Preeti Yadav, 2014-Batch IAS Officer, Appointed General Manager (Regions) at Food Corporation of India, Panchkula
Ms Preeti Yadav has been appointed as General Manager (Regions), Food Corporation of India, Panchkula on deputation basis.
Preeti Yadav, a 2014-batch IAS officer of the Punjab cadre, has been appointed General Manager (Regions) at the Food Corporation of India's Panchkula office, on a central deputation basis.
The Food Corporation of India is the central government agency responsible for procurement, storage, and distribution of foodgrains under India's public distribution system, and its General Manager (Regions) postings carry administrative oversight of procurement operations, storage infrastructure, and distribution logistics across a defined regional jurisdiction.
Yadav's appointment on deputation from the Punjab cadre brings state-level administrative experience into FCI's regional management structure, a common staffing pattern the corporation follows given the significant coordination FCI's regional offices require with state government procurement agencies, particularly in states like Punjab and Haryana that account for a substantial share of India's foodgrain procurement.
The Panchkula regional office oversees FCI operations across Haryana, a state central to India's wheat and rice procurement programme given its position within the country's primary grain-producing belt, making the General Manager (Regions) posting significant for coordinating procurement targets, storage capacity management, and distribution logistics feeding into the broader public distribution system.
IAS officers on deputation to FCI typically serve fixed-term postings before returning to their parent state cadre, bringing general administrative and coordination experience to the corporation's regional management structure alongside FCI's own career officers who handle more technical procurement and storage operations.
FCI has continued to manage a substantial operational mandate around foodgrain storage modernisation and procurement efficiency, particularly given recurring public attention on storage wastage and the corporation's silo modernisation programme intended to reduce storage losses across its network of depots.
The deputation was processed through the Department of Personnel and Training in coordination with the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, which administers FCI as its nodal ministry.
Yadav's tenure at the Panchkula office is expected to run for a standard central deputation term, after which she would typically return to the Punjab cadre unless the deputation is extended or a further central posting is arranged through the same staffing process.
