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COVID-19 : Govt extends life insurance cover to over 1 lakh FCI employees
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): Food and Consumer Affairs Minister, Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday announced that more than one lakh Food Corporation of India (FCI) employees, including 80 thousand workers, have been given life insurance cover for a period of 6 months starting March 24, in th
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Lockdown : NGOs permitted to buy food grains directly from FCI for providi
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): The Central government has directed Food Corporation of India (FCI) to provide wheat and rice to NGOs and charitable organizations, providing cooked food to poor people amid lockdown, at the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS) rates without going through the e-au
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FCI sets all-time record in single day transportation of food grains
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Food Corporation of India (FCI) has set a new record in single-day movement by moving 70 rakes carrying 1.93 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT) continuously for two days on April 3 and 4.
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Ram Vilas Paswan thanks FCI workers for timely delivery of grains amid COV
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Saturday thanked officials and workers of the Food Corporation (FCI) for ensuring the availability of food grains in the country amid the nationwide lockdown.
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FCI ramps up foodgrain supplies across country during lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): The Food Corporation of India (FCI) is ensuring uninterrupted supply of wheat and rice throughout the country during the lockdown period.
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54,600 MT of boiled rice dispatched to South India: FCI Telangana
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Mar 31 (ANI): Around 54,600 MT of boiled rice and 13,000 MT of raw rice has been dispatched to Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka since the announcement of 21-day countrywide lockdown due to coronavirus outbreak in the country, the Food Corporation of India (FCI)
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Shops catering to essential services will continue to operate during lockd
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said that those shops which are catering to essential services will continue doing so during the 21-day nationwide lockdown, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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State govts can now procure their quota of food grains from FCI on 3 month
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): The state governments can now procure their quota of food grains on three months' credit from the Food Corporation of India (FCI) in the wake of coronavirus outbreak in the country, Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has said.
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State can lift foodgrains for 3 months from FCI: Sitharaman
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 23 (ANI): The Central government on Monday allowed States and Union Territories to lift foodgrain for three months from the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to ensure an adequate supply of foodgrains to the public in view of coronavirus spread in the country.
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WB: Eight convicted in Murshidabad fake currency notes case
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Nov 29 (ANI): A special court has convicted eight persons in connection with the case pertaining to the high quality fake Indian currency notes (FICN) recovered from West Bengal's Murshidabad in May 2015.
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Cabinet approves increase in authorised capital of FCI to Rs 10,000 crore
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 27 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved the increase in authorised capital of Food Corporation of India (FCI) from existing Rs 3,500 crore to Rs 10,000 crore.
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Bhagel writes to PM Modi requesting hike in support price of paddy to Rs 2
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Oct 25 (ANI): Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting hike in support price of paddy to Rs 2,500 per quintal in the year 2019-20 in larger interest of farmers.
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