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After ministry nudge, FCI starts probe into paddy recycling in Odisha
1 month, 1 week ago

After ministry nudge, FCI starts probe into paddy recycling in Odisha

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: The Food Corporation of India has begun a joint physical verification of paddy by associating teams of the state government in major rice mills in western Odisha districts where alleged massive recycling of custom milled rice has been reported to the central government. The ministry acted upon a complaint about massive corruption in physical verification of paddy at millers’ …

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Paddy procurement in Punjab going on smoothly, says Centre
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Paddy procurement in Punjab going on smoothly, says Centre

The Hindu  

Amid complaints and protests by farmers’ organisations in Punjab that paddy procurement from the State has been delayed, the Centre said on Saturday that the Food Corporation of India and the State agencies have procured 120.67 lakh metric tonnes paddy from the State. The Centre said so far 6.58 lakh farmers in the State have received the benefits of procurement …

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Paddy Production in Punjab: A Record Harvest on the Way to 185 LMT
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Paddy Production in Punjab: A Record Harvest on the Way to 185 LMT

Hindustan Times  

Union minister of state Ravneet Singh Bittu held a meeting with officials of Food Corporation of India (FCI) to review the movement and procurement of foodgrain in Punjab. The target of 185 LMT fixed for Kharif season 2024-25 will be fully procured and not a single grain of paddy will be left unprepared.

Rice millers call off strike after Punjab accedes to their demands
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Rice millers call off strike after Punjab accedes to their demands

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab Rice Millers Association of Punjab on Saturday called off their stir after a meeting with chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Saturday. Tarsem Saini, president of the Punjab Rice Millers Association, said that after the assurances given by CM Bhagwant Mann, the millers have decided to lift the strike. During the meeting with the association, the CM said …

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Procurement hits roadblock as millers refuse to lift, store paddy
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Procurement hits roadblock as millers refuse to lift, store paddy

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab Rice Millers Association general house on Wednesday unanimously decided not to participate in this year’s paddy procurement process and allow government agencies to store grains in their mills till the time their issues are resolved. Tarsem Saini, president of the Punjab Rice Millers Association, said, “We don’t have the space to store fresh paddy for milling, as our …

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Centre assures early lifting of food grains Fixes ₹2,320 per quintal for grade ‘A’ paddy
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre assures early lifting of food grains Fixes ₹2,320 per quintal for grade ‘A’ paddy

Hindustan Times  

The Union government has given written assurance to create 40 lakh metric tonne space by December 2024, while providing movement for 15 LMT by October end in response to the state government’s demand for enough space for delivery of rice during kharif marketing season 2024-25. Responding to the issue raised by Punjab chief secretary Anurag Verma about shortage of space …

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Punjab: Arhtiyas, labourers to strike work from October 1 over fee hike
3 months ago

Punjab: Arhtiyas, labourers to strike work from October 1 over fee hike

Hindustan Times  

Owing to unmet demands, the Arhtiyas’ Association and the Anaj Mandi Mazdoor Union in Punjab have announced a strike from October 1, the day when the state government is starting paddy procurement. Rakesh Tulli, head of the Anaj Mandi Mazdoor Union that has about 9 to 10 lakh labourers attached who work in 1,836 mandis of the state, said the …

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Paddy procurement in Tamil Nadu for PDS dips by 9.2L MT
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Paddy procurement in Tamil Nadu for PDS dips by 9.2L MT

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Paddy procurement in Tamil Nadu for the Public Distribution System declined sharply by 9.26 lakh metric tonnes in 2023-24 and stood at 34.96 lakh MT against last year’s 44.22 lakh MT. Lower paddy procurement is expected to raise the food bill for the Food Corporation of India, which relies on the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation to acquire paddy …

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Paradigms addressed by direct purchase of rice from FCI for States: Explained
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paradigms addressed by direct purchase of rice from FCI for States: Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: Union Minister for Food and Consumer Affairs Pralhad Joshi announced on August 1 that States can directly purchase rice from the Food Corporation of India under the Open Market Sale Scheme without participating in the e-auction beginning August 1. Under the Open Market Sale Scheme, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution sells excess …

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Telangana to launch a new weather app for farmers and procurement centres
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Telangana to launch a new weather app for farmers and procurement centres

The Hindu  

In a welcome initiative, the Telangana Government will shortly launch a new weather app to alert procurement centres and farmers on hourly basis about the weather conditions. Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka in his Telangana Budget 2024-25 speech in the State Assembly on Thursday said that in the earlier regime, payments to the farmers for the …

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₹1.37-cr paddy embezzlement: Kapurthala police yet to register FIR against rice mill owner
8 months ago

₹1.37-cr paddy embezzlement: Kapurthala police yet to register FIR against rice mill owner

Hindustan Times  

Kapurthala: Even as Punjab State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited submitted a report pertaining to embezzlement of paddy worth ₹1.37 crore, Kapurthala police are yet to register a first information report against a Kapurthala-based rice miller, who was accused of misappropriating 5,514 quintals of paddy. Even as Punjab State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited submitted a report pertaining to embezzlement of paddy …

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Millers Ignore CMR Delivery Deadline Civil Supplies Officials Remain Tightlipped
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Millers Ignore CMR Delivery Deadline Civil Supplies Officials Remain Tightlipped

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Despite the January 31 deadline set for millers to return custom-milled rice from the paddy given to them, officials from the state civil supplies corporation are tightlipped on the volume of the custom-milled rice that has come back. Citing the Rs 56,000 crore debt and Rs 11,000 crore losses piled up by the BRS regime, the minister had noted …

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FCI begins direct paddy procurement in Karaikal
10 months, 3 weeks ago

