Portal to ensure ration cards for migrant workers: 16 million more likely to be added to PDS list According to a food ministry statement on Tuesday, subsidised food grains worth Rs 43,000 crore is delivered to beneficiaries through… August 4, 2022 03:50 IST
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
Odisha, UP & Andhra top three in implementation of NFSA Under NFSA, more than 800 million people receive highly subsidised food grains — rice at Rs 3/kg, wheat at Rs… July 6, 2022 02:45 IST
Odisha tops state ranking for implementation of National Food Security Act Despite the logistical limitations in these areas, they displayed a high degree of accomplishment in competing with the general category… July 5, 2022 15:12 IST
India completes ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ implementation Under the scheme, beneficiaries can get access to highly subsidised foodgrains under public distribution system anywhere in the country.Launched in… June 22, 2022 08:18 IST
Free ration scheme may stay through FY23; PMGKAY to cost exchequer Rs 1.6 trillion this fiscal Separately, it may also spend about Rs 1.5 trillion on food subsidy in the year, about Rs 50,000 crore less… April 19, 2022 03:30 IST
Tepid start to wheat buying, to pick up pace by mid-April This time wheat procurement is being keenly watched as surge in exports mostly from Madhya Pradesh has pushed up mandi… April 7, 2022 03:50 IST
Buoyant wheat export market seen to cut FY23 food subsidy bill The Union Budget (2022-23) has made a provision Rs 2.06 lakh crore under food subsidy in 2022-23. March 15, 2022 03:45 IST
Buoyant export markets allay concerns on low wheat procurement The government has set a target to procure a record 44 mt wheat in the forthcoming rabi marketing season (2022-23)… March 10, 2022 01:15 IST
Ration Cards Portability: Millions get subsidised foodgrain at places of work under NFSA Along with 10 digits of a ration card, two digits were appended to create unique member IDs of each beneficiary… February 9, 2022 04:45 IST
National Food Security Act: No plan to hike NFSA grain prices, says food minister Piyush Goyal Asked whether there was any plan to reduce foodgrain procurement or to expand storage facilities, Goyal said the food ministry… February 19, 2021 03:00 IST
Food security act rolled out in 33 states/UTs: Govt Drawing flak from the CAG for delay in implementing the National Food Security Act (NFSA), the government today… April 29, 2016 21:35 IST
‘Roll out food law or pay MSPs for grain’ With 17 of the 29 states in the country including large ones like Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Andhra… Updated: October 5, 2015 00:38 IST
Centre unlikely to extend food Act deadline The Centre is unlikely to give any further extension to states for implementing the National Food Security Act (NFSA) after… September 11, 2015 00:33 IST
Socio-economic Caste Census data soon, to slash subsidy In the case of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) roll-out, for instance, several deadlines for a pan-India execution have… Updated: May 29, 2015 09:25 IST
Food Act roll-out hit by patchy data Data from the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011 may help states finding it difficult to identify beneficiaries under the… Updated: March 19, 2015 05:44 IST
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