The Latest Breaking News from Food Corporation of India

The Congress-led Karnataka government has been facing challenges in fulfilling its promise of providing five kg of rice to Below Poverty Line (BPL) and Antyodaya card holders. The Centre’s discontinuation of the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS), which provided surplus grains, has put Karnataka in a difficult position. This move…

The CBI on Tuesday conducted searches at over 30 locations in Punjab, including Rajpura, Patiala, Sarhind, Fatehgarh Sahib, Mohali, Sonam, Moga, Firozapur, Ludhiana, Sangrur, at the premises of Food Corporation of India (FCI) officials, said sources.

LUCKNOW: The early heat wave has impacted the Rabi crop in the state this year with production of wheat taking a hit, Food Corporation of India officials informed Union minister of state for food and public distribution Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti who was reviewing the status of wheat procurement in Lucknow…

HYDERABAD: The procurement status of 70 lakh metric tonnes of paddy ready for the current yasangi (rabi) season is in limbo due to a dispute between the state and central governments. But, that is not all. As a result of unsolved issues between the state and the Centre, the Food…

NEW DELHI: Union food minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday assured that the Centre will procure excess stocks of raw rice from Telangana as per the quality specified by the Food Corporation of India.

Jawaharnagar police arrested two persons who were allegedly involved in an inter-State racket of fake recruitment to Indian Railways, the Food Corporation of India and for money laundering violations. Police recovered ₹ 9 lakh cash, several documents including fake joining letters and other specimen copies.