
According to a food ministry statement on Tuesday, subsidised food grains worth Rs 43,000 crore is delivered to beneficiaries through…
Internal note cautions rice stock may fall below buffer by April.
Under NFSA, more than 800 million people receive highly subsidised food grains — rice at Rs 3/kg, wheat at Rs…
Despite the logistical limitations in these areas, they displayed a high degree of accomplishment in competing with the general category…
Under the scheme, beneficiaries can get access to highly subsidised foodgrains under public distribution system anywhere in the country.Launched in…
Separately, it may also spend about Rs 1.5 trillion on food subsidy in the year, about Rs 50,000 crore less…
This time wheat procurement is being keenly watched as surge in exports mostly from Madhya Pradesh has pushed up mandi…
The Union Budget (2022-23) has made a provision Rs 2.06 lakh crore under food subsidy in 2022-23.
The government has set a target to procure a record 44 mt wheat in the forthcoming rabi marketing season (2022-23)…
Along with 10 digits of a ration card, two digits were appended to create unique member IDs of each beneficiary…
Asked whether there was any plan to reduce foodgrain procurement or to expand storage facilities, Goyal said the food ministry…
Drawing flak from the CAG for delay in implementing the National Food Security Act (NFSA), the government today…
With 17 of the 29 states in the country including large ones like Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Andhra…
The Centre is unlikely to give any further extension to states for implementing the National Food Security Act (NFSA) after…
In the case of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) roll-out, for instance, several deadlines for a pan-India execution have…
Data from the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 may help states finding it difficult to identify beneficiaries under the…