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PMGKAY, NFSA, Aadhaar, e-KYC, economy, Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyana Anna Yojana

Weed out ineligible PMGKAY beneficiaries by Sept 30, states told

The Centre has asked states to weed out ineligible PMGKAY beneficiaries by Sept 30 to improve targeting under the free…

September 9, 2025 20:21 IST

Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, PMGKAY, economy, agriculture

Govt reviewing free-grains scheme to cut costs

The Centre is reviewing the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana to cut subsidy costs by removing ineligible beneficiaries. States…

August 31, 2025 20:04 IST

Edible oil imports may decline by 5% in 2024-25: Industry

India’s edible oil imports may drop 5% in 2024-25 to below 15.5 MT, led by record domestic oilseed output and…

August 18, 2025 23:37 IST

Food ministry approves reserve price of wheat for open market sale

Flour millers say reserve price of Rs 2550/quintal higher than the current market price

July 12, 2025 05:31 IST

Food ministry, Economy, Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, PDS, National Food Security Act

Food ministry refutes PDS loss estimate

The ministry has stated that the offtake figures account for stocks in transit, buffer allocations, operational reserves and stocks allocated…

November 20, 2024 01:45 IST

post-harvest losses, food transportation, SARTHI, storage needs, real-time monitoring, technology, temperature control, food supply chain

NIFTEM-K Unveils SARTHI: Smart Reefer Transportation to Curb Post-Harvest Losses

Dr Harinder Singh Oberoi, Director of NIFTEM-K, emphasized the significance of SARTHI, calling it “a true sarthi (companion) for farmers,…

October 16, 2024 16:23 IST

Food Inflation, Economy, Food, Food Ministry

Food inflation control priority for govt: Pralhad Joshi

So far, 0.29 million hectare (MH) of kharif onion has been sown as per data till August 26, against 0.19…

September 6, 2024 02:30 IST

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Tackling sticky food inflation, reining in PDS costs top food minister’s agenda

Currently, FCI holds 50 MT — 32.31 MT of rice stocks and 17.91 MT of grain receivable from millers.

June 11, 2024 02:15 IST

Wheat, Wheat price, FCI, Food ministry, Economy

Government lowers wheat reserve price

The second e-auction was held on Wednesday where 0.38 million tonne (mt) of wheat was purchased by bulk buyers; the…

February 18, 2023 01:30 IST

Food processing industry invests Rs 4,900 crore under PLI scheme so far: Govt

The PLI scheme for the food processing industry, with an outlay of Rs 10,900 crore, was approved on March 2021.…

Updated: December 30, 2022 12:18 IST

Good procurement of rice is essential in 2022-23 to keep inflation in cereals under control, as wheat prices have witnessed a rise in recent weeks despite a ban on exports.

Food ministry calls meet on Aug 30 to fix rice purchase target

As of August 1 this season (2021-22), the FCI has procured more than 59 mt of rice, and the overall…

August 15, 2022 05:00 IST

Food ministry wants further cut in edible oil prices

Landed prices of palm & sunflower oils drop 14% in a month.

August 3, 2022 00:40 IST

It also asked states to follow an open tendering process to cut costs of short-term loans and move paddy stocks from procurement points directly to mills.

FCI grain procurement: Food ministry asks states to cut mandi levies to 2%

For rice and wheat procurement from farmers, the Food Corporation of India (FCI) paid more than `11,300 crore to states…

Updated: July 9, 2022 11:33 IST

Food ministry asks states to cut mandi levies to 2%

The food ministry has also requested states to ensure movement of paddy from procurement centres directly to mills, so that…

July 8, 2022 01:30 IST

The government has so far spent about Rs2.6 trillion under PMGKAY, which was launched in April 2020.

National Food Security Act: Food ministry’s dynamic database to identify subsidy beneficiaries

Officials also said that under section 38 of NFSA states that the centre to provide guidelines to states from time…

April 12, 2022 05:45 IST

Paddy procurement reaches 707.24 lakh tn in 2021-22 season: Food Ministry

A quantity of 707.24 lakh tonne of paddy has been procured till February 27 of the ongoing 2021-22 marketing year.

February 28, 2022 18:06 IST

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