With complaints about “poor” quality of rice received from Punjab by the other rice consuming states trickling in, the Food Corporation of India has decided set up eight teams
The quantum of PDS rice lost in distribution could have fed approximately 21.67 lakh families, if one is to go by the State’s traditional thumb rule of 20 kg of rice per family
The action follows in the wake of similar reports of rice failing quality test in Nagaland, Karnataka, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.Written by Kanchan Vasdev Days after rice
Due to late commencement of milling, there is not enough room in government warehouses in Punjab to house the fresh crop as the national granary is already loaded with the last
Third shipment from state to be rejected | Pest infestation detected. Ruchika Khanna Tribune News Service As many as 18 wagons of rice, that left Punjab’s godowns earlier this
By Mayank Bhardwaj and Rajendra Jadhav NEW DELHI, Nov 8 (Reuters) – India’s rice inventories surged to an all-time high of 29.7 million metric tons in November,
The government has allocated 369,000 tonne of wheat and 291,000 tonne of rice from the Food Corporation of India (FCI) for the phase-2 retail intervention under the Price
Everyone is on the take — the arhtiya, the miller, the procurement agencies and the administration. This is an activity of money-laundering , a fit case for the ED to
According to the ministry, a total of 90.69 LT of paddy has arrived at mandis across Punjab as of November 2, with 85.41 LT already procured by the Food Corporation of India (FCI)