New Delhi, Aug 05: Food Corporation of India has embarked on an anti-corruption drive dismissing 30 employees as part of efforts to weed out the menace. The corporation has effected as many as 31 reductions in rank and 222 reductions in time scale pay and recovery of losses as well as witholding of increments during January-June period, a release said.

Food Minister Sharad Yadav had ordered immediate suspension of an assistant manager who was caught red-handed accepting a bribe from a railway track maintenance contractor.
Yadav had emphasised on the need for eliminating corruption from the organisation.

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