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Govt to upgrade rice quality for public distributionIn a significant move to enhance food security, the government has decided to improve the quality of rice distributed to over 80 crore citi...- Food Minister Pralhad Joshi launches smart warehousing system of CWCUnion Food Minister Pralhad Joshi launched the Central Warehousing Corporations' (CWC) smart warehousing system, utilizing AI and modern te...
- Centre may issue nearly 3 crore more ration cards after states delete ineligible entries: Union Food Minister Pralhad JoshiUnion Food Minister Pralhad Joshi announced that approximately 3 crore new ration cards can be issued. This follows state governments remov...
- Sarthak PDS gets Cabinet nod with Rs 25,530 crore outlay to modernise food distribution systemApart from modernising the distribution and logistics network, the scheme seeks to strengthen fair price shops (FPS) and to assist state ag...
- Government's foodgrain stocks hit 604 lakh tonnes, nearly three times buffer requirementIndia's food reserves are robust. Wheat and rice stocks in FCI godowns are nearly three times the mandatory buffer. This ensures ample supp...
- Government won't hike PDS foodgrain prices for another year: Ram Vilas PaswanUnder the NFSA, which was passed in 2013 during the previous UPA regime, there is a provision for revision of the issue prices of foodgrain...
- Display foodgrain subsidy at ration shops: Centre to statesPaswan further said the states have been asked to prominently display the foodgrains subsidy on a board at all ration shops for public awar...
- Government taking steps to ensure quality foodgrains under PDSPaswan told Lok Sabha that only good quality foodgrains, free from insect infestation and conforming to Food Safety Standards are issued un...
- CVC has pointed out corruption in PDS: MinisterThe government supplies highly subsidised foodgrains through PDS to ensure food security to the poor.
- Centre warns 25 States/UTs to implement food law by AprilNon-implementing states would have to buy PDS foodgrains for distribution to APL families at a minimum support price from the Centre.
- No plan to increase food handouts: Food Minister Ram Vilas PaswanPaswan had said the government wanted to hike monthly handouts of food grains like rice by 40 percent from the current five kilogrammes per...
- India asks Bangladesh to allow 35,000 tons PDS grains to Northe-East via seaThe government supplies monthly about one lakh tonnes of PDS foodgrains to the north eastern states -- Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura and Assam.
- Govt mulls supplying packed foodgrains via ration shopsIn order to plug leakages in PDS and supply quality foodgrain under the new food law to 67% of the country's population, govt is looking at...
- No plans to introduce universal PDS: KV ThomasThe government has no plans to introduce Universal Public Distribution System (PDS) because the attention on poor people will get diluted.
- Food minister K V Thomas raps states for poor grain offtake, says storage modernisation must in readyness for Food Security ActModernisation of PDS had ensured that close to two crore bogus BPL ration cards had been weeded out nationally.
- PM's core group for cash transfer of food subsidyManmohan Singh's core group on food and (PDS) is looking at the option of providing foodgrain subsidies using Aadhar Unique Identification ...
- Entire PDS has collapsed, says SC panelThe sale of foodgrains through the public distribution system to poor families throughout the country at highly subsidised prices is stinki...
- Economic survey suggests food coupons for poor peopleAsserting that there are major deficiencies in the Public Distribution System, Economic Survey has mooted the idea of providing food coupon...
- Countrywide foodgrain storage could be revived on PPP basisthe food ministry is actively exploring hiking the quantum of foodgrain available for welfare programmes and working on legislating the sup...
- PDS foodgrain for riot-hitThe Centre has decided to foot a subsidy bill to the tune of Rs 305 crore arising from foodgrain distribution to the relief camp residents ...
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