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Karnataka Minister does U-turn on BPL cards, says no definite BPL parameters existHaving come under attack from the Congress and the JD(S), Karnataka Food and Civil Supplies Minister Umesh Katti said there were no definit...- Government aims to achieve 100% power connectivity: Piyush GoyalGoyal stressed that there is no need to focus only on BPL (Below Poverty Line) or APL (Above Poverty Line) criterion when it comes to provi...
- 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...
- 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.
- 'Dissolve APL-BPL divide and grant universal pension scheme'Hundreds of protesters today staged a demonstration here demanding that the government provide universal old age pension scheme for all sen...
- 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...
- 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...
- Monthly old age pension of Rs 200 an insult: RameshThe monthly pension of Rs 200 given to the elderly is "an insult to the dignity of an individual", Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh...
- Poverty criteria be removed in Old Age Pension scheme: Jairam RameshRecommending removal of poverty line criteria for Old Age Pension scheme, Ramesh has said such conditions have harmed eligibility of some d...
- 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...
- 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...
- EGOM may meet next week to consider import duty on white sugarAn 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...
- 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 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.
- BJP demands CBI probe in issuance of BPL cardsAlleging that there has been huge bungling in the issuing of BPL, Antodaya and APL cards by Congress-led government in Delhi, the BJP on Su...
- CAG pulls up Centre for faulty grain procurementThe UPA government at the Centre has been pulled up for ’inefficient’ foodgrain procurement and excessive reimbursement on procurement inci...
- Centre to decide on universal PDSThe Centre will take a call on whether or not to bridge the Above Poverty Line (APL) consumer pie in the world's largest Public Distributio...
- 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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