Foodgrain Scam

The Madhya Pradesh government has launched a crackdown after the Prime Minister's Office sought a report on allegations that poor quality rice was sent to the state's tribal heartland via a compromised public distribution system amid the coronavirus lockdown.

Severe anomalies are present in the Public Distribution System at a village in Punjab's Sangrur district, NDTV has found. The Aam Aadmi Party has been demanding an investigation into what it has dubbed the foodgrain scam.

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...

Lucknow raids: The Central bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday carried out searches at 12 locations in Lucknow in connection with the multi-crore foodgarin scam. The premises that were raided included two godowns of the UP State Food Corporation.

The Madhya Pradesh government has launched a crackdown after the Prime Minister's Office sought a report on allegations that poor quality rice was sent to the state's tribal heartland via a compromised public distribution system amid the coronavirus lockdown.

Severe anomalies are present in the Public Distribution System at a village in Punjab's Sangrur district, NDTV has found. The Aam Aadmi Party has been demanding an investigation into what it has dubbed the foodgrain scam.

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...

Lucknow raids: The Central bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday carried out searches at 12 locations in Lucknow in connection with the multi-crore foodgarin scam. The premises that were raided included two godowns of the UP State Food Corporation.