FCI AGM Phase I case studies
FCI AGM Phase I · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The FCI AGM Phase I examination is the first screening stage used by the Food Corporation of India in its recruitment for Assistant General Manager posts. It is a computer-based objective test aimed at graduates and postgraduates preparing for a managerial career in one of India's largest public-sector food logistics organisations. The FCI AGM Phase I case studies are 5 cases and about 4,677 words.
1Hot spot in Godown 3: fumigate, aerate or clear out?
On 12 July the depot officer at a north Indian depot reviews Godown 3, which holds 2,400 MT of wheat procured in April, packed in 60 kg jute bags and stacked ten bags high. Ambient temperature is 33 °C and relative humidity has stayed above 70% for a week.
1,035 words, about 5 min2Procurement glut: short bags, full godowns and two reluctant millers
A procurement centre in a rice-surplus district is sanctioned to buy 12,000 MT of paddy in a 25-day window. On day 8, 6,800 MT has arrived but only 2,900 MT has been accepted: the centre's covered capacity is 3,000 MT and the overflow is stacked on an open plinth under tarpaulin.
993 words, about 5 min3Rail or road: a 5,400 MT movement against a monsoon deadline
A zonal depot must move 5,400 MT of bagged wheat to a deficit depot 520 km away before the monsoon. Two modes are available.
803 words, about 4 min4Five lots, five days: a dispatch sequence that stops working
The dispatch clerk at a depot must release five lots - paddy (P), rice (R), wheat (W), sugar (S) and chana (C) - one lot per working day from Monday to Friday, because the loading team and the single weighbridge can handle only one full truck a day. The manager's standing instructions are: (1) rice must move before paddy; (2) wheat must move on Thursday because its rake is scheduled that evening; (3) sugar cannot move on Monday or Friday, when the sugar godown is shut for stock-taking; (4) rice must move on the day immediately after sugar; (5) chana must move before wheat.
837 words, about 4 min5'At all times' and 'from time to time': the clause that cannot be enforced
Your regional office must issue a storage-and-handling contract for a 12,000 MT godown. The legal cell has cleared the draft and the operative clause reads: 'The contractor shall at all times maintain the stock in good condition and shall be liable to make good any shortage or deterioration, provided that the shortage exceeds the tolerance limit notified by the Corporation from time to time, and provided further that loss arising from force majeure shall be excluded.
1,009 words, about 5 min