Tuesday, 10 June 2025
The Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution, Government of India, Sudhanshu Pandey along with Chairman & Managing Director, Food Corporation Sanjiv Kumar called upon the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath on January 29, 2021. Pandey apprised the Chief Minister about the various steps taken by the Government like the revival of sick sugar mills and fortification of rice among others. He also held discussions with CM on important issues involving procurement and storage of foodgrains in Uttar Pradesh.
The Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh appreciated the efforts made by FCI and the State Government officials which led to record procurement of Paddy during KMS 2020-21 and procurement of Wheat during COVID-19. In order to ensure better procurement from farmers, a request was made to increase the storage capacities in Uttar Pradesh.
DFPD reviewed the procurement of Paddy and Rice during the ongoing Kharif Marketing Season 2020-21. He appreciated the record procurement of over 63 Lakh Metric Tonnes Paddy from over 12 lakh farmers in the state and also lauded the efforts of the State Government and FCI in the digitization of the rice procurement and billing system which has led to immense savings and faster cash flow for all the procurement agencies.
He further requested the State Government to provide space in the Mandis so that a scheme can be brought out for the creation of modern SILOs for the storage of grains. Secretary DFPD also reviewed the implementation of the One Nation One Ration Card Scheme in UP under which the distribution of highly subsidized food grains is enabled through nation-wide portability of ration cards through the implementation of IT-driven systems by the installation of ePoS devices at Fair Price Shops.
