Action needed: Even ₹1 trillion falls short of a year’s worth of food loss and waste
The state’s own warehouses leak less, but they are in the wrong places. The Food Corporation of India (FCI) lost 0.41 million tonnes of grain over four years, valued at ₹1,109 crore, or ₹277 crore a year: 0.097% of its ₹2.87 trillion subsidy bill, with transit loss at 0.22%.