FCI begins direct paddy procurement in Karaikal

New Indian Express  

KARAIKAL: The Food Corporation of India has started procuring paddy from farmers in Karaikal on Thursday. The food corporation is aiming to directly procure around 3,000 metric tonnes of paddy this year after a modest procurement last year. The Kharif Marketing Season procurement officially began on January 1, but the arrival of paddy at FCI centres commenced on Thursday. The …

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After govt’s warning, millers deliver 56K MT of CMR rice to FCI
10 months, 3 weeks ago

After govt’s warning, millers deliver 56K MT of CMR rice to FCI

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD : The stern warning issued by the Congress government to millers over delivery of custom milled rice seems to be working wonders. After procuring paddy from the farmers at minimum support price, the state government gives it to rice millers to process paddy into custom milled rice. However, after Congress came to power, Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar …

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Committee Members Allege Non-cooperation in FCI Visits, Move HC
11 months ago

Committee Members Allege Non-cooperation in FCI Visits, Move HC

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Five of the 12 members of the consultative committee of the Food Corporation of India filed in the TS High Court.The CC members said the committee chairman, BRS Rajya Sabha member K. Keshava Rao, had remained a silent spectator. Minutes of the meetings between Dr Keshava Rao, the Civil Supplies Corporation commissioner and the TS FCI officers, which have …

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FCI overhaul a landmark, says food minister on its 60th anniversary
11 months, 1 week ago

FCI overhaul a landmark, says food minister on its 60th anniversary

Hindustan Times  

India’s self-sufficiency in food, which ensures no citizen in the world’s most populous country sleeps hungry, is one of the “greatest achievements in human history”, Union minister of food, commerce and consumer affairs Piyush Goyal said on Sunday, lauding the role of the Food Corporation of India on its 60th founding anniversary. Union minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday addressed the …

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FCI uses AI-based equipment to detect frauds, says official
11 months, 1 week ago

FCI uses AI-based equipment to detect frauds, says official

Hindustan Times  

​ The Food Corporation of India, which manages the government’s granaries, has spruced up its countrywide operations, introducing artificial intelligence-based equipment to detect fraud in its processes involving millions of farmers, a large network of transporters and silos, an official said. The agency now uses AI-based grain sorters to examine the quality of wheat and rice it buys from farmers, …

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AP to purchase 5 lakh metric tonne of Bondalu variety of paddy
1 year, 8 months ago

AP to purchase 5 lakh metric tonne of Bondalu variety of paddy

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: The AP government, which discouraged the cultivation of the Bondalu variety of paddy for the past six to seven years, is ready this season to buy the variety from farmers to an extent of 5 lakh metric tonne. By the time of Kharif season, an indication had been given by the YSRC government to farmers that Bondalu variety would …

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Despite Centre’s allocation of free rice, Tamil Nadu’s food subsidy bill continues to go up
1 year, 9 months ago

Despite Centre’s allocation of free rice, Tamil Nadu’s food subsidy bill continues to go up

The Hindu  

Despite the Centre making the rice allocation free to States under the National Food Security Act, the Tamil Nadu government’s food subsidy bill is on the rise. As part of the NFSA allocation, Tamil Nadu’s share is approximately 36.77 lakh tonnes, of which the Antyodaya Anna Yojana category gets 7.83 lakh tonnes; Priority Households get 17.76 lakh tonnes and the …

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Telangana govt forms special teams to recover PDS rice stocks from rice millers
1 year, 9 months ago

Telangana govt forms special teams to recover PDS rice stocks from rice millers

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Many millers have not returned milled rice to the government for the public distribution system and the state government has constituted special inspection teams to recover the stocks. TS Civil Supplies Corporation chairman Sardar Ravinder Singh held a review meeting with senior officials here on Friday to chalk out action plan to recover rice stocks arrears from mills. Singh …

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TS govt-Centre headed for another Rabi paddy procurement showdown
1 year, 9 months ago

TS govt-Centre headed for another Rabi paddy procurement showdown

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Paddy procurement in the ongoing rabi season is expected to create a fresh round of tussle between the Centre and the Telangana government. The state government wants the Centre to procure parboiled rice as it expects a record paddy production of 1.50 crore tonnes with paddy sown in a record 54 lakh acres. This led to a confrontation between …

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OpIndia Exclusive: RTI reveals Punjab biggest beneficiary in central govt’s procurement of wheat and paddy, MSP increased every year since 2014
1 year, 9 months ago

OpIndia Exclusive: RTI reveals Punjab biggest beneficiary in central govt’s procurement of wheat and paddy, MSP increased every year since 2014

Op India  

In reply to OpIndia’s RTI, it has been revealed that since the 2013-14 financial year, Punjab has been the biggest beneficiary in the central government’s procurement of wheat and paddy. Top beneficiaries of wheat procurement As per the data provided by the procurement department of FCI, Since FY 2013-14 till date, Punjab has remained the top beneficiary except for FY …

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FCI directs officials to accept only fortified raw rice
1 year, 11 months ago

FCI directs officials to accept only fortified raw rice

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: In a move that is likely to trigger a fresh controversy between the BRS government and the Centre, the Food Corporation of India has issued directions to its officials in Telangana state to accept only fortified raw rice for public distribution starting on January 9. The FCI's circular may spark a verbal spat between the Telangana government and the …

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Centre\'s relief to TS Govt: Extends deadline for kharif rice procurement
2 years, 1 month ago

Centre\'s relief to TS Govt: Extends deadline for kharif rice procurement

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: In a relief to Telangana state government, the Centre’s Food Corporation of India has extended the deadline by one month until November 30 to hand over rice stocks of the previous kharif season 2021-22 after milling. It also agreed to procure an additional four lakh tonnes of fortified boiled rice stocks from the state pertaining to recent rabi season …

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