New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has paused rice receipts from the 'Central pool' to Telangana under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY) alleging that the state government had deprived the beneficiaries of the central public distribution
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): The central government has allowed Telangana to deposit 6.05 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of fortified parboiled rice with the Food Corporation of India (FCI), the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution said on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): With a view to safeguarding the interests of Odisha farmers, Biju Janta Dal (BJD) Member of Parliament Amar Patnaik on Saturday wrote to Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal and urged him to intervene in the issue of
Colombo [Sri Lanka], February 8 (ANI): Sri Lanka will import 1,00,000 metric tonnes of white rice and 50,000 metric tonnes of parboiled rice from Myanmar during the years 2022 and 2023.
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said that procurement of paddy and rice from Telangana has increased threefold in the past five years.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], October 10 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday sought intervention by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking him to issue a direction to the Department of Food and Public Distribution to accept estimated surplus parboiled rice from the state for
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 22 (ANI): The Biju Janta Dal MPs delegation on Thursday held talks with Union Minister Piyush Goyal on parboiled rice procurement and pending subsidy issue, said BJD in a statement while adding that Goyal has assured all support and early solution.