Food Corporation Of India Godowns

More than 22 lakh metric tonnes of foodgrains have so far been lifted by states and Union Territories from the Food Corporation of India godowns for distribution among people during the lockdown imposed in the country to contain the spread of COVID-19, a senior home ministry official said on Tuesday.

53,000 sacks of wheat are lying at a railway godown in Jaipur. Wheat that was purchased from Punjab is dumped there because of lack of storage space. Officials at the godown say, the wheat - 26 lakh kilos has now started emanating a bad smell and they have received complaints about the same from people in the vicinity too.

The government has approved export of two million tonnes of wheat from central pool stock in order to clear storage space for new crops.

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...

Liquor has found shelter in a government warehouse in Punjab, a state where hundreds of crores worth wheat grains are rotting for lack of storage space.

More than 22 lakh metric tonnes of foodgrains have so far been lifted by states and Union Territories from the Food Corporation of India godowns for distribution among people during the lockdown imposed in the country to contain the spread of COVID-19, a senior home ministry official said on Tuesday.

53,000 sacks of wheat are lying at a railway godown in Jaipur. Wheat that was purchased from Punjab is dumped there because of lack of storage space. Officials at the godown say, the wheat - 26 lakh kilos has now started emanating a bad smell and they have received complaints about the same from people in the vicinity too.

The government has approved export of two million tonnes of wheat from central pool stock in order to clear storage space for new crops.

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...

Liquor has found shelter in a government warehouse in Punjab, a state where hundreds of crores worth wheat grains are rotting for lack of storage space.