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B’shahr grain black marketing: Senior officials under scanner

A senior government official said the state authorities had ordered probe into the role of other officers responsible for the black marketing . He said such a big fraud of black-marketing of 3000 quintals food grains could not be take place without the connivance of district level officials or perhaps it was sheer negligence on their part .

The state government on Wednesday suspended several officials in connection with the fraud. (Pic for representation)

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Updated on Jun 07, 2024 05:02 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Wheat procurement sufficient for food-security schemes: Govt

Sufficient procurement is critical this year to help India, also the world’s second biggest wheat consumer, replenish depleted stocks, which have hit a 16-year-low

Procurement refers to purchases of grains by the Food Corporation of India (FCI), the Centre’s main grain-handling agency, at federally determined floor prices (HT)

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Updated on May 01, 2024 05:30 AM IST

ByZia Haq, New Delhi

State agencies burdened due to farmers, arhtiyas’ FCI boycott in Moga

The arhtiyas had announced a boycott of FCI to protest against the deduction in the per quintal commission, following which farmers also boycotted the Adani Group-owned storage unit at Moga

FCI, the central agency witnessed no direct procurement, putting the entire onus of procuring the grain on state agencies. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 29, 2024 09:30 AM IST

ByParteek Singh Mahal, Faridkot

A push for FCI modernisation

Injection of funds can improve the efficiency of food procurement and distribution system

FCI, a state-owned corporation through which 70% of federal food subsidies are routed, is critical for the country’s food security as it procures millions of tonnes of farm produce at federally fixed minimum support prices (HT File)

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Published on Apr 22, 2024 10:59 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

FCI allows Punjab to use open plinths for wheat storage for the last time

The FCI gave a leeway due to lack of storage space even as the Centre has mandated storage of food grains in covered godowns to save grains from the vagaries of the weather.

Labourers rest on sacks of wheat at Bhagtanwala Grain market in Amritsar (HT)

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Updated on Mar 30, 2024 08:28 AM IST

ByGurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh

Punjab rice millers to protest if AGA not adopted

Addressing a press conference, RMA president Tarsem Saini told that the FCI headquarters have directed all its centres, particularly in Punjab, to use automatic grain analyser (AGA) for quality control (QC), but the local FCI office insisted on manual check.

The rice millers called for 100% use of AGA and have also demanded the withdrawal of SOP. (Getty Images)

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Updated on Mar 21, 2024 09:02 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Special CBI court convicts FCI officials in Bathinda for corruption

The convicts were identified as Sita Ram, former assistant manager of quality control, Ashok Kumar Gupta, former deputy manager of quality control, Subhranshu, district manager and Dalip Singh, proprietor of M/s. Hemkunt Rice Mills.

The CBI had filed a chargesheet on November 28, 2008 against FCI officials and the rice mill owner after 26 samples did not meet the prescribed specifications during joint surprise checks conducted by the probe agency and the vigilance branch of FCI. (Shutterstock)

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Updated on Mar 21, 2024 08:58 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Mohali

Pune district collector reviews security at EVM strong room in Koregaon Park

Diwase’s visit assumes significance in the wake of an EVM theft incident reported in the district recently after which a sub-divisional officer, tehsildar and sub-divisional police officer were suspended

Dr Diwase also took details on CCTV, power supply, anti fire measures and maintenance and updation of official registers kept at the venue. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

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Published on Feb 11, 2024 09:44 PM IST

ByNadeem Inamdar

All that was trending in the food world in 1999

From choco lava cake to cosmo, here’s what was droolworthy in 1999

Cosmopolitan Cocktail caught everyone’s attention worldwide

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Published on Feb 01, 2024 06:48 PM IST

BySanchita Kalra

Eat with the eyes first: 25 food films to watch

25 soulful films that serve a delicious mix of food and cinema

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Published on Feb 01, 2024 06:39 PM IST

BySanchita Kalra

FCI scam: CBI court frames charges against three

The accused are Rajeev Kumar Mishra, deputy general manager, FCI, regional office, Chandigarh; Satish Verma, manager (QC), FCI, divisional office, Chandigarh, and Ravinder Singh Khaira, owner of Guru Kripa Rice and Agro Industries, Lubhangarh, Kharar, Punjab

CBI got information that FCI officers in conspiracy with rice millers were covering up shortages in stocks and were accepting low quality foodgrains, which were being transported to across the country. (Getty Images/Purestock)

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Updated on Jan 17, 2024 09:52 AM IST

ByTanbir Dhaliwal, Chandigarh

FCI employee found on-board Ludhiana-bound train

The deceased travelling back Ludhiana from an official trip to Kolkata with his colleagues in Lohit Express.

