Lucknow, Aug. 23 -- The Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD), Government of India, organised the Fifth State-Level Workshop on Foodgrain Procurement Reforms in Lucknow on Saturday, covering the states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, a press release said.

The workshop was chaired by Ashutosh Agnihotri, IAS, CMD, FCI, in the presence of senior DFPD officials including C Shikha, IAS, Joint Secretary (Policy & FCI).

The workshop brought together more than 160 officials from state and district-level procurement agencies. It focused on making foodgrain procurement more transparent, efficient, and digitally integrated, ahead of the upcoming paddy season.

The deliberations highlighted several key areas of reform, such as the dig...