food subsidy

FY26 food subsidy may exceed budget estimate by Rs 22,000 crore

Over 4.19 MT of rice from the FCI stocks have been offloaded in 2025-26 so far at subsidised rates through…

September 18, 2025 20:09 IST

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

Food Corporation of India, FCI, economy, food subsidy, PMGKAY

FCI resorts to short-term loan of Rs 23,060 crore

Despite receiving 40% of its FY26 food subsidy allocation, the Food Corporation of India has borrowed Rs 23,060 crore in…

August 14, 2025 00:05 IST

PMGKAY, agriculture, farmers, farming, economy, NFSA

Govt aims to complete eKYCs of 800 million beneficiaries

Govt targets eKYC of 800 million NFSA beneficiaries to curb foodgrain pilferage and remove ineligible ration card holders. With 82%…

June 30, 2025 00:20 IST

FCI, Food Corporation of India, finance ministry, economy,

FCI may not need to take loans in Q2

FCI may avoid new loans in Q2 FY26 as the finance ministry releases Rs 38,400 crore upfront. With lean procurement…

June 26, 2025 21:28 IST

Food Corporation of India, FCI, finance ministry, economy, minimum support price, MSP

FCI resorts to short-term loans of Rs 19,190-crore

FCI takes Rs 19,190 crore short-term loan despite early release of Rs 27,590 crore food subsidy, due to rising economic…

June 6, 2025 20:53 IST

GDP, GDP growth, Japan economy, Indian economy, per capita income, global tech, Aadhaar, big data, artificial intelligence, corporate India, R&D technologies, manufacturing, inclusive growth

Strong rabi, soft services: India’s GDP growth projected at 6.9% in Q4FY25, full-year growth likely to decelerate, says ICRA

India’s GDP is expected to rise to 6.9 per cent on-year in Q4FY25 from 6.2 per cent in Q3FY25, ICRA…

May 19, 2025 17:32 IST

Open market sales help reduce food subsidy by Rs 20,000-cr

Prompt payment of subsidy expenses by the finance ministry also helped the FCI save around Rs 372 crore of interest…

May 1, 2024 03:30 IST

WTO, subsidy, grain purchase, trade distortion, global food crisis, export curbs, food security

India plans to push WTO to ease subsidy rules on grain purchase

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government will make a case for quickly resolving the subsidy issue unconditionally and before all others,…

January 19, 2024 10:32 IST

Food subsidy to exceed Budget Estimate by Rs 18,000-cr for current financial year

The enhanced food subsidy will be reflected in the revised estimate that will be presented in the Budget on February…

November 15, 2023 00:15 IST

opinions, editorials, the financial express, income levels, food right

Food as a right

Stagnant income levels are to be blamed for open-ended food subsidy; review of beneficiary pool can’t wait.

November 6, 2023 03:00 IST

For higher growth, end revdi culture Premium Story

Rationalising food subsidies through Budget FY24 can free up resources that can be utilised in providing skilling to youth in…

Updated: January 23, 2023 08:00 IST

food subsidy, fiscal, inflation, food subsidy programme, GDP, food subsidy programme, PMGKAY

‘Revised food subsidy scheme to lower fiscal, inflation risks’

According to the government, the outlay of food grains under PMGKAY was about 112 million tonne cumulatively over 28 months,…

December 29, 2022 01:30 IST

Major subsidies to fall in FY24

The three major explicit subsidies account for nearly 90% of the Centre’s annual expenditure on subsidies and subsidy-related expenditures.

December 13, 2022 04:50 IST

India paving way for global food security; food production, distribution, schemes framework exemplary

On the domestic front, India has made tremendous progress over the years towards achieving the SDGs as measured by important…

Updated: November 8, 2022 17:49 IST

Finance Ministry to seek cap on food subsidy

The finance ministry’s move comes at a time when the expenditure on food subsidy this year is to set to…

September 26, 2022 06:15 IST

These steps, the Fund said, should also be accompanied by further liberalisation of the investment regime and a reduction in tariffs, especially on intermediate goods.

India needs to roll back monetary, fiscal stimulus gradually, says IMF

India’s CAD, however, is “broadly consistent” with its per capita income level, favourable growth prospects, demographic trends, and development needs,…

August 5, 2022 04:40 IST

Earlier, the expenditure department of the finance ministry, too, had expressed concern over the high budgetary cost of PMGKAY and argued against extending it beyond September.

Anna Yojana extension to cost Rs 90,000 crore: Food ministry

Internal note cautions rice stock may fall below buffer by April.

July 18, 2022 05:00 IST

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