Food Subsidy

Eliminate energy burden, says Montek

Friday April 19, 2013

Energy subsidy should be eliminated and the total subsidy burden on the government should be brought down to 1.4 per cent of the GDP, Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said today.

Diesel subsidy may have to be frozen to meet Budget numbers: Raghuram Rajan

Wednesday March 6, 2013

The government may have to freeze the diesel subsidy at the current level to protect the Budget numbers at some point in time, said Raghuram Rajan, chief economic advisor to the Finance Minister, while flagging concerns over the widening current acco...

Don't cut food security subsidy, says Montek

Sunday March 3, 2013

Food security subsidy should not be reduced even if the fiscal situation is not good, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said.

Budget 2013: Government pegs FY14 subsidy bill 11% lower than current fiscal

Thursday February 28, 2013

Aiming to bring down the fiscal deficit, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today sought to reduce major subsidies on fuel, food and fertilisers by 11 per cent to over Rs 2.20 lakh crore in 2013-14 fiscal compared to the revised estimates for the current...

Budget 2013: Farm credit enhanced by Rs 1.25 lakh crore for FY'14

Thursday February 28, 2013

Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday announced a sharp increase of Rs 1.25 lakh crore in agriculture credit target to Rs 7 lakh crore for next fiscal year and allocated additional Rs 10,000 crore in subsidy for implementing the Food Security Bi...

Union Budget 2013: Food Bill a promise of the UPA government, says Chidambaram

Thursday February 28, 2013

Union Budget 2013: Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has earmarked Rs 10,000 crore as incremental cost to implement the Food Security Bill, which he described as a promise of the UPA government.

Union Budget 2013: In austerity drive, Food Security Bill likely to get bigger helping

Thursday February 28, 2013

Union Budget 2013: Finance Minister P. Chidambaram is likely to allocate between Rs 85,000 crore and Rs 1,00,000 crore to the National Food Security Bill in the fiscal year 2013-14, versus the Rs 75,000 crore budgeted estimates for the current fiscal...

Economic Survey 2013: High crude prices push up subsidy bill

Wednesday February 27, 2013

Even as Finance Minister pulls out all the stops to narrow high fiscal deficit, the subsidy bill will overshoot the target of Rs 1.79 lakh crore in this financial year due to higher crude oil prices.

Amartya Sen, Montek Singh Ahluwalia on the India story: Full transcript

Saturday February 23, 2013

Ahead of the Union Budget 2013, Dr Prannoy Roy speaks to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen and Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, about what ails the India growth story. They discuss threadbare the slowdown, and the governme...

India needs additional Rs 20,000 crore for food subsidies

Thursday February 14, 2013

The country needs an additional Rs 20,000 crore for its proposed food security Bill, aimed at ensuring subsidised grain for the poor, Food Minister K V Thomas said on Thursday, even as the government is seeking deep spending cuts.

'Aapka paisa aapke haath' scheme kicks off in Delhi

Reported by Ketki Angre, Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Saturday December 15, 2012

UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi today launched a major food security programme of the Delhi government in the Capital today. Under the scheme, a monthly cash subsidy of Rs. 600 will be transferred directly into the bank accounts of senior-most female me...

Sonia Gandhi to roll out cash transfer scheme today

Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Saturday December 15, 2012

UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi will today launch a major food security programme of the Delhi government. Under the scheme, a monthly cash subsidy of Rs 600 will be transferred directly into the bank accounts of senior-most female members of two lakh p...

Chidambaram sets stage for launch of Direct Cash Transfer scheme on January 1

Tuesday November 27, 2012

A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh formally announced direct cash transfers (DCT) to beneficiaries of subsidies, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said that 42 schemes have been identified for the same, which include food, fertilisers and NREGA. ...

PM launches Aadhar-based direct cash transfers in 51 districts of India

Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Monday November 26, 2012

From January 1, 2013, this scheme is expected benefit people in 51 districts across the country, where Aadhar cards have been distributed in large numbers. The government aims to cover the entire country by the end of next year, ahead of the 2014 ele...

Akhilesh Yadav asks Prime Minister for subsidies for Maha Kumbh

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday November 23, 2012

Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday, asking him for subsidised food grain, kerosene and LPG for the Allahabad Maha Kumbh, which will be held from January to March next year.