DoPT Voids Food Ministry's Suspension of FCI Executive Director, Orders Repatriation

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India's Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has cancelled a suspension order issued by the Food Ministry against a Food Corporation of India (FCI) Executive Director. The DoPT declared the Food Ministry's order legally non-existent from the outset, effectively nullifying it entirely. The suspended officer has been directed to immediately return to his parent cadre following the DoPT's intervention. The Food Ministry had initiated the suspension proceedings after a committee identified alleged irregularities in rice sales involving the officer. Separately, a review committee has been constituted to assess and improve administrative efficiency within the FCI.

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