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Kerala Families Fear Subsidy Cuts As Centre Presses For Food Security Act
Many in the food deficit Kerala fear that implementation of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) - which will replace the current Public Distribution System - will revoke their right to subsidised food grains.
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Have Written to States for Direct Benefit Transfer in Kerosene: Jayant Sinha
The Centre today said it has written to Chief Ministers and Union Territory Administrators for Direct Benefit Transfer for kerosene in the accounts of the beneficiaries.
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Efforts on at WTO for Positive Outcome on Food Security Issue
Developing countries including India are making all efforts in the WTO for a positive outcome on the food security issue, parliament was informed on Friday.
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Doing the Rounds: An Online Petition that Could End Canteen Subsidy for MPs
An online petition signed by 78,000 people has appealed to parliamentarians to end the canteen subsidy.
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Cheap Food for Lawmakers in Parliament May Soon be Gone: Sources
Mouthwatering food at dirt cheap prices in Parliament may soon be a thing of past. Following a huge controversy on the matter, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked his floor leaders to consult the opposition and take a call on scrapping the subsidy, sources told NDTV.
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MPs Don't Need Cheap Food. Give It Up
Special privileges that have become so ubiquitous range from substantive to the frivolous. Politicians and bureaucrats do not have to stand in line for anything, live in heritage buildings, move around in cars with red beacons.
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Say No to Food Subsidy Appeals a BJD MP to His Fellowmen
A BJD leader and Lok Sabha MP demanded removal of food subsidy extended to the Parliamentarians in Parliament canteen.
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Fish Fry for Rs 25, Stirred Vegetables for Rs 5: Lawmakers Enjoy Subsidised Food in Parliament Canteens
Parliament canteens serving to Members of Parliament got a total subsidy of Rs 60.7 crore during last five years with items like 'puri sabji' being sold at 88 per cent subsidised rates, an RTI reply shows.
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As Centre Moves Quietly to Replace Subsidised Foodgrain With Cash, States Object
Even as the government finds itself under fire for the Land Acquisition Ordinance, there are now concerns over whether it is choosing a backdoor route of making food subsidy payments by cash transfers.
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Trade deal seen 'very close', India makes World Trade Organisation sweat
Ministers from nearly 160 member countries of the World Trade Organisation entered a final day of negotiations on Friday.
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Kerala Families Fear Subsidy Cuts As Centre Presses For Food Security Act
Many in the food deficit Kerala fear that implementation of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) - which will replace the current Public Distribution System - will revoke their right to subsidised food grains.
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Have Written to States for Direct Benefit Transfer in Kerosene: Jayant Sinha
The Centre today said it has written to Chief Ministers and Union Territory Administrators for Direct Benefit Transfer for kerosene in the accounts of the beneficiaries.
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Efforts on at WTO for Positive Outcome on Food Security Issue
Developing countries including India are making all efforts in the WTO for a positive outcome on the food security issue, parliament was informed on Friday.
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Doing the Rounds: An Online Petition that Could End Canteen Subsidy for MPs
An online petition signed by 78,000 people has appealed to parliamentarians to end the canteen subsidy.
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Cheap Food for Lawmakers in Parliament May Soon be Gone: Sources
Mouthwatering food at dirt cheap prices in Parliament may soon be a thing of past. Following a huge controversy on the matter, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked his floor leaders to consult the opposition and take a call on scrapping the subsidy, sources told NDTV.
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MPs Don't Need Cheap Food. Give It Up
Special privileges that have become so ubiquitous range from substantive to the frivolous. Politicians and bureaucrats do not have to stand in line for anything, live in heritage buildings, move around in cars with red beacons.
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Say No to Food Subsidy Appeals a BJD MP to His Fellowmen
A BJD leader and Lok Sabha MP demanded removal of food subsidy extended to the Parliamentarians in Parliament canteen.
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Fish Fry for Rs 25, Stirred Vegetables for Rs 5: Lawmakers Enjoy Subsidised Food in Parliament Canteens
Parliament canteens serving to Members of Parliament got a total subsidy of Rs 60.7 crore during last five years with items like 'puri sabji' being sold at 88 per cent subsidised rates, an RTI reply shows.
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As Centre Moves Quietly to Replace Subsidised Foodgrain With Cash, States Object
Even as the government finds itself under fire for the Land Acquisition Ordinance, there are now concerns over whether it is choosing a backdoor route of making food subsidy payments by cash transfers.
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Trade deal seen 'very close', India makes World Trade Organisation sweat
Ministers from nearly 160 member countries of the World Trade Organisation entered a final day of negotiations on Friday.
