bid, the Food Corporation of India (FCI) has improved its functioning and also incorporated scientific methods.
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Centre moving from traditional storage of food grains to steel silos to pr
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): In a bid to stop spoilage of food grains at storage facilities, the Central government is preparing to change the storage system and bring in stainless steel 'silos', informed Deputy General Manager (Lucknow, UP Region) of Food Corporation of India Jag P
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Will eradicate malnutrition by distributing fortified rice among poor: GM
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 22 (ANI): To eradicate the issue of malnutrition among people by 2024, fortified rice will be distributed to people through various schemes as announced by Prime Minister Narendra Mod from the Red Fort on Independence Day, General Manager (Region
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To meet state's demands, TRS gives instruction to its MPs in Parliament to
Updated : 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): High command of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has instructed its members of Parliament in both houses to create a ruckus in the Houses till suspension, sources said.
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FCI records all-time high wheat procurement of 433.44 lakh MT
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 24 (ANI): The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has recorded an all-time high wheat procurement of 433.44 lakh MT, recording an 11 per cent increase over last year's procurement, informed the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution on W
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Telangana Rashtra Samithi stages protest in Hyderabad against Centre over
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], November 18 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao along with Telangana Rashtra Samithi leaders including its MPs, MLAs, ministers and ZPTC leaders staged a protest against the Central government over the issue of paddy procurement in Hyderabad
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