Department of Food and Public Distribution
♦ The Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD) and the Food Corporation of India (FCI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for FY 2024-25, to enhance the efficiency and accountability of food grain procurement and distribution on 13 September 2024.
♦ The MoU is an initiative which reflects Centre Government's commitment to refine the Public Distribution System (PDS) and to ensure that food subsidy funds are managed with the highest level of efficiency by way of overall enhancement in the performance of FCI operations and its depots.
♦ FCI was set up in 1965 under an Act of Parliament called the Food Corporations Act, 1964 with the primary duty to undertake the purchase, storage, movement/ transport, distribution and sale of foodgrains.
Posted Date: September 14, 2024
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