The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has set a new record in single-day movement by moving 70 rakes carrying 1.93 Lakh Metric Tonnes continuously for two days on April 3 and 4. It aims to ensure that enough food grain stocks are made available in every part of the country during the countrywide lockdown. It also works to fulfil the regular requirements of food grains under the National Food Security Act (NFSA).
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Under PM Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY), FCI provided wheat and rice directly at Open Market sale rates to ensure a continuous supply of food grains in the open market, earlier it used an e-auction route. So far, Punjab accounted for about 46% of total food grain movement at 7.73 LMT, Haryana accounted 3.02 LMT, Telangana accounted 2.04 LMT, Chhattisgarh accounted 1.15 LMT, Uttar Pradesh accounted 2.07 LMT followed by Bihar accounted 1.96 LMT, West Bengal accounted 1.65 LMT and Karnataka accounted 1.57 LMT and North Eastern inducted 1.4 LMT food grains during the lockdown.
