Fci Godown

Amid the ongoing agitation by farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, the Central government has launched raids on some 45 warehouses in the two states, seizing samples of rice and wheat stocks. The Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) search operation has been on since last night and are being carried out with help of paramilitary forces, sour...

"The automation of the entire process from entry and exit of foodgrains at FCI depots would bring total transparency in the working of FCI. This will improve efficiency in operations of depots."

As election results were declared, mid-day spoke to two vendors outside the counting station at FCI godown in Koregaon Park

About 13,000 metric tonnes of foodgrain worth Rs 3 crore, meant to be distributed to poor families under the government's public distribution scheme, has gone missing from a Food Corporation of India (FCI) godown in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The depot manager has reportedly suggested that rats ate the 13,000 metric tonnes of rice and 37 metric tonn...

A goods train carrying rice from a Food Corporation of India (FCI) godown from Nagercoil derailed near Checkankanni station on Sunday, but no one was hurt, railway officials said. They said the train from Nagercoil carrying rice for Public Distribution System (PDS) shops arrived here this morning at 8.40 am. Thirty wagons remained here to enable t...

NDTV had earlier exposed how tonnes of food grains were rotting outside government granaries and now with a fresh crop ready for harvest the big question is where will the government store all this wheat, because on the ground at least the situation remains the same. Food grains are rotting despite the Centre's promise to increase capacity in Punja...

Jaipur's main FCI godown should be full of food grains, but these days much of it is being used to store liquor. While food grains rot in the open, liqour fills up much of this godown.

In the midst of the drought, the only comforting factor is that India has 50 million tonnes of food stocks.

Amid the ongoing agitation by farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, the Central government has launched raids on some 45 warehouses in the two states, seizing samples of rice and wheat stocks. The Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) search operation has been on since last night and are being carried out with help of paramilitary forces, sour...

"The automation of the entire process from entry and exit of foodgrains at FCI depots would bring total transparency in the working of FCI. This will improve efficiency in operations of depots."

As election results were declared, mid-day spoke to two vendors outside the counting station at FCI godown in Koregaon Park

About 13,000 metric tonnes of foodgrain worth Rs 3 crore, meant to be distributed to poor families under the government's public distribution scheme, has gone missing from a Food Corporation of India (FCI) godown in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The depot manager has reportedly suggested that rats ate the 13,000 metric tonnes of rice and 37 metric tonn...

A goods train carrying rice from a Food Corporation of India (FCI) godown from Nagercoil derailed near Checkankanni station on Sunday, but no one was hurt, railway officials said. They said the train from Nagercoil carrying rice for Public Distribution System (PDS) shops arrived here this morning at 8.40 am. Thirty wagons remained here to enable t...

NDTV had earlier exposed how tonnes of food grains were rotting outside government granaries and now with a fresh crop ready for harvest the big question is where will the government store all this wheat, because on the ground at least the situation remains the same. Food grains are rotting despite the Centre's promise to increase capacity in Punja...

Jaipur's main FCI godown should be full of food grains, but these days much of it is being used to store liquor. While food grains rot in the open, liqour fills up much of this godown.

In the midst of the drought, the only comforting factor is that India has 50 million tonnes of food stocks.