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Direct benefit transfers, economy, PDS Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin, PMAY-G

Direct benefit transfers fall 4% to Rs 6.6 lakh crore in FY25

India’s Direct Benefit Transfers fell 4% to Rs 6.6 lakh crore in FY25 amid delayed scheme rollouts and lower subsidies.…

April 21, 2025 22:05 IST

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PDS costs seen to rise sharply next fiscal

FCI’s economic cost of handling rice and wheat is set to rise, pushing up food subsidy costs due to higher…

March 21, 2025 21:27 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

All PDS beneficiaries to get fortified rice in next few months

Out of 660 districts covered under the PDS, 22 wheat consuming districts would be excluded from coverage under rice fortification…

August 23, 2023 04:40 IST

Centre commences distribution of free foodgrains under PDS today for a year

Around 55 million tonne of foodgrains was provided to states annually for distribution to NFSA beneficiaries through 0.53 million fair…

January 1, 2023 03:55 IST

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A double-edged sword

Free supply of NFSA grains a smart move, but creates a long-term burden

December 26, 2022 04:45 IST

PMGKAY, free ration scheme, Antyodaya Anna Yojana

Free ration to poor for one year under NFSA

No extension for PMGKAY

December 24, 2022 06:30 IST

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Sufficient grain stocks for PDS & PMGKAY: Govt

Wheat stocks to be 2 MT above buffer in January

Updated: December 16, 2022 06:49 IST

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Revise PDS issue prices

PDS issue prices must be fixed at half of the MSPs, cover limited to the bottom 30%

October 3, 2022 04:15 IST

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Politics prevails over economy: Free ration scheme to run for three more months

Extra spend of Rs 44,762 cr to add to Centre’s fiscal woes

September 29, 2022 06:30 IST

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Govt’s rice stocks to fall below buffer if free ration stays through FY23

Extension of the scheme will also reduce wheat stocks in the central pool as on April 1, 2023 to 9-9.3 MT against…

September 17, 2022 00:45 IST

NFSA provides for maximum coverage for about 813 million people as per Census 2011. However, currently around 797 million people are covered under NFSA.

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

The allocation under PMGKAY is likely to cross Rs 3.4 trillion by the end of September 30, sourced told FE.

Govt’s spend on free ration scheme at Rs 3.16 trillion

Likely to cross Rs 3.4 trillion by Sept 30

Updated: July 23, 2022 11:09 IST

State food ministers to discuss PDS and nutritional security on July 5

Union food and consumer affairs minister Piyush Goyal will address the conference.

July 3, 2022 17:15 IST

India can switch 30% of agri acreage to natural farming by 2030: Ramesh Chand

Chand said that natural farming methods could be scaled up in 6% of the gross cropped areas in states such…

June 8, 2022 08:18 IST

More than 15,000 fair price shops serving as financial service agents

Currently, most of these revamped outlets are located in Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.

May 28, 2022 05:30 IST

Launched in 2020 as part of the Covid-19 relief measure, under the PMGKAY scheme 5 kg of grains are provided free every month besides highly subsidised foodgrain to more than 81 beneficiaries under National Food Security Act.

Rice allocation by government raised under free ration scheme

“To mitigate scarcity like situation and to ensure availability of sufficient stocks as per stocking norms, it has been decided…

May 4, 2022 03:15 IST

Fortification of rice helps increase vitamin and mineral content in diets and helps achieving nutritional security. The government annually spends more than Rs 2 trillion for implementing NFSA.

Fortified rice supplies via PDS to cost govt Rs 2,700 crore annually

In the second phase of implementation, along with the beneficiaries under ICDS and PM POSHAN, fortified rice will be provided…

April 9, 2022 05:00 IST

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