The deceased had been suffering from a heart ailment for long. (HT File)

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Updated on Jan 16, 2024 07:57 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

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

In 2022-23, the FCI bought 76.56 million tonnes of paddy and 26.2 million tonnes of wheat from about 12.3 million cultivators, paying them ₹2.19 lakh crore in all

Union minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday addressed the FCI event virtually (Twitter/ video screengrab)

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Published on Jan 14, 2024 03:27 PM IST

ByZia Haq

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

The corporation is mandated to buy “fair and average quality” grains that must confirm to technical specifications related to moisture content

The agency now uses AI-based grain sorters to examine the quality of wheat and rice it buys from farmers, which ensures poor produce is automatically vetted, the official said (AP)

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Updated on Jan 14, 2024 12:36 AM IST

ByZia Haq, New Delhi

Paddy procurement: Pungrain tops charts, FCI likely to miss purchase target again

The state agriculture department has estimated 182 LMT of paddy yield (both non-basmati and basmati varieties) this year from 31.93 hectares of area under cultivation in Punjab this season.

Labourers winnowing the grains at the grain market in Jalandhar. (ANI)

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Updated on Nov 18, 2023 07:46 AM IST

ByNavrajdeep Singh, Jalandhar

‘Anna Bhagya’ scheme hits roadblock; Congress, BJP spar over rice supply

The Karnataka government has scheduled the launch of the ‘Anna Bhagya’ scheme, one of the five guarantees the Congress made ahead of the elections on 1 July

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah (right) and BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai (left) (File Photo)

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Updated on Jun 15, 2023 05:22 PM IST

ByPriyanka Rudrappa

Cereal stocks swell, wheat procurement crosses 24MT

The Food Corporation of India has purchased over 24 million tonnes of wheat, surpassing the cereal stock threshold necessary for India's food security requirements. The government will continue to buy wheat in an open-ended manner, with an estimated procurement of 34 million tonnes this year. The combined stock position of wheat and rice in state-owned granaries is now well above 55 million tonnes, putting the country in a comfortable position.

In 2022, the Centre’s wheat procurement had plunged to 18 million tonne (Representational image)

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Updated on May 09, 2023 12:04 AM IST

ByZia Haq

Private buyers in Punjab unlikely to cross amount of wheat purchased in 2022

Wheat purchase by the private players this rabi marketing season in Punjab may not cross last year’s number even as traders and processing units have bought 4% of the wheat that arrived in the mandis.

In 2022, private players registered 6.35 lakh tonnes from the state. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 30, 2023 09:35 PM IST

ByVishal Joshi, Bathinda

Maha-Metro yet to build FCI godown

The Maha-Metro is prepared to build and hand over a godown to the Food Corporation of India (FCI), however, they are unable to get suitable land within the municipal limits

On the said land, Maha-Metro is building an interchange metro station for all metro corridors. In return, they are committed to building a similar facility and handing it over to the FCI. (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Apr 23, 2023 10:07 PM IST

BySiddharth Gadkari

Haryana set to miss its wheat procurement target this year

As per information, government agencies in Haryana had earlier predicted to procure 85 lakh MT of wheat but later after consultation with states, the Food Corporation of India (FCI) estimated that Haryana’s wheat procurement target for this season is set to be 75 lakh MT.

