In Kerala, more than 85 lakh ration cardholders have power connections. Only 60,128 families have no cooking gas or power connections.

It has been also decided to link the Aadhaar number with the ration card issued to households availing the benefits or with the bank accoun...

Aadhar-enabled point-of-sale (PoS) machines at 20,778 fairprice shops in Karnataka will use biometric authentication of 1.08 crore below-po...

The Minister said PDS kerosene is distributed to ration card holders through the state government and the state civil supplies authorities ...

PM Narendra Modi has now asked for the pilot trials of DBT extension to food and fertiliser subsidy to be monitored closely.

Delhi was one of the pioneer states to implement the National Food Security Act, 2013, according to Delhi's Economic Survey.

The Delhi Government announced that the national capital has become the first 'kerosene-free city' in the country.

"People need not wait in ration shops for kerosene for 4-5 hours," the state's Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Dinesh Gu...

With an eye on assembly polls, the city government today issued direction for speedy implementation of its ambitious kerosene-free Delhi sc...

The scheme that the UPA reckons will be a "game changer" could be undone by non-payment of cash or payment delays.

To check the black marketing of cheap kerosene sold through the PDS, Govt has decided to deposit subsidy on the fuel directly in the bank a...

The ministry proposes to limit the number of subsidized cylinders for even BPL (below poverty line) at four cylinders a year.

There are three tapping points in a state’s distribution chain from where cheap kerosene meant for sale through ration shops is diverted, m...

Most of this "poor man's fuel" is pilfered and sold in the black market for a price that's two or three times higher.

The government is considering policies to phase out subsidies on cooking gas while targeting kerosene subsidies for the poorer people.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh decided to take on the issue of subsidies and energy pricing head-on, when he said that the absence of ration...