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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 ...- ₹69,000 crore vanishes in grain leakages: Where is India’s free ration going?A new report reveals that India's Public Distribution System (PDS) suffers a 28% leakage of subsidized grains, amounting to 20 million tonn...
- Ration card portability gains traction in 2023; records 28 cr transactions in 11 monthsThe objective of the One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) service was to empower poor beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFS...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 .
- India is said to plan domestic sale of pulses to prevent rottingThe government is attempting to sell the reserves in the open market and to some states and organizations such as railways and defense forc...
- Government agencies to procure 330 lakh tonne wheat in 2017-18The release said that the prospects of production of wheat and procurement estimate for RMS 2017-18 were discussed.
- Bengal Tea belt likely to face yet another major turmoilThe tea belt in northern WB is heading for turmoil after tea trade unions warned aggressive protests against proposed food grain distributi...
- Supreme Court notice to Centre on distribution of subsidized food grainsThe Supreme Court today sought the response from the Centre on a plea seeking distribution of subsidised foodgrains to the poor through PDS.
- 26 states, union territories achieve 100% digitization of ration cards to plug PDS leakageThe ministry also plans to launch the DBT for foodgrains in three UTs of Puducherry, Chandigarh and Dadra and Nagar Haveli from September.
- Guwahati HC suspends government's directive of stopping allocation of bulk food grainsThe ministry added tea industry is required to provide food grains to permanent and temporary tea garden workers in lieu of wages.
- Cash transfers can save Rs 30,000 crore per year in food subsidies: Shanta KumarRestructuring FCI is one of the key reform plans of government as it devises measures to plug leakages and ensure targeted delivery of subs...
- Centre directs Bihar government to lift foodgrain quota by August 31Bihar has got storage capacity for 5.37 lakh tonnes foodgrains of which almost all infrastructure belongs to the Centre, Paswan said
- Govt spends Rs 3.65 to deliver Rs 1-worth food; 57% of subsidized food doesn't reach beneficiariesThe government spends Rs 3.65 to deliver Re 1 of food while 57% of subsidized food grains do not reach the intended beneficiaries, says a r...
- Food bill a conspiracy to impoverish farmers: Samajwadi PartySamajwadi Party slammed the food security bill as a conspiracy to impoverish the farmers, vowing to oppose it in Parliament.
- In a setback for UPA, Akhilesh Yadav opposes food security billUPA’s National Food Security Bill is facing resistance from not just Opposition parties and other expected quarters such as the Trinamool C...
- Cabinet approves 1st phase of PDS computerizationGovt approved the first phase of the end-to-end computerization of Targeted Public Distribution System that will cost the Centre and states...
- Universal PDS only way to beat hunger, tackle inflation?Many essentials of Indian kitchens are almost beyond reach; sugar is up by nearly 60%, pulses by 46% and potatoes by 53% over a year.
- Food and fuel price hikes hit Africans hardThe head of the United Nations World Food Program said that international price increases have created more hungry people worldwide than ev...
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