Lockdown helps faster delivery of foodgrain by Food Corporation of India

In 11 days, corporation moved three times more grain than the same period last year

Since a day before the nationwide lockdown, the Food Corporation of India (FCI) has delivered 1.16 million tonnes (mt) foodgrain to several states, including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal. According to a senior FCI official, this is nearly three times what the corporation had delivered during the corresponding period last year.

The FCI is also looking at moving 6 mt foodgrain this month alone, nearly 2.5 times what it had delivered in April last year, the official said.

Since March 24, a day before the 21-day lockdown was imposed, around 1.33 mt of wheat and rice were loaded from producing states,