Delhi government seeks to partner with private companies for home delivery of rationsThe government of the National Capital Territory has held online meetings with some of the companies and written letters to the others, to ...
05 Aug, 2020, 10.10 PM IST
'Aadhaar tied to just 2% of PDS exclusion'On exclusion due to Aadhaar, UID chief executive officer Ajay Bhushan Pandey said this is a concern which is being seriously addressed by v...
18 May, 2018, 11.01 AM IST
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 ...
22 Nov, 2016, 04.58 PM IST
We have a comfortable debt-equity ratio: Sanjay Jain, Future GroupRecently we have done an alliance with a Swiss company and we will soon be launching Swiss Temple chocolate brand in the local market.
28 Aug, 2015, 04.30 PM IST
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...
26 Aug, 2015, 11.23 PM IST
Kishore Biyani’s Future Group to manage overall public distribution system and ration shops in RajasthanIndia’s largest retailer, on its part, will gain access to 5,000 outlets across the state to sell its private label products.
20 Aug, 2015, 08.03 AM IST
Scam after scam in BJP-ruled states, but PM Modi silent: CongressCongress slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his "silence" on alleged scams and scandals involving the chief ministers of three BJP-r...
06 Jul, 2015, 10.47 PM IST
West Bengal to launch food law in 3 districts from June 1The food law, passed by Parliament in September 2013 during the previous UPA regime, has so far been rolled out in 11 states/UTs.
25 May, 2015, 10.09 PM IST
Government to provide direct subsidy on keroseneGovernment today said it planned to provide direct subsidy to beneficiaries of kerosene oil and a pilot project in this regard was yielding...
22 May, 2012, 03.33 PM IST
- Food Bill must have strong safeguards for cash transfer: Dreze
Draft Food Security Bill provides the option of cash transfer or food coupons as alternatives to a direct foodgrains.
02 Oct, 2011, 12.56 PM IST
- Corruption perception in India on the wane: Study
The study claimed that in the last one year, Rs 4,718 million had been paid by rural households in the surveyed states to access the servic...
30 Apr, 2011, 07.31 AM IST
- NREG, PDS & nutritional deprivation
The effects of NREG wages on nutrient intake in many cases are larger than those of non-NREG income For some nutrients, PDS has larger effe...
11 May, 2010, 06.03 AM IST
- Entire PDS has collapsed, says SC panel
The sale of foodgrains through the public distribution system to poor families throughout the country at highly subsidised prices is stinki...
17 Mar, 2010, 10.04 AM IST
- Rajasthan to set up civil supplies corporation
The Rajasthan government is planning to set up state civil supplies corporation to provide essential commodities to the vulnerable sections...
13 Jan, 2010, 04.53 PM IST
- Govt set to dump Aiyar's Jan Kerosene Pariyojana
Government is set to dump Jan Kerosene Pariyojana after the ambitious scheme resulted in an annual loss of Rs 200 crore.
25 Aug, 2008, 10.58 AM IST
- Pawar rules out wheat imports this year
India, which bought wheat from markets abroad for two years to feed its PDS ruled out any imports this year as foodgrain procurement neared...
13 May, 2008, 12.52 AM IST
- India has record 31,650 petrol pumps
Energy-hungry India has a record 31,650 petrol pumps and 9270 LPG distribution agencies, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Di...
17 Aug, 2006, 04.10 PM IST