Three Councillors of wards in the North Zone of Coimbatore Corporation on Monday urged the District Collector to stop the Food Corporation of India from installing a gate at the entrance of FCI Road. The FCI road connects Sathyamangalam Road, a National Highway near Ganapathy, to the road leading to Coimbatore Airport. Councillors A. Mariaraj of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Chithra …
Wheat harvesting began on a slow note in Punjab on Thursday. The procurement of wheat started on April 1 in the state, with 1,872 mandis and procurement centres opened by the food and civil supplies department. Initially, the state food department had made arrangements for 135 lakh tonne wheat and arranged cash credit limit of ₹ 29,000 crore from the …
Residents and motorists, who have been struggling due to the bad condition of the Food Corporation of India Godown Road near Ganapathy, are expected to get a relief soon as processes have been initiated to lay a cement concrete road. A reply obtained by consumer rights activist K. Kathirmathiyon from the FCI under the Right to Information Act says that …
It is close to lunch when we reach Thanjavur. Just the right time to visit India’s first Food Museum, which promises to whet visitors’ appetites with the history of what we serve on our plates. Built at a cost of ₹1.1 crore, the 1,860 square feet museum uses technology like projection mapping, touch screens, proximity sensors, and radio frequency identification. …
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the government’s ₹6,00,000 crore ‘National Monetisation Pipeline’ project on Monday. The total value of assets considered for monetisation is estimated at ₹45,200 crore over FY 2022-25, the NMP document said. Coal mining assets worth ₹28,747 crore The government has identified 160 coal mining assets worth an estimated at ₹28,747 crore for monetisation over four years …
