Nations globally are taking action to protect citizens from rising energy prices. Countries are introducing subsidies, tax cuts and fuel co...

Kotak Institutional Equities says any election-driven market rally may be short-lived, as rising oil prices and a widening deficit pose big...

Asian nations are grappling with prolonged energy supply strains due to the Middle East conflict, prompting governments to implement costly...

While India's early efforts are modest compared with those of China, where more than 200 million people use the e-yuan, the world's most po...

India is piloting its digital rupee, the e-rupee, for welfare payments. This initiative aims to improve efficiency and reduce corruption in...

Global oil prices are surging due to a war in the Middle East. This is increasing demand for biofuels made from crops. Countries in Asia ar...

The Centre too has denied there have been starvation deaths due to lack of grain subsidies and ration cards cancelled over Aadhaar. Many fr...

Under the NFSA, the government supplies 5 kg of subsidised foodgrains to each person per month through more than 5 lakh ration shops, known...

"The government is working on implementing 'one nation, one card formula', whereby any poor person can travel across and can take their rat...

In February, 2017 the government had made Aadhaar mandatory to avail subsidised foodgrains, cash transfer of food subsidy.

The beneficiaries will get the subsidy amount in advance in their bank accounts and they will have to buy the foodgrains from any ration sh...

Under the food security law, the Centre is supplying foodgrains at a highly subsidised rate of Rs 1-3/kg to 72.46 crore beneficiaries in 33...

The ministry has asked the UT administrations to ensure that all beneficiaries have a bank account, which will be linked with the ration ca...

Food ministry will introduce direct cash transfer to poor families through their Aadhar-based bank accounts first in the UTs.

Over 2.21 crore bogus ration cards have been deleted from the list of subsidised foodgrain beneficiaries as part of a special drive started...

According to a policy note tabled by the Minister, the state’s food subsidy bill has shot up from Rs 800 crore in 2003-04 to Rs 1950 crore ...

PDS has no relevance for a great number of Indians today but ration card still is a must-have.