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Assam Cabinet approves land law amendments to boost investmentAssam's Cabinet greenlit a bill to boost industrial investment by easing land reclassification for sectors like MSMEs and solar energy. Fai...- Karnataka supports 10,500 food processing units, creates up to 1 lakh jobs: KAPPECKarnataka is championing micro food processing, supporting over 10,500 units and creating up to one lakh jobs. The state is also a leading ...
- 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...
- FM Nirmala Sitharaman targets Rahul Gandhi, says India's growth story belies Opposition's doom predictionsResponding to Rahul Gandhi's criticisms, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman confidently proclaimed India as the fastest-growing major econ...
- Agriculture Ministry's FY27 budget at Rs 1.4 lakh crore a five-fold jump from 2013-14 levelThe Modi government has five-folded the agriculture ministry budget to Rs 1.4 lakh crore for 2026-27. Over 3,000 climate-resistant crop var...
- 12 years of PM Modi: Bold reforms, decisive decisions and political turning pointsAfter 12 years at the helm, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reflects on a transformative journey filled with key reforms that have altered Ind...
- 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...
- West Bengal’s Delhi wall may disappear: What schemes could BJP rule in Kolkata unlock?West Bengal's long-standing political clashes with the central government over welfare schemes are set to change. With the BJP now in power...
- 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...
- Enough rice, wheat stocks for emergencyFood prices remain steady across India. Essential items like grains, pulses, edible oils, and sugar are in good supply. The government assu...
- Centre aims 7-fold jump in wheat procurement from UP, Rajasthan, Bihar this year"UP, Bihar, and Rajasthan have been contributing much less than they could have. We are targeting total wheat procurement of 310 lakh tonne...
- Near-term macro impact of free foodgrain scheme muted, adds to medium-term risks: Nomura“Over the medium term, the government is likely to forgo revenues from its subsidised food sales (0.05% of GDP on an annualised basis). As ...
- For the time being, an acceptable trade-OffThe food subsidy bill for 2022-23 will climb by ₹1.3 lakh crore. However, given tax revenue buoyancy, the Centre could close the year with ...
- Free foodgrain scheme extended till DecemberLaunched as a Covid relief measure in March 2020, the scheme offers 5 kg of wheat or rice free of cost per person per month. This is in add...
- No decision yet on extending free foodgrain scheme, says Finance SecretaryThe Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY) was launched in March 2020 to ease the hardships faced by poor people in the face of ...
- Centre extends free foodgrain programme for six months until SeptemberGovt on Saturday extended free foodgrain scheme PMGKAY for another six months till September 2022, announced Food Minister Piyush Goyal.
- Cabinet extends free foodgrains scheme till March 2022The food grain under Phase V would entail an estimated food subsidy of Rs 53344.52 crore, said the department of Food and Public Distributi...
- Free foodgrain schemes to add Rs 1.49 Lakh Cr to govt's subsidy burdenThe government pays a subsidy of about Rs 1.70 lakh crore annually for cheap grains to 810 million ration card holders under the National F...
- National food security scheme to be implemented in Uttarakhand from June 30The scheme will benefit 61.94 lakh people of the state, Rawat said those not covered under the scheme will get foodgrains under the state s...
- Fears of unsustainability of food scheme unfounded: ThomasFood Minister K V Thomas has said that fears about unsustainability of the subsidised foodgrains scheme are unfounded.
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