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The Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD) and the Food Corporation of India (FCI) signed an MoU for FY 2026-27 in New Delhi on 8 September 2026.
It sets annual, outcome-based targets on storage and transit losses, storage-capacity use, logistics, quality control, digitisation and employee skills.
Part of the targets are tied to depot scores on the Depot Darpan portal.
FCI's transit losses have fallen from 1.67% in 1990 to 0.17% in FY26.
Rate foodgrain storage depots on infrastructure and operational efficiency
Key: Launched by DFPD in May 2025; depot managers upload geo-tagged inputs that generate automated ratings and action points, validated by supervisors and third-party audits
Supply subsidised foodgrain to entitled households
Key: Runs on grain that FCI procures, stores and moves for the Central Pool
Statute under which FCI was created in 1965 — FCI is a statutory corporation
Makes subsidised foodgrain a legal entitlement for up to 75% of the rural and 50% of the urban population; FCI's stocks meet it
Procurement, storage, movement and distribution of foodgrains for the Central Pool; buffer stocks
Administers PDS and oversees FCI; under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
GS Paper III > Public Distribution System, buffer stocks and food security
General Awareness > Economy — FCI, PDS
Foodgrain lost while being moved between states or depots, as a share of quantity moved
Foodgrain stock procured by FCI and state agencies for PDS, welfare schemes and buffer
DFPD's digital platform rating storage depots on infrastructure and performance