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Sarthak PDS: Cabinet clears Rs 25,000-crore overhaul of public distribution systemThe Union Cabinet has approved the Rs 25,000-crore Sarthak Public Distribution System scheme. This initiative aims to modernize India's foo...- India’s invisible workforce gets a new safety net: Key labour reforms for migrant employees decodedIndia's inter-state migrant workers gain significant protections under new labour code rules notified on May 8, 2026. The Occupational Safe...
- Tamil Nadu granted additional borrowing limit of Rs 4,813 crore for implementing PDS reformsWith this, TN became the 11th state to implement the public distribution system (PDS) reforms, taking the total additional borrowing limit ...
- Nine states unlock additional borrowing limit of Rs 23,523 crore via implementation of PDS reformsAs part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat package announced in May, the Centre had allowed the states to borrow an additional 2% of gross state dom...
- Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh get additional borrowing limit of Rs 7,376 croreWhile UP has been permitted to borrow Rs 4,851 crore on account of One Nation One Ration Card System (ONORCS) reforms under the PDS, AP wil...
- Government to focus on nutrition security of 23 crore PDS members: Ram Vilas PaswanWastage of foodgrains in government godowns is coming down and there is abundant stocks to meet the PDS demand for this year, he added.
- 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...
- Six more states keen to implement DBT in kerosene: GovernmentThe Minister said PDS kerosene is distributed to ration card holders through the state government and the state civil supplies authorities ...
- 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.
- Vasundhara Raje meets Arvind Panagariya; discusses issues related to PDS, MNREGARaje informed Panagariya about the state govt's initiative to convert 5,000 Fair Price Shops as Annapurna Bhandars to bring drastic changes...
- National Food Security Bill to lead to massive PDS reforms, says KV ThomasNational Food Security Bill will lead to massive PDS reforms including doorstep delivery of food grains, end-to-end computerisation, levera...
- Food security, a fundamental responsibility of the stateNo one will deny that the least a democratic government can do for its people in a civilised society is to ensure access to food at afforda...
- Food ministry snubs UID on PDS reformsThe ministry has ignored the Nilekani taskforce report making UID central to IT reforms in the PDS and has instead proposed its own system ...
- Nandan Nilekani panel suggests 2-phase IT strategy to revamp PDSA panel headed by UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani today suggested two-phase strategy to use IT to improve the PDS network.
- 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.
- Panel headed by Montek suggests UID to plug PDS slippagesA working group on PDS reforms headed by Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has advocated the use of UID.
- Centre to discuss revamping PDS with states on MondayThe Centre has convened a meeting tomorrow with state governments to discuss ways to revamp the public distribution system (PDS), which is ...
- Aim is to enrol 600 million in first phase of UIDAI: NilekaniWith the first phase of UIDAI aiming to enrol 600 million residents of the country into its database in next four years and its possible us...
- Dilemmas in PDS reformThe proposal to provide poor with smart cards carrying food subsidy redeemable at fair price shops seems an improvement on food coupons vul...
- PDs open to rate risks, but have less hedging optionsStandalone PDs with diversified business activities will survive in the long run, says Gopalakrishnan Narayanan, MD of the country’s larges...
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