January 20, 2023 6:59 am
Addressing a press conference, Chopra said, “What happened in FCI was very unfortunate. We are deeply concerned about the occurrence…”
October 14, 2022 9:47 am
Cereal inflation, at over 11.5 per cent in September, is the highest since end-2013. With the next wheat crop due only after mid-March and uncertainty over even rice production in the current kharif season, the government has reasons to worry.
August 26, 2022 8:19 pm
FCI Recruitment 2022: The form will be available from 28th September from 10 am till 27th October at 4 pm. The application form can be availed from the official website- recruitmentfci.in
April 23, 2022 11:12 am
The procurement of wheat in the 2022-23 rabi marketing season is in progress in a number of states. How much does the government procure, why and for whom, at what price, and through what process?
April 30, 2022 11:06 pm
Instead of going to the government mandis where wheat from farmers is procured at MSP fixed by the government, they prefer to sell their crop to a private firm.
April 13, 2022 5:50 am
Central team in Punjab today to assess shrivelling of wheat grains
April 08, 2022 8:44 pm
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) defines fortification as "deliberately increasing the content of essential micronutrients in a food so as to improve the nutritional quality of food and to provide public health benefit with minimal risk to health".
March 14, 2022 8:43 pm
Increasing wheat exports will not only reduce its food subsidy bill, but also compensate for the higher costs of imports of crude oil
October 11, 2021 7:33 am
“... Your kind personal intervention is requested for issuing a direction to DFPD to accept the estimated surplus parboiled rice from the State for the next KMS (Kharif marketing season) 2021-22," Patnaik wrote.
June 16, 2021 6:22 am
Addressing a press conference via video conference, Union Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said, “By 2025, total production of ethanol… it is going to be grain-based 740 crore litres and sugar-based 760 crore litres. So, overall, 1,500 crore litres supplies...”