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Centre tweaks FCI funding, helping it to go debt free

Depending on disposal of cereal stocks and various other costs, the FCI provides finance ministry with its financial requirement every week, based on which funds are released. (Reuters)
Updated on Jul 09, 2024 05:56 AM IST

Record rice stocks may prompt higher public distribution

The government is required to have 13.5 million tonnes of rice as buffer stock beginning July 1 (Bloomberg)
Updated on May 28, 2024 01:24 AM IST

Ludhiana: 3 FCI officials among 4 in CBI net on graft charges

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has apprehended four persons, manager (quality) and two technical assistants of the FCI, Mullanpur Dhaka, Ludhiana, and a private person in a 50,000 bribery case. (REUTERS File/ Representational image)
Updated on May 23, 2024 07:22 AM IST

State agencies burdened due to farmers, arhtiyas’ FCI boycott in Moga

FCI, the central agency witnessed no direct procurement, putting the entire onus of procuring the grain on state agencies. (HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 29, 2024 09:30 AM IST

FCI allows Punjab to use open plinths for wheat storage for the last time

Labourers rest on sacks of wheat at Bhagtanwala Grain market in Amritsar (HT)
Updated on Mar 30, 2024 08:28 AM IST