Apart from modernising the distribution and logistics network, the scheme seeks to strengthen fair price shops (FPS) and to assist state ag...

Supply shocks, export disruptions, and labour shortages caused by the Iran war are beginning to strain India’s agriculture despite ample fo...

The Food Ministry and FCI have signed an agreement for fiscal year 2025-26, focusing on improving foodgrain management and subsidy optimiza...

States and Union Territories have cancelled nearly 6 crore ration cards since 2013. This action aims to improve the targeting of the Nation...

Plans to use a technology tool developed by ecommerce major Amazon called Johari to reduce wastage of fresh fruits and vegetables at its wa...

The Centre mostly procures foodgrains to be sold at subsidised rates and to maintain a buffer. Besides, it procures onions in large quantit...

The Union minister was accompanied by Punjab Governor Banwarlilal Purohit on this occasion. The other projects which the Union Minister ina...

As part of the Rs 1.70 lakh crore PMGKP, announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on March 26, the government announced free foodgr...

Tech initiatives solved last-mile connectivity issues in Anna Bhagya and Ksheera Bhagya, says EY report

While Department of Food incurs internal expenditure for providing subsidised foodgrains, biometric authentication ensures targeted disburs...

Hardware industry body MAIT in association with Intel and Datamini launched a tablet which has got fingerprint scanner for Aadhaar authenti...

The government on Wednesday made its intention clear by announcing that it does not have any reservation against transgenic crop.

Pawar today said that agriculture scientists should be allowed to conduct field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops by adopting stric...

The Food Bill, pushed by UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, has been introduced in Parliament and is being examined by the Parliamentary Standin...

Modernisation of PDS had ensured that close to two crore bogus BPL ration cards had been weeded out nationally.

The draft bill also presses for overhaul of the food distribution system by giving incentives to independent agencies that procure grain.

The Centre has convened a meeting tomorrow with state governments to discuss ways to revamp the public distribution system (PDS), which is ...