Lalbaugcha Raja Ganeshotsav auction raises Rs 2.35 crore; gold brick sells for Rs 75.9 lakhThe annual auction at Lalbaugcha Raja Ganeshotsav Mandal raised Rs 2.35 crore, featuring a 1kg gold brick sold for Rs 75.9 lakh and a gold ...
22 Sep, 2024, 11.37 AM IST
In just five years, Chandrababu Naidu and his wife's assets increase by 41% to reach Rs 810 croreFormer chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu's assets, detailed in an affidavit to the Election Commission, increased by 41% in 5 years. His w...
19 Apr, 2024, 07.59 PM IST
Tripura CM launches Chief Minister Jan Arogya Yojana for 4.15 Lakh familiesTripura Chief Minister Manik Saha launched the Chief Minister Jan Arogya Yojana (CM-JAY), a health insurance scheme providing coverage of R...
15 Feb, 2024, 07.59 PM IST
Yogi Adityanath asks officials to fill over 40,000 vacant police posts"A total of 40, 648 posts will be filled over the next 1.5 years, the CM has decided. Out of these, around 34,000 will be constables and th...
14 Jun, 2022, 11.38 PM IST
61% regret starting late in saving for child's education: HSBC Value of Education surveyAccording to the survey, 60 percent took less expensive holidays and 49 percent worked extra hours or took second job to support child's ed...
11 Feb, 2019, 06.30 AM IST
How parents save for child's university education expensesParents in India are taking on extra work, sacrificing holidays and borrowing money to put their children through university.
06 Aug, 2018, 06.30 AM IST
CCEA nod for 27 lakh tons add'l foodgrains to non-NFSA statesThe government approved allocation of additional 27 lakh tonnes of foodgrains to BPL and APL families for next six months to those states w...
05 Nov, 2015, 11.30 PM IST
Gurgaon: Schemes, subsidies to be linked to Unique IdentificationAuthorities in Gurgaon are planning to link all facilities with UID number in six months time and have asked people who have not yet got Aa...
26 Nov, 2014, 09.16 PM IST
- Govt to supply extra 5 million tonne foodgrain to BPL families
The government today decided to allocate an additional 5 million tonne of foodgrains to families below the poverty line (BPL), entailing a ...
17 Jul, 2013, 10.42 PM IST
Centre to examine Karnataka government's demand on extra PDS rice supplyIn its election manifesto, the Congress had promised supply of 30 kg of rice at Rs 1 per kg via PDS to 98.17 lakh BPL families in the state.
16 May, 2013, 05.32 PM IST
Food Security Bill: 2/3rd of population to get foodgrain at Rs 1-3/kgThe amendments will guarantee 5 kg of foodgrains per person per month, while poor families will continue to get 35 kg of grains per month.
23 Mar, 2013, 02.52 PM IST
- Govt to provide 5mt grains to poor to vacate godowns
"The EGoM also allowed the carryover of unlifted one million tonne of grains in this fiscal out of the 2 mn tonne allocated to APL families...
20 Jun, 2012, 03.50 AM IST
- Govt gives 5MT more rice and wheat for sale under PDS
The government has allocated five million tonne of additional wheat and rice to states for sale to the poor at subsidised rates amid signs ...
29 Dec, 2010, 06.13 AM IST
- EGOM may meet next week to consider import duty on white sugar
An Empowered Group of Ministers on Food is scheduled to meet on July 26 to consider imposing import duty on refined sugar and the sale of a...
21 Jul, 2010, 07.10 PM IST
- Govt to introduce Food Security Bill soon
The government on Monday said it will soon introduce a Bill to enact a Food Security law that will provide 25 kg of rice and/or wheat at Rs...
06 Jul, 2009, 12.25 PM IST
Govt may reduce food subsidy by Rs 13,500 crThe proposed National Food Security Act has estimated that the subsidy bill will be around Rs 29,000 crore to cover 6.59 crore BPL families.
18 Jun, 2009, 05.03 AM IST
- Above poverty families may get subsidised PDS grains
In a bid to further improve the offtake from public distribution system (PDS), food ministry is seeking extension for lower prices for fami...
01 Jul, 2002, 01.37 AM IST