As per figures, government agencies have so far procured 58.59 lakh MT wheat from 408 mandis and procurement centres of the Haryana till date. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 22, 2023 10:54 PM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

Wheat arrival picks up in Punjab mandis

Punjab's wheat arrival this season is far behind last year's at 15.05 lakh tonnes due to rain, hailstorms and wind damage. The state has so far procured 1.94 lakh tonnes across 1,111 mandis. Arrival is expected to pick up by the end of the week as full-scale harvesting begins. The state government will also own the value cut imposed on damaged wheat crops due to the weather, announced Bhagwant Mann, Punjab's chief minister, via Twitter. The value cut will cost an estimated INR60 crore ($8m) for the 100-120 lakh tonnes of crop expected to reach the mandis.

Farmers use a combine harvester in a wheat field during harvesting season in Amritsar on Wednesday. (PTI)

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Updated on Apr 13, 2023 01:26 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

In Bihar, wheat procurement to start on April 20; 10 lakh MT is the target

Co-operative department secretary Bandana Preyashi said the government’s objective behind procurement in Bihar was to ensure that farmer did not have to opt for distress selling of produce.

A woman labourer in Nagpur cleans up the wheat grains for sale at a wholesale market. (ANI/REPRESENTATIVE FILE IMAGE)

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Updated on Apr 12, 2023 01:44 PM IST

ByAnirban Guha Roy

Central teams land in Punjab, collect 55 samples to assess grain damage

Eight teams of scientists from the Union ministry of food and public distribution visit mandis across Punjab to assess the quality of wheat grain arriving for purchase by government agencies

According to the officers of the state food and civil supplies department, the teams took samples from different mandis in districts of Mohali, Patiala, Sangrur, Ludhiana and Ferozepur, which would be sent to the ministry’s laboratories for quality assessment. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 07, 2023 09:36 PM IST

ByGurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh

Wheat arrival begins on slow note in food bowl Punjab

Wheat harvest in Punjab begins slowly due to rain and hailstorm damage, with only 1,078 tonnes arriving in state mandis so far. Yield loss is estimated at 10-15%.

A farmer harvests wheat crop using a combine machine in Bahi Bakhtor village on Bathinda-Mansa road in Punjab,on Thursday. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT)

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Updated on Apr 07, 2023 01:41 AM IST

ByGurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh

Haryana growers finding it hard to sell wheat with high moisture content

Even as procurement by Haryana government agencies started on April 1, it could not be started in most of the mandis as officials claim that the wheat coming to mandis does not fulfil the required norms for procurement. There are reports that private traders are buying wheat from growers as prices in open market are above MSP.

Wheat growers in northern districts of Haryana are facing difficulties in selling their produce on the minimum support price (MSP) due to high moisture content. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 06, 2023 01:00 AM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

40% wheat already damaged, more rains to pile up Punjab farmers’ woes

MeT dept has predicted rain, high-velocity winds on Tuesday and Wednesday; revenue dept officials say girdawari can be completed only after weather clears

A farmer showing the damaged wheat crop after rain in Ludhiana on Monday. (Gurpreet Singh/HT)

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Updated on Apr 04, 2023 01:07 AM IST

ByGurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh

Rain-battered wheat not ready for harvest in Punjab

No wheat arrival in mandis; experts say it will take at least 10-15 days for the crop to be ready again for harvesting, procurement to pick up in second-third week of April

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Updated on Apr 03, 2023 12:16 AM IST

ByGurpreet Singh Nibber

FCI back to off-budget borrowing to meet food subsidy, other costs

Off-budget funding refers to the practice of financing an expenditure that is not fully accounted for in budgetary allocations. It often helps the government to lower the fiscal deficit number.

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Updated on Feb 06, 2023 05:46 AM IST

ByZia Haq, New Delhi

Enough wheat to meet all requirements, buffer norm: Govt

The government’s annual wheat purchases for 2022-23 dipped to a 15-year low this year to 18.79 million tonnes, compared to 44 million tonnes purchased in the previous year, due to lower output.

The government’s wheat stock as on January 1, 2023, which is less than two weeks away, is estimated to be 15.9 million tonnes, higher than the buffer norm of 13.8 million tonnes applicable on that date, the official said. (PTI)

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Published on Dec 17, 2022 11:12 PM IST

ByZia Haq

FCI to recruit 5043 Non- Executive posts, registration begins September 6

FCI will recruit candidates for Non Executive posts. Eligible candidates can apply online through the official site of FCI on recruitmentfci.in.

