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CCEA may approve extra PDS grain for three states from WednesdayCCEA is likely to approve tomorrow a proposal to allocate an extra monthly 62,300 tonnes of grains for supply through ration shops in Tamil...- 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...
- Centre warns 25 States/UTs to implement food law by AprilNon-implementing states would have to buy PDS foodgrains for distribution to APL families at a minimum support price from the Centre.
- Narendra Modi’s food security math doesn’t work outWhile the Centre identifies the poor on the basis of the ninth and 10th Plans, Gujarat defines it on the basis of the eighth Plan.
- CCEA okays additional 6 million tonne foodgrain to APL familiesCCEA has approved additional allocation of 4.18 million tonnes of wheat and 1.98 million tonnes of rice to APL families.
- CCEA to consider tomorrow 6 million tonne extra foodgrain sale to APL"The CCEA meeting is scheduled for tomorrow. The proposal on additional foodgrains allocation to APL families is on the agenda," sources sa...
- Food security scheme: Goverment may revise food grain pricesPanel on food has indicated that govt may revise prices of food grains distributed through food security scheme to contain the widening fis...
- 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...
- EGoM may approve strategy to address storage crisis todayThe meeting has been scheduled in the backdrop of food minister KV Thomas writing a letter to Manmohan Singh requesting early decision on c...
- Just 10% beneficiaries of NREGA are poor, if you believe statisticsIf rural development ministry's numbers in its note are to be believed, it means APL beneficiaries have monopolised NREGA at the expense of...
- Govt to provide 5 million tonnes of foodgrain to APL familiesThe government plans to provide an additional 5 million tonnes of wheat and rice to APL families at subsidised rates through ration shops, ...
- High inflation forces govt to defer price hike at ration shopsThe government today deferred the decision to hike prices of rice and wheat on ration shops for families above the poverty line (APL) in th...
- Why have PDS for APL: SC to CentreThe Supreme Court on Tuesday waded into politically-incorrect waters by asking the Centre why it cannot deny PDS facilities to the Above th...
- Subsidised grain unlikely for better-off in revamped PDSThe government’s plans to fix up the public distribution system (PDS) to strengthen food supply to the poor could weed out the better-off p...
- Govt assesses revision of CIPs of wheat & rice for APLThe government still has on its anvil a proposal to hike the price of commodities on the Public Distribution System (PDS) for the above pov...
- Move to hike APL wheat, rice prices, decision likely todayAt present, APL families are provided wheat at Rs 6 per kg and rice at Rs 8.30 a kg through public distribution system.
- Rajasthan to provide subsidised wheat flour at dairy boothsRajasthan government has decided to provide fortified wheat flour and subsidised pulses to around 50 lakh ration cardholders through dairy ...
- 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.
- Government weighs smaller APL, bigger BPL for targeted PDS rolloutThe government is seriously shopping around for ways and means to precision target the mammoth Rs 25,160-crore targeted public distribution...
- Above poverty families may get subsidised PDS grainsIn a bid to further improve the offtake from public distribution system (PDS), food ministry is seeking extension for lower prices for fami...
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