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- Open MSP procurement, storage to private sector: StarAgri CEOStarAgri CEO Amith Agarwal advocates a bigger private-sector role in MSP procurement and storage to boost efficiency, warehousing capacity,...02 Jun, 2026, 09.35 AM IST
- India must map, monitor economic vulnerabilities in energy, food, other areas: EAC-PM chairmanEconomic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) Chairman S Mahendra Dev in an interview with PTI further said the ongoing West Asi...04 May, 2026, 04.35 PM IST
- 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...05 Apr, 2024, 10.35 AM IST
- 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...15 Nov, 2023, 09.13 PM IST
- 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 ...06 Nov, 2023, 05.26 PM IST
- Provided free foodgrains to 80 crore poor people; no one went hungry during pandemic, asserts FM SitharamanThe government is implementing scheme to supply free foodgrains to poor under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) with expendit...02 Feb, 2023, 12.51 AM IST
- 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...25 Dec, 2022, 05.58 AM IST
- 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...29 Sep, 2022, 11.33 AM IST
- 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 ...31 Aug, 2022, 11.05 PM IST
- 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.26 Mar, 2022, 10.34 PM IST
- 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...24 Nov, 2021, 03.38 PM IST
- 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.08 Jun, 2021, 10.40 PM IST
- 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...07 Jun, 2021, 08.25 PM IST
- Cabinet approves distribution of free foodgrain till NovemberBriefing reporters about the decisions taken by the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Information and Broadcasting Mini...08 Jul, 2020, 05.29 PM IST
- Over 68 lakh families to get free foodgrains under NFSA againThe state government had distributed 72 lakh quintals of free grains to 68 lakh NFSA families in April and May costing Rs 802 crore at the ...02 Jun, 2020, 04.35 PM IST
- Do not get into policy formulation: PM to Supreme CourtPrime Minister Manmohan Singh gently told the Supreme Court, which recently directed the government to distribute foodgrains free to the po...06 Sep, 2010, 02.30 PM IST
- SC effect? 25 lakh tonnes of grain for poor as PR boostWith govt due to file response in SC to suggestions of distributing free foodgrains to the poor, an empowered Cabinet committee decided to ...03 Sep, 2010, 01.13 PM IST
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