Maharashtra FDA banned unhealthy food sales within fifty meters of schools. This strict order applies to all government and private educati...

Assam Minister Kaushik Rai directed officials to finish ration card verification by July 31. This process aims to ensure only eligible bene...

Among Assam's 2026-27 budget proposals, a major one is that polygamous men will be barred from accessing government schemes. Additionally, ...

Tamil Nadu will distribute attractive and comfortable dhotis and sarees to nearly 2.23 crore ration cardholders. These garments will featur...

The latest escalation in the US-Iran war means that crude oil price is back as a risk for India. Although we are in a market already strugg...

Assam has temporarily halted the distribution of subsidized pulses, sugar, and salt under its public distribution system for two months, ef...

The Indian government will enforce strict penalties on sugar mills violating monthly stock holding limits set to prevent hoarding and price...

The approval is expected to extend benefits of more than Rs1850 crore during the period of the 15th Finance Commission (2020-21 to 2025-26)...

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narender Modi, approved extension of scheme of sugar subsidy for AAY families distributed thro...

The government gives 5 kg of foodgrain per month to every poor individual .

For distribution of foodgrain, the PDS operation is fully computerised.

The distribution mechanism could be similar to the existing one for sale of subsidised foodgrain under the public distribution system (PDS)...

The sugar subsidy was discontinued with the effect from March 2017 as per the recommendation of the Expenditure Management Commission, he a...

The scheme has a target of 40 crore beneficiaries of BPL (below poverty line) families. About 2.7 million tonnes of sugar per annum are req...

The Union government's decision to allow states to procure sugar for public distribution has actually left a few of them clueless.

The government is pushing ahead with long-awaited reforms to boost finances of cash-strapped power utilities and to reduce food subsidy by ...

The decision was taken in the meeting of the panel of empowered group of ministers which also decided to continue the export of non-basmati...