Food Corporation of India

The Union Food Ministry indicated that it is willing to make changes to the Open Market Sales Scheme after the first e-auction of rice | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR As the Congress attacked the Centre on Monday over the reluctance…

MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das has said the central bank will strive to get headline inflation to its 4% target but flagged El Ninoas a challenge to its efforts. Das said that that the economy will grow at 6.5% in…

<!-- -->The centre has projected a record wheat production of 112.18 million tonne in the 2023-24. (File)New Delhi: The government on Tuesday said the export ban on wheat will continue as long as the country does not feel comfortable…

Union Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra asserted that wheat crops are unlikely to get damaged although temperatures are little bit on higher side and exuded confidence of achieving a record output of 112 million tonne in this crop year ending…

Wheat crop is in good condition and the government's procurement would be normal at 300-400 lakh tonne in the 2023-24 marketing year starting March, FCI Chairman and Managing Director Ashok K Meena said on Thursday. "Area sown to wheat is…

NEW DELHI: The government won’t lift restrictions on export of wheat before the next crop, which arrives in March-April, keeping in mind how production was hit last year due to early onset of summer in March impacting the Food Corporation…

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Procurement of paddy for the central pool in the ongoing 2022-23 kharif marketing season was 6.8% higher at 21.45 million tonnes as on November 7, compared with 20.08 million tonnes a year earlier, according to latest data from Food…

NEW DELHI: With prices cooling down and domestic supply improving, the government is reviewing export checks, including on steel and ricethat had been imposed over the last few months. While the commerce and industry ministry, which had…

The story so far: On September 9, the Centre instituted a ban on the export of broken rice. Additionally, it mandated an export duty of 20% on rice in husk (paddy or rough), husked (brown rice) and semi-milled or wholly-milled rice. The…