“Based on an assessment of the prevailing and evolving liquidity conditions, the Reserve Bank of India has decided that an additional aggre...

With an existing IVRS line of 161, the OTP option will be added for ration cardholders to accommodate even basic phone users to get their r...

According to the Food ministry there are over 81 crore beneficiaries under NSAI in the country.

In order to make PDS system totally transparent, Paswan said that the government is implementing end-to-end computerization of PDS operatio...

"If voted to power, we promise to build houses for jugghi-jhopri dwellers at the site only. We will not throw out anybody from the houses,"...

The new moves are aimed at better targeting of subsidies which the government wants should reach the needy and the deserving.

Minister of State for Food and Consumer Affairs K V Thomas attributed the rise in price of essential commodities to the lack of storage fac...

The Union government's decision to allow states to procure sugar for public distribution has actually left a few of them clueless.

Food minister K.V.Thomas said that the centre would carry out random as well as periodical check-up to ensure the quality of food-grains be...

The UIDAI Chief Nandan Nilekani said Aadhaar numbers will be used for streamlining the Public Distribution System (PDS) and plugging leakag...

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

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the authorities to ensure free distribution of scattered grains to the poor and hungry rather than let ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday waded into politically-incorrect waters by asking the Centre why it cannot deny PDS facilities to the Above th...

On the eve of a decision on the draft food security law by the Sonia Gandhi headed National Advisory Council, the government unveiled a blu...

After having systematically weakened the country’s Public Distribution System, the Centre is now gearing up for its complete revamp, on the...

Bond houses can now plan their debt purchases better, with RBI on Monday allowing them to categorise a part of their securities as Held To ...

While the Reserve Bank of India wants to phase out primary dealers from the call money market, participants are wary of such a measure sinc...