● The Food Corporation of India is an organisation under the government of India. ● It was set up under the food corporation's act in 1964. ● The key objectives of the Food Corporation of India are: ◦ Ensuring that farmers are not forced to sell their produce below MSP by providing effective price support operations. ◦ Setting up purchase centers to buy produce from the farmers. ◦ Distribution of foodgrains throughout the country for the public distribution system. ◦ Maintaining a satisfactory level of operational and buffer stocks of food grains to ensure National Food Security. ◦ To intervene in the market for price stabilization. ● The headquarters of the food corporation of India is in New Delhi. ● Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution is the parent organisation of the food corporation of India.