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{{Infobox company
| name = Food Corporation of India
| logo = Food Corporation of India.svg
| logo_size = 200px
| logo_caption = Food Corporation of India
| image = Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.png
| image_size = 180px
| image_caption = Parent agency - Ministry of Consumer Affairs
| type = [[public sector|Public sector company]]
| fate =
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| foundation = {{Start date and age|1965|01|14|df=y|p=y|br=y}}
| founder = [[Government of India]]
| defunct =
| location_city = [[New Delhi]]
| location_country = [[India]]
| location =
| locations = 5 (Zonal Offices)
| area_served = Throughout India
| key_people = [[Ashutosh Agnihotri]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] <br />{{small|([[Chairperson|Chairman]] & [[Managing director|MD]])}}<ref>{{cite web |title= New CMD|url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/india/bureaucratic-reshufflefaiz-ahmed-kidwai-appointed-dgca-chief-ashutosh-agnihotri-to-head-fci/articleshow/116917400.cms |website=The Economic Times |access-date=4 January 2025}}</ref>
| industry = [[Food security]]
| products = [[Grain|Food grains]]
| production =
| services = Ensuring [[food security]] of [[India]]
| revenue =
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| owner = [[Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution]], [[Government of India]]
| num_employees = 21,847 {{small|(as on 31 March 2019)}}
| parent =
| divisions =
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| homepage = {{url|fci.gov.in/}}
| footnotes =
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The '''Food Corporation of India''' ('''FCI''') is a Central Government agency under the [[Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution]], formed by the enactment of Food Corporation Act, 1964<ref>https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/1415/5/A1964-37.pdf Provisions of the act</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Food Corporations Act|url=https://dfpd.gov.in/acts_C.htm|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> by the [[Parliament of India]]. Its top official is designated as Chairman and Managing Director, who is a central government [[civil servant]] of the [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] cadre. The corporation was set up in 1965 with its initial headquarters at [[Chennai]]. Later this was moved to [[New Delhi]]. It also has regional centers in state capitals.

== Mandate ==
The Food Corporation of India was set up on 14 January 1965 by [[Government of India]], having its first district office at [[Thanjavur]], and headquarters at [[Chennai]], under the [[List of Indian Federal Legislation|Food Corporations Act 1964]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Acts Of Parliament|publisher=Government of India Press Delhi|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208463|year=1966|location=New Delhi|pages=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208463/page/n324 300]}}</ref> to implement the [[National Food Security Act, 2013|National Food Policy]]'s objectives.<ref>https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2024/nov/doc20241123444701.pdf Objectives of fci</ref>

== Statistics ==
The FCI is one of the largest [[Multinational corporation|corporations]] in India started by the government, and one of the largest [[supply chain management]] companies in [[Asia]].<ref>https://cag.gov.in/uploads/download_audit_report/2011/Union_Compliance_Commerical_Observations_3_2011_Chap_6.pdf functioning and expenditure of fci</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Asia - Google Search|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Asia|access-date=2021-10-12|website=www.britannica.com}}</ref> It operates through five zonal and 26 regional offices. Each year, the Food Corporation of India purchases roughly 15 to 20 percent of India's [[wheat]] output and 12 to 15 percent of its [[rice]] output. The purchases are made from the farmers at the rates declared by the Government of India. This rate is called the MSP ([[Minimum support price (India)|minimum support price]]).<ref>{{Cite book|title=Green Revolution In India|last=Chopra|first=R. N|publisher=Intellectual Publishing House|year=1984|location=Delhi|pages=37|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.263100?q=Food+Corporation+of+India}}</ref>

== Operations ==
Its silos are located at [[Hapur]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Malur]] in [[Karnataka]], and [[Elavur]] in [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/over-11-mt-fci-silos-to-be-built-via-ppp/2409996/ | title=Over 11 MT FCI silos to be built via PPP | website=www.financialexpress.com| date=19 January 2022 }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Food Corporation of India FC]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
*{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2021-11-20|title=Ashwini Kumar Choubey inaugurated Food Corporation of India's first state of art laboratory in Gurugram|url=https://orissadiary.com/ashwini-kumar-choubey-inaugurated-food-corporation-of-indias-first-state-of-art-laboratory-in-gurugram/|access-date=2021-11-23|website=Odisha Diary}}

== External links ==
* [http://fci.gov.in/ Official website]

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[[Category:Government-owned companies of India]]
[[Category:Companies based in New Delhi]]
[[Category:Companies based in Chennai]]
[[Category:Food and drink companies of India]]
[[Category:Food security]]
[[Category:Agricultural marketing in India]]
[[Category:Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution]]
[[Category:Food and drink companies established in 1965]]
[[Category:1965 establishments in Madras State]]

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