The
Food Corporation of India was setup under the Food
Corporations Act 1964, in order to fulfill following
objectives of the Food policy:
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Effective
price support operations for safeguarding
the interests of the farmers. |
|
Distribution of foodgrains
throughout the country for Public Distribution
System |
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Maintaining satisfactory
level of operational and buffer stocks
of foodgrains to ensure National Food
Security. |
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FCI North Zone:
North Zone comprises 8 Regions i.e. Punjab, Haryana,
UP, Rajasthan, J&K, HP, Delhi and Uttarnachal.
It is the largest Zone in FCI having a workforce
of 24447 staff & officers and 31634 labourers
against 58104 staff & officers and 64173 labourers
in FCI as a whole in the country.
Punjab & Haryana Regions are the major surplus
States as far as production/procurement of foodgrains
is concerned and more than 90% stocks have to
be moved to other parts of the country. During
recent years even Rajasthan was self-sufficient
as far as its own requirement was concerned but
because of severe drought during last year, stocks
were moved from Haryana & Punjab to Rajasthan
Region.
Details of Region / District Offices in North
Zone:
|
S.No.
|
Name
of the Region |
No.
of Districts |
District
offices |
|
1.
|
Delhi |
2 |
Mayapuri
and Shaktinagar. |
|
2.
|
Haryana |
5 |
Gurgaon,
Hissar, Kurukshetra, Karnal and Rohtak. |
|
3.
|
Himachal Pradesh |
2 |
Dharamshala and Mandi.
|
|
3.
|
Jammu and Kashmir |
2 |
Jammu and
Srinagar. |
|
4.
|
Punjab |
12 |
Amritsar,
Bhatinda, Chandigarh, Faridkot, Ferozpur,
Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jallandhar, Kapurthala,
Ludhiana, Patiala and Sangrur. |
|
5.
|
Rajasthan |
8 |
Ajmer, Alwar,
Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sriganganagar
and Udaipur. |
|
6.
|
Uttar Pradesh |
20
|
Allahabad,
Aligarh, Agra, Azamgarh, Banda, Barielly,
Bullandshahar, Faizabadm, Ghazipur, Gorakhpur,
Gonda, Hapur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Moradabad,
Shahjahanpur, Saharanpur,
Sitapur, Varanasi. |
|
7.
|
Uttaranchal |
3 |
Dehradun,
Haldwani and Srinagar. |
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Total |
54 |
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