Punjab on GoI list as major foodgrain procurement state; workshop on foodgrain distribution reforms in Punjab held at Chandigarh
Kanwar Inder singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ August 18,2025
As part of the ongoing national initiative to strengthen the efficiency, transparency, and digital integration of the foodgrain procurement ecosystem, the Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD), Government of India, organized State-level workshop in Chandigarh for Punjab today, i.e 18 August.
The workshop was inaugurated by the Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, Government of India, along with the Chief Secretary, Government of Punjab, in the presence of Joint Secretary (Policy & Food Corporation of India), senior officers from the Department, Food Corporation of India (FCI), and the Principal Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Department, Government of Punjab.
The event witnessed the participation of 125 state and district-level officials from various procuring agencies in Punjab, including Managing Directors of Punjab State Civil Supplies Corporation (PUNSUP), Punjab Grains Procurement Corporation (PUNGRAIN), State Warehousing Corporation (SWC) and Punjab State Co-op Supply and Marketing Federation (MARKFED). The workshop focused on capacity-building, knowledge sharing and hands-on familiarization with procurement policies and digital reforms.
This workshop is part of a broader series of State-level workshops on procurement reforms, initiated by the Department of Food and Public Distribution for the 18 major foodgrain procuring states. The aim is to enhance awareness, improve implementation of key policy measures and ensure smoother adoption of digital platforms such as Procurement Centres Self-Assessment Portal (PCSAP), Joint Physical Verification (JPV) of unmilled rice, Central Foodgrains Procurement Portal (CFPP), Central Foodgrains Storage Portal (CFSP), Agri-Stack, 10% Broken Rice mechanism, Route Optimization for Procurement & Storage Policy and the SCAN module.
