Question : CORRUPTION IN FCI



(a) whether some cases of collusion between grain merchants and officials of Food Corporation of India in the purchase and sale of Jawar has come to the notice of the Government;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the loss suffered by the FCI because of such collusion alongwith the details of corrective action initiated by the Union Government in this regard?

Answer given by the minister

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION ( SHRI SRIRAM CHAUHAN )

(a),(b)&(c): The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.