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FOODGRAINS SUBSIDY MANAGEMENT
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...- 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...
- Food Ministry signs pact with FCI; sets target for procurement, better management of subsidyThe Food Ministry and FCI have signed an agreement for fiscal year 2025-26, focusing on improving foodgrain management and subsidy optimiza...
- 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 ...
- Centre to roll out free grain distribution to 81.35 cr NFSA beneficiaries from January 1For smooth implementation, general managers of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) have been asked to visit three ration shops every day in...
- Lower subsidy bill seen in FY24 even after free grainsThe cabinet Friday decided to provide free foodgrain to nearly 814 million eligible beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFS...
- Niti Aayog suggests policy measures to ensure subsidised foodgrains supply to needyThe scenarios, that have been constructed keeping in mind the National Food Security Act, 2013, have been made after the ministry had sough...
- Eco Survey pitches for hike in PDS rates to trim food subsidy billFoodgrains via ration shops are supplied at highly subsidised rates of Rs 3 per kg for rice, Rs 2 per kg for wheat and Rs 1 per kg for coar...
- Government allots Rs 25,834 crore food subsidy to Food Corporation of IndiaThe govt has earmarked Rs 1,34,834.61 crore as food subsidy for 2016-17 fiscal. The corporation is facing a subsidy arrear of Rs 58,650 cro...
- FCI rejig: Panel for direct cash transfer of food subsidyAfter oil, a cut in food subsidy is on the anvil as a high-level panel suggested giving cash to beneficiaries and shifting rice and wheat p...
- FCI reform: Adani presents views on grains storage, movementIn last meeting, the corporation has invited suggestions from public and stakeholders, including private sector firms, on management of foo...
- At Rs 1,25,000 cr, Food Security Bill largest in world: Implementation a challenge, says Morgan Stanley'Given the limited window available for implementation, the govt's target to cap subsidies at 0.8% of GDP will go up by up to 0.2% of GDP t...
- Food Bill implementation to entail Rs 1.12 lakh crore subsidyImplementation of the National Food Security Bill will entail a subsidy of a whopping Rs 1.12 lakh crore.
- FCI needs Rs 85,359 cr to pay for foodgrain procurement, duesFood Corporation of India needs Rs 85,359 crore to pay for procurement of foodgrains and clear dues, Rajya Sabha was informed today.
- Reform subsidyGovt will spend extra Rs 6.5K cr to pay bonus on grain procurement prices.
- Centre wants state govts to act fast on paddy subsidyCentre’s “ad-hoc” decision to set the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for paddy at Rs 850/quintal for common grade paddy and at Rs 880/quintal ...
- Govt favours free import-export foodgrain policyThe Government on Friday favoured a policy that allows free import and export of foodgrains in the medium term to ensure country's food sec...
- Figure watch: Food subsidy must eat lessThe Economic Survey reinstates the need to revamp the food management and security framework, mooted half-heartedly by the poll-bound NDA g...
- Food subsidy bill likely to stay at budgeted levelThe subsidy bill for this fiscal is unlikely to be higher than the Budget estimate of Rs 27,800 crore projected in the interim Budget.
- Panel unlikely to set cap for FCI purchasesNEW DELHI: A proposal that a long-term timeframe for capping foodgrain procurement by FCI be outlined by the buffer stocking committee is s...
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