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Centre tweaks FCI funding, helping it to go debt free
FCI has long been resorting to external borrowings to maintain food reserves, fund its purchases of grains from farmers and redistribute them to 800 million beneficiaries free of cost
Updated on Jul 09, 2024 05:56 AM IST
B’shahr grain black marketing: Senior officials under scanner
A senior government official said the state authorities had ordered probe into the role of other officers responsible for the black marketing . He said such a big fraud of black-marketing of 3000 quintals food grains could not be take place without the connivance of district level officials or perhaps it was sheer negligence on their part .
Updated on Jun 07, 2024 05:02 AM IST
Wheat procurement sufficient for food-security schemes: Govt
Sufficient procurement is critical this year to help India, also the world’s second biggest wheat consumer, replenish depleted stocks, which have hit a 16-year-low
Updated on May 01, 2024 05:30 AM IST
Zia Haq, New Delhi
State agencies burdened due to farmers, arhtiyas’ FCI boycott in Moga
The arhtiyas had announced a boycott of FCI to protest against the deduction in the per quintal commission, following which farmers also boycotted the Adani Group-owned storage unit at Moga
Updated on Apr 29, 2024 09:30 AM IST
Parteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot
A push for FCI modernisation
Injection of funds can improve the efficiency of food procurement and distribution system
Published on Apr 22, 2024 10:59 PM IST
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