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Retail central bank digital currency in circulation falls by 24% in FY26The value of retail central bank digital currency in circulation saw a significant drop of 24.08 percent in 2025-26. Despite this, the Rese...- RBI highlights strong banking sector health, says lenders can withstand severe shocksIn the fiscal year 2025-26, India's financial landscape demonstrated remarkable stability. Both banks and non-bank entities showcased solid...
- Breaking the Cycle: Food Security Act helps 1.8 million children grow stronger, shows studyThe National Food Security Act of 2013 significantly reduced child stunting in India by preventing stunting in 1.8 million children across ...
- Centre to fully implement rice fortification programme before March 2024 targetThe government will implement fully rice fortification programme before the scheduled target of March 2024, a top food ministry official sa...
- One Nation One Ration Card scheme has positive impact on non-migrants also: StudyThe study was designed to underline the value ONORC reform launched in 2019. ONORC today forms a key part of India’s Public Distribution Sy...
- Centre again asks Delhi to resume e-PoS devices in PDS; seeks compliance report by June 30The Delhi government in April 2018 had temporarily suspended distribution of ration through the e-PoS system. The Centre wants the Delhi go...
- Delhi HC asks Delhi govt to respond to plea challenging decision to limit non-PDS beneficiariesThe Delhi high court on Wednesday sought response of the Delhi government on a plea challenging its non-PDS guidelines, putting an 'arbitra...
- 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...
- States must not delete ration card holders' names for lack of Aadhaar: PaswanThe central government has asked states and union territories to ensure that names of people are not deleted from the ration card database ...
- What you don't know about AadhaarThe study found that the Aadhaar has more self-reported errors than the voter ID database.
- Savings from direct benefit transfer pegged at Rs 83,000 croreThe 45% jump in saving resulted from further pruning of fake or duplicate beneficiaries and plugging of leakages that enabled “deserving be...
- Centre asks states not to deny PDS food to poor sans AadhaarAn instruction has been issued in this regard this week to all states, after an 11-year old Jharkhand girl allegedly died of starvation rec...
- Six more states keen to implement DBT in kerosene: GovernmentThe Minister said PDS kerosene is distributed to ration card holders through the state government and the state civil supplies authorities ...
- Government to roll out LPG-like DBT scheme for kerosene from April 1The cash subsidy to be paid will be equivalent to the difference between current PDS price of about Rs 12 and market rate of Rs 43 per litr...
- Food security bill: Experts seek proper selection, revamped PDSProper selection of beneficiaries by the states and a reformed mechanism of public distribution needs to be put in place.
- No move to dismantle minimum support price and PDS: Montek Singh AhluwaliaPitching for direct cash transfer of food subsidy, Montek Singh Ahluwalia assured this would not result in dismantling of current system of...
- Government to provide direct subsidy on keroseneGovernment today said it planned to provide direct subsidy to beneficiaries of kerosene oil and a pilot project in this regard was yielding...
- Two-phase IT strategy can solve Public Distribution System mess: Nandan NilekaniNilekani has proposed use of coupons, smartcards, and direct cash transfers, along with GPS tracking of trucks carrying ration, as some met...
- Smart card: A solution for public distribution system problemRSBY is just the beginning. The smart card has the potential to change the way we think and to transform the entire delivery system.
- Economic survey suggests food coupons for poor peopleAsserting that there are major deficiencies in the Public Distribution System, Economic Survey has mooted the idea of providing food coupon...
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