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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...- 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...
- Foodgrains free of cost to over 80 cr people under PMGKAY for 1 yr: Food MinistryThese two food subsidy schemes have been subsumed as Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) for effective and uniform implementat...
- 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 ...
- Free foodgrain scheme to be extended by another 5 years: ModiDuring election campaigns in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a significant announcement: the government ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Final call on free foodgrains scheme extension by September endThe scheme offers 5 kg of wheat or rice and 1 kg of whole chana free of cost per person per month. This is in addition to subsidised ration...
- 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...
- Covid-19: Govt allocates 199 lakh tonnes of foodgrains for free distribution during July-NovemberThe Centre spent Rs 1,33,972 crore last year to implement the PMGKAY programme and will incur expenditure of another Rs 93,869 crore this y...
- FCI has supplied 69 lakh tonnes of foodgrains to states so far for free distribution under PMGKAY: GovtThis means that till November 2021, more than 80 crore people will continue to get decided quantity of free foodgrain every month.
- Govt extends free foodgrains scheme till Nov for 80 crore beneficiariesIn April, the Centre had announced distribution of free foodgrains for the months of May and June under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann...
- Government to distribute free 5 kg foodgrain to poor in May, JuneIn line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's commitment to the poor, the government has decided to provide free food grains to about 80 cror...
- 94% of beneficiaries satisfied with free grain scheme: Piyush GoyalHe said that FCI distributes 47.5 million tonnes of food grains every year to 800 million poor people at subsidised rates under national fo...
- Free ration distributed to 2.67 crore migrants per month in May, June: GovernmentResponsibility of identification of beneficiaries under this scheme was entrusted with states, which initially indicated about 2.8 crore to...
- Cabinet nod for extension of PMGKAY for 5 months till November"The Prime Minister had announced that this scheme will be extended and the same has been approved by the Cabinet today," Information and B...
- 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...
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