Role of Food Corporation of India in Agriculture

What is the role and objectives of Food Corporation of India in Agricultural Marketing; can you please give me some information about it? Provide me the complete list of Offices of Food Corporation of India, as here I am looking for the same?

Hii sir, I Wants to get the Role And Objective of the Food Corporation of India In Agriculture Field ?

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The Food Corporation of India (FCI) was set up on 14 January 1965 having its first District Office at Thanjavur rice bowl of Tamil Nadu and headquarters at Chennai (The Headquarters later shifted to Delhi) under the Food Corporations Act 1964

Objectives And Role

The Food Corporation of India was setup under the Food Corporation Act 1964, in order to fulfill following objectives of the Food Policy:

Effective price support operations for safeguarding the interests of the farmers.

Distribution of food grains throughout the country for public distribution system ; and

Maintaining satisfactory level of operational and buffer stocks of food grains to ensure National Food Security.

About the Production

It is one of the largest corporations in India and probably the largest supply chain management in Asia (Second in world ) .[citation needed]

It operates through 5 Zonal offices and 24 Regional offices. Each year, the Food Corporation of India purchases roughly 15 to 20 per cent of India's wheat output and 12 to 15 per cent of its rice output

For more Information you may Contact to the Food Corporation of India the contact Details Are given below

Contact Details
Food Corporation of India
16-20, Barakhamba Lane, New-Delhi-110001, India , Phone: 011-43527462