Which agency is responsible for procurement, distribution, and storage of food grain production in India?

🏢 Food Corporation of India (FCI)
✦ It is a statutory body under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution.
✦ Established in 1965 following the enactment of the Food Corporation Act, 1964, with the objective of fulfilling aspects of the National Food Policy at the time.

📌 Important Points

📝 The Objectives of the FCI:
✦ Providing proper price support to protect the interests of poor farmers.
✦ Effective distribution of food grains through a Public Distribution System (PDS).
✦ Maintaining operational and buffer stocks of food grains to ensure continued supply of essential food.
✦ Regulation of market price for food grains so that the population can get them at an affordable price.
✦ Effective price support operations for safeguarding the interests of farmers by providing them remunerative prices for their food grains and distribution of food grains all over the country through the PDS.