President Murmu presents Bhoomi Samman awardsPresident Droupadi Murmu presented the Bhoomi Samman awards to 68 district collectors and nine state secretaries for their accomplishments ...
18 Jul, 2023, 03.59 PM IST
Soon, PDS to help govt track migrant workers, provide better healthcareThe move comes after the government faced criticism for allegedly not providing enough policy support to migrant workers when they left cit...
04 Mar, 2022, 12.49 AM IST
Food Ministry asked to design transparent online mechanismFor distribution of foodgrain, the PDS operation is fully computerised.
05 Jun, 2019, 10.07 AM IST
Food ministry asked to design transparent online mechanism for sugar distributionThe distribution mechanism could be similar to the existing one for sale of subsidised foodgrain under the public distribution system (PDS)...
05 Jun, 2019, 07.56 AM IST
IDFC Bank to set up 30,000 micro ATMs and 75,000 Aadhaar Pay merchant points in two yearsWhile the micro ATMs function as a bank-in-a-box, most of the Aadhaar Pay merchants will be converted into business correspondents and will...
24 Mar, 2017, 01.00 AM IST
IDFC Bank to install 1 lakh points of presence unitsThe Mumbai-based private lender plans to set up 30,000 micro ATMs and 75,000 Aadhaar Pay merchant points as part of its plan.
23 Mar, 2017, 12.52 PM IST
Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan apprises Parliament panel about PDS reformsRam Vilas Paswan informed the members about steps being taken for making PDS more effective so that benefits reach the intended beneficiari...
17 Mar, 2017, 10.02 PM IST
Card, Aadhaar enabled payments at all PDS, fertiliser depots soonFinance Secretary Ashok Lavasa said over 1.7 lakh PoS machines have already been installed at public distribution system (PDS) shops and mo...
06 Feb, 2017, 03.50 PM IST
Priority to keep food inflation in check during 2017: Ram Vilas PaswanThe Minister, who is also in charge of consumer affairs department, said the government will make efforts to pass the new Consumer Protecti...
03 Jan, 2017, 04.41 PM IST
Centre issues ultimatum to Kerala, Tamil Nadu for implementing National Food Security ActThe Kerala government had earlier said it would implement the NFSA from November but now the state is planning to do it from December.
16 Sep, 2016, 04.26 PM IST
Centre asks states to modernise ration shopsIn order to make PDS system totally transparent, Paswan said that the government is implementing end-to-end computerization of PDS operatio...
12 May, 2016, 06.44 PM IST
Food security law to be implemented by all states, UTs by April except Tamil Nadu: Ram Vilas PaswanFood Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said that the National Food Security Law will be implemented in all states and UTs, barring Tamil Nadu, by A...
21 Jan, 2016, 04.55 PM IST
Odisha to launch FSA in September, to benefit 3.26 crore peopleCM Naveen Patnaik will launch the distribution of digitised ration cards under the NFSA in Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation and Bhubaneswa...
27 Jan, 2015, 04.39 PM IST
State food ministers to review working of PDS tomorrowState food ministers are meeting here tomorrow to review public distribution system (PDS) and discuss ways to further strengthen ration sho...
29 Oct, 2012, 04.40 PM IST
Govt to sell pulses, cooking oil at cheaper rate via PDSThe CCEA also approved an outlay of Rs 884 crore for computerisation of public distribution system that is aimed, among other things, elimi...
04 Oct, 2012, 10.02 PM IST
- CCEA to consider tomorrow sale of pulses and cooking oil via PDS
CCEA is likely to consider a proposal to relaunch a scheme to supply imported pulses at a highly subsidised rate for next 6 months.
03 Oct, 2012, 09.14 PM IST
- We have Rs 600 cr order book position: Dinesh Nandwana, Vakrangee Software Ltd.
In a chat with ET Now, Dinesh Nandwana, MD, Vakrangee Software Ltd., talks about his company’s prospects.
18 Oct, 2010, 01.08 PM IST