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Published on Sep 03, 2022 02:32 PM IST

ByHT Education Desk, New Delhi

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Sufficient procurement is critical this year to help India, also the world’s second biggest wheat consumer, replenish depleted stocks, which have hit a 16-year-low

The arhtiyas had announced a boycott of FCI to protest against the deduction in the per quintal commission, following which farmers also boycotted the Adani Group-owned storage unit at Moga

Injection of funds can improve the efficiency of food procurement and distribution system

The FCI gave a leeway due to lack of storage space even as the Centre has mandated storage of food grains in covered godowns to save grains from the vagaries of the weather.

Addressing a press conference, RMA president Tarsem Saini told that the FCI headquarters have directed all its centres, particularly in Punjab, to use automatic grain analyser (AGA) for quality control (QC), but the local FCI office insisted on manual check.

The convicts were identified as Sita Ram, former assistant manager of quality control, Ashok Kumar Gupta, former deputy manager of quality control, Subhranshu, district manager and Dalip Singh, proprietor of M/s. Hemkunt Rice Mills.

Diwase’s visit assumes significance in the wake of an EVM theft incident reported in the district recently after which a sub-divisional officer, tehsildar and sub-divisional police officer were suspended

From choco lava cake to cosmo, here’s what was droolworthy in 1999

25 soulful films that serve a delicious mix of food and cinema

The accused are Rajeev Kumar Mishra, deputy general manager, FCI, regional office, Chandigarh; Satish Verma, manager (QC), FCI, divisional office, Chandigarh, and Ravinder Singh Khaira, owner of Guru Kripa Rice and Agro Industries, Lubhangarh, Kharar, Punjab

The deceased travelling back Ludhiana from an official trip to Kolkata with his colleagues in Lohit Express.

In 2022-23, the FCI bought 76.56 million tonnes of paddy and 26.2 million tonnes of wheat from about 12.3 million cultivators, paying them ₹2.19 lakh crore in all

The corporation is mandated to buy “fair and average quality” grains that must confirm to technical specifications related to moisture content

The state agriculture department has estimated 182 LMT of paddy yield (both non-basmati and basmati varieties) this year from 31.93 hectares of area under cultivation in Punjab this season.

The Karnataka government has scheduled the launch of the ‘Anna Bhagya’ scheme, one of the five guarantees the Congress made ahead of the elections on 1 July

Wheat purchase by the private players this rabi marketing season in Punjab may not cross last year’s number even as traders and processing units have bought 4% of the wheat that arrived in the mandis.

The Maha-Metro is prepared to build and hand over a godown to the Food Corporation of India (FCI), however, they are unable to get suitable land within the municipal limits

As per information, government agencies in Haryana had earlier predicted to procure 85 lakh MT of wheat but later after consultation with states, the Food Corporation of India (FCI) estimated that Haryana’s wheat procurement target for this season is set to be 75 lakh MT.

Co-operative department secretary Bandana Preyashi said the government’s objective behind procurement in Bihar was to ensure that farmer did not have to opt for distress selling of produce.

Eight teams of scientists from the Union ministry of food and public distribution visit mandis across Punjab to assess the quality of wheat grain arriving for purchase by government agencies

Wheat harvest in Punjab begins slowly due to rain and hailstorm damage, with only 1,078 tonnes arriving in state mandis so far. Yield loss is estimated at 10-15%.

MeT dept has predicted rain, high-velocity winds on Tuesday and Wednesday; revenue dept officials say girdawari can be completed only after weather clears

No wheat arrival in mandis; experts say it will take at least 10-15 days for the crop to be ready again for harvesting, procurement to pick up in second-third week of April

Off-budget funding refers to the practice of financing an expenditure that is not fully accounted for in budgetary allocations. It often helps the government to lower the fiscal deficit number.

The government’s annual wheat purchases for 2022-23 dipped to a 15-year low this year to 18.79 million tonnes, compared to 44 million tonnes purchased in the previous year, due to lower output.

FCI will recruit candidates for Non Executive posts. Eligible candidates can apply online through the official site of FCI on recruitmentfci.in.

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