GST on pre-packed labelled food items to increase traders' compliance burden, raise prices: CAITCAIT Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal said that to protest against this decision of the GST Council, the traders' delegation will meet ...
04 Jul, 2022, 03.52 PM IST
Delhi government notifies scheme for doorstep delivery of rationThe 'Mukhya Mantri Ghar Ghar Ration Yojna' (MMGGRY) under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) of the National Food Security Act,...
24 Feb, 2021, 08.23 PM IST
Govt approves mandatory packaging of food grains, 20% sugar in jute bagsThe decision also mandates that initially 10% of the indents of jute bags for packing food grains would be placed through a reverse auction...
29 Oct, 2020, 08.48 PM IST
Government approves alternative bags made of polymer to package foodgrainsThe COVID-19 related lockdown has affected the working in the jute mills thereby disrupting the production of jute bags. Textiles ministry ...
07 Apr, 2020, 09.32 PM IST
Cabinet approves extension of jute packaging norms for foodgrains, sugar"The approval will benefit farmers and workers located in the Eastern and North Eastern regions of the country particularly in the states o...
27 Nov, 2019, 08.27 PM IST
Companies fear losing out to unregistered foodgrain brandsIn the present VAT regime, registered packed rice, wheat flour and gram flour are exempt from tax but in the recently declared schedule of ...
16 Jun, 2017, 12.32 AM IST
28 jute mills closed in India in FY16: GovtUnder the Act, government has mandated 90 per cent of foodgrains and 20 per cent of sugar be packed in jute bags. The annual subsidy for th...
03 Feb, 2017, 04.02 PM IST
Government approves mandatory jute packaging for foodgrains, sugarThe government approved mandatory use of jute packaging material for foodgrains and sugar, a move which will provide relief to 3.7 lakh jut...
09 Dec, 2015, 10.36 PM IST
Budget 2015: Service tax relief to storage services for fruits, vegetablesThe government also clarified that service tax exemption to transportation of 'food stuff' by rail, vessels or road, will be limited to foo...
28 Feb, 2015, 11.36 PM IST
Govt mulls supplying packed foodgrains via ration shopsIn order to plug leakages in PDS and supply quality foodgrain under the new food law to 67% of the country's population, govt is looking at...
14 Oct, 2013, 05.47 PM IST
Tonnes of wheat turn to waste in scarcity-hit GujaratWheat enough to feed more than 5,000 people for more than a year has been left to rot at the Vadodara railway station even as the current s...
13 Aug, 2012, 08.56 AM IST
- Nearly 1 lakh tonne foodgrain lost in FCI godowns: K V Thomas, Food minister
'These losses occurred due to "draige of moisture, long storage, rat & bird trouble, multiple handling by labourers and spillage etc.'
19 Dec, 2011, 04.23 PM IST
- Govt says only jute bags for grains
CCEA at its meeting evening finally approved status quo ante for the jute reservation order at 100% for both foodgrain and sugar during 200...
09 Sep, 2009, 12.04 AM IST
- 'Continue to pack sugar, foodgrains in jute bag'
Govt extends compulsory packing of foodgrains and sugar in bags made of jute for another year till June 30, 2008.
02 Aug, 2007, 03.00 PM IST
- Jute industry cries foul over plastic bag
The jute industry is upset by the report that the DGS&D has again invited two fresh tenders for procurement of 100 lakh woven HDPE/PP bags,...
10 Apr, 2007, 12.24 AM IST
- Jute industry takes a hit on packaging order row
The domestic jute industry is worried over the rampant violation of mandatory jute packaging order by large group of sugar companies, parti...
08 Nov, 2006, 12.30 AM IST
- Cigarettes, gutka to cost more; mobile phones cheaper in Delhi
NEW DELHI: Cigarattes, gutka, pan masala (without tobacco), smoking mixture and other tobacco products will become costlier in Delhi with a...
04 Apr, 2002, 07.54 PM IST