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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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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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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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Chhattisgarh CM writes to Paswan for increasing rice procurement limit und
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Sept 24 (ANI): Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday wrote a letter to Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan requesting permission for Food Corporation of India (FCI) to procure 32 lakh metric tons of rice from Chhattisgarh under the central pool.
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Paswan bans single-use plastic products in ministriy, PSUs
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), September 4 (ANI): Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday announced a complete ban on the use of single-use plastic in his ministry and all its PSUs including Food Corporation of India (FCI) from September 15.
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Work on steel silos in FCI will be expedited: Ramvilas Paswan
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): Union Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Ramvilas Paswan on Friday said the work on steel silos in the Food Corporation of India (FCI) would be expedited to take care of growing storage needs.
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J-K Governor Advisor asks FCI, oil PSUs to push supplies to Valley
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Mar 4 (ANI): Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, the Advisor to the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, on Monday directed the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and the Coordinator of Public Sector Oil Companies at Jammu to quickly push supplies to the Valley to take maximum
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FCI's procurement of paddy to boost farmers' income in Tripura
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India] Dec 29 (ANI): For the first time in the history of Tripura, the Food Corporation of India has started procuring paddy directly from farmers at Minimum Support Price (MSP).
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After CBSE, now FCI paper leaked; 50 detained
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Apr. 1 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh's Special Task Force (STF) on Sunday detained two agents and 48 aspirants for their alleged role in leaking a Food Corporation of India (FCI) examination paper.
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FCI technical assistant arrested in bribery case
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Malerkotla (Punjab) [India], Mar. 20 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested technical assistant of Food Corporation of India (FCI), Pankaj Kumar for taking a bribe of Rs. 1 lakh.
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Let FCI, other Govt. bodies issue transferrable instruments to farmers to
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 24 (ANI): In order to mitigate the problems of farmers and those engaged in allied activities like poultry farming and horticulture, arising out of the demonetization, the ASSOCHAM has suggested issuance of Transferrable Receipts (TRs) by agencies like the Food Corpora
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