Jammu: Kashmiri Pandits protest; seek rehabilitation policy, fresh job packageDisplaced Kashmiri Pandits staged a protest in Jammu. They are demanding a comprehensive rehabilitation policy for their return to Kashmir ...
Odisha hikes quotas for STs, SCs; introduces reservation for OBCs in medical, technical educationOdisha has significantly boosted reservation quotas for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students in medical and technical education, ra...
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...
Congress says PM Modi's New Year 'gift' cuts rations of 81 crore poor by 50 pc"The year 2023 began with the depressing news that PM Modi's Cabinet has discontinued the Pradhan Mantri Garib Anna Kalyan Yojana (PMGKAY),...
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...
Per capita income rose in real terms by 33.4 per cent since enactment of NFSA: Centre to SC"During last eight years, since the enactment of NFSA, per capita income of the population in India has increased in real terms by 33.4 per...
Centre in final stages of developing system to extend subsidized foodgrains to homeless, destituteOver and above the subsidized foodgrains, the government during the pandemic is supplying free foodgrains to NFSA beneficiaries under Pradh...
Centre says Delhi's ration scheme lacks clarity; suggests implementation on pilot basisIn a letter dated June 22 written to the Delhi government, the Union Food Ministry pointed out several challenges and concerns in the propo...
Government ropes in 12 institutions to evaluate impact of National Food Security ActDuring 2018-20, about 26 institutions and universities were engaged as monitoring institutions for conducting the evaluation of the impleme...
No proposal at present to revisit coverage of people under NFSA: Food SecyFood Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey on Friday said the government has no proposal at present to revisit the coverage of people benefiting from ...
As many as 32 States, UTs implementing 'One Nation One Ration Card'"So far, the facility has been enabled in 32 states/UTs covering nearly 69 crore beneficiaries, almost 86% of NFSA population of the countr...
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 ...
Economic Survey suggests revision of rates and coverage under NFSAUnder the NFSA, the government supplies 5 kg of subsidised foodgrains to each person per month through more than 5 lakh ration shops, known...
Centre issues ultimatum to Kerala, Tamil Nadu for implementing National Food Security ActThe Kerala government had earlier said it would implement the NFSA from November but now the state is planning to do it from December.
- CPI(M) activists clash with police over NFSA protests
"It is an anti-people act. NFSA will deprive huge population of the right to food. It is against the interests of the people,"CPI(M) leader...
Naveen Patnaik to launch NFSA ration card distribution on October 2In its effort to implement the first phase of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) in Odisha, the state government will launch a ration ca...
Names of 50 lakh illegal persons deleted from Odisha National Food Security Act listOdisha govt has deleted names of at least 50 lakh ineligible beneficiaries from the list of people to benefit from the National Food Securi...