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India’s invisible workforce gets a new safety net: Key labour reforms for migrant employees decodedIndia's inter-state migrant workers gain significant protections under new labour code rules notified on May 8, 2026. The Occupational Safe...- 94% of beneficiaries satisfied with free grain scheme: Piyush GoyalHe said that FCI distributes 47.5 million tonnes of food grains every year to 800 million poor people at subsidised rates under national fo...
- Government weeds out 44 million bogus ration cards to plug leakage“There were a large number bogus and duplicate ration cards before 2013. In last seven years, we have focused to prevent any leakage in the...
- Food stocks in September to be 2.5 times minimum requirementFood minister Ram Vilas Paswan said the government is closely monitoring the situation, and that the country is adequately stocked to under...
- Govt to give extra 5 kg grains, 1 kg pulses for free under PDS for next 3 months: FM Nirmala SitharamanFM Sitharaman announced distribution of 5 kg of wheat or rice and one kg of preferred pulses free-of-cost every month over the next three m...
- PDS beneficiaries can lift 6-month quota of grains in one go: Ram Vilas Paswan amid coronavirus concernsCurrently, beneficiaries are lifting grains in advance for maximum two months, while the Punjab government is already distributing six-mont...
- Inter-ministerial panel to decide on supply of extra foodgrains to the poorThe government gives 5 kg of foodgrain per month to every poor individual .
- Food Ministry asked to design transparent online mechanismFor distribution of foodgrain, the PDS operation is fully computerised.
- Food ministry asked to design transparent online mechanism for sugar distributionThe distribution mechanism could be similar to the existing one for sale of subsidised foodgrain under the public distribution system (PDS)...
- Government keeps selling price of PDS grains unchanged for 1 more year: Ram Vilas PaswanFoodgrains via ration shops are supplied at a highly subsidised rate of Rs 3/kg for rice, Rs 2/kg for wheat and Rs 1/kg for coarse grains v...
- CAG raps Punjab government for unpaid bills to agencies in 'Atta-Dal' schemeSAD-BJP led Punjab government had introduced its 'ambitious' scheme in March 2007, aimed at providing food grains at subsidised rates.
- Shortfall in off-take by Gujarat government deprived beneficiaries: CAGAccording to the CAG report, the shortfall in the off-take deprived the beneficiaries concerned from getting subsidised food grains.
- National Food Security Act a landmark legislation, says IMFThe Food Security Act (FSA) proposes to cover up to 75 per cent of the rural population and up to 50 per cent of the urban population.
- Punjab plans wheat distribution through cooperative societies"We have plans to distribute wheat under Atta-Dal scheme among beneficiaries (blue card holders) once a year after the arrival of crop in g...
- The Food Bill will not serve the purpose, even for CongressIf the food security Bill is finally implemented, all it will do is to supplement part of what the states spend on food subsidy with money ...
- MP government brings down rates of wheat, rice under scheme"Madhya Pradesh is the first state after Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu to provide food grains to the poor at such a special subsidised rates."
- Direct cash transfer to take off in union territories first, says GovernmentFood ministry will introduce direct cash transfer to poor families through their Aadhar-based bank accounts first in the UTs.
- Ashok Gulati panel cautions govt on Food BillAn expert panel led by Ashok Gulati has come up with an outlook on challenges and options in the implementation of the bill.
- Grain stocks pile up at FCI on slipupHas the food ministry been misleading over changes to its subsidised grain sale in the open market, resulting in massive excess stocks stil...
- Rajasthan to set up civil supplies corporationThe Rajasthan government is planning to set up state civil supplies corporation to provide essential commodities to the vulnerable sections...
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