Digital transactions to touch Rs 4 cr/day this year: Ravi Shankar PrasadWith growing number of e-transactions, Prasad said there is a dilemma how to strike a balance between maintaining privacy of data and at th...
Professional pulses management agency: Govt hires consultantAgainst the target of 20 lakh tonnes pulses, the govt has so far built a buffer stock of 10 lakh tonnes, procuring directly from domestic g...
Centre looking at selling pulses via PDSAlready some states like Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh are distributing pulses through PDS at a subsidised rate.
'Hotels should ask customers before levying service charge'The Consumer Affairs Ministry will soon issue an advisory to all states asking them to take effective steps and remind consumers of their r...
Government to buy 2 million tonne pulses for buffer stock by next June"Pulses production is estimated to increase to more than 20 million tonnes in 2016-17. So, we will be able to procure one million tonne of ...
After Ganga jal, post offices to start selling pulses at subsidised ratesCentre had struggled to dispose off imported pulses since states did not come forward to take them despite government offering the stock at...
Government says its procurement helping pulses fetch better prices in mandisGovernment agencies such as NACMF, Food Corporation of India and Small Farmers’ Agribusiness Consortium have started procurement of pulses.
Lower prices of pulses yet to reach consumer as retail rates still highRetail prices are high, Consumer Affairs Secretary Hem Pande said, while asking retailers to ensure parity between wholesale and retail pri...
Cabinet gives nod to raise pulses buffer stock to 2 MTPrices at the retail level are high, Consumer Affairs Secretary Hem Pande said, while asking retailers to ensure parity between wholesale a...
Government to import additional 90,000 tonnes pulsesAt present, prices of different dals are in a range of Rs 115-175 per kg due to shortfall in domestic output following two consecutive year...
To check rising prices, govt okays import of 30,000 tonnes of pulsesGovernment have so far procured about 1,19,572 tonnes of pulses from the market and farmers, and 56,000 tonnes of pulses have been contract...
Government asks companies to bolster consumer complaints redressal systemA conference on government-industry partnership for redressal of consumer grievances was convened here today chaired by Consumer Affairs Se...
Government to import 7,500 tons of chana, masoor dalThe pulses issue was discussed in detail in the meeting of Management Committee of Price Stabilisation Fund, chaired by Consumer Affairs Se...
Procurement of rabi pulses reaches 68,000 tonnes, will help keep prices under checkIn Delhi, at outlets of Kendriya Bhandar and Mother Dairy’s Safal store, 1,058 quintals of tur and 345 quintals of urad have been sold at R...
India hopeful of long-term pulses supply from MozambiqueIndian delegations last week visited Mozambique and Myanmar, to explore government-to- government arrangement for assured supply of lentils.
NCCF to sell pulses via mobile vans at Rs 120 per kg in DelhiThe decision to sell pulses by NCCF was today taken at an inter-ministerial review meeting, Chaired by Consumer Affairs Secretary Hem Pande.
GEAC clears import of GM soyabean oilGEAC Chairman Hem Pande said "field trials for certain varieties of GM crops including rice, brinjal, chickpea, mustard and cotton had been...