Question

Write three functions of Food Corporation of India.

Answer 1

The main functions of Food Corporation in India (FCI) are as follows:

• The main role of FCI is to purchase grains like wheat and rice from the farmers having surplus production.
• A Minimum Support Price (MSP) is pre-announced by the government to be paid to the farmers for their crops.
• It’s another function is to store the purchased foodgrains in granaries so as that they can be used in times of need (such as drought or famine etc.) to be distributed in the deficit regions and among the poorest people at a price lower than the market price.
• FCI then distributes this food to the ration shops (government regulated shops) among the poorer section of the society.