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Cabinet Extends Free Grain Distribution To 81.35 Crore Poor For 5 Years
With general elections scheduled for April-May next year, the government extended the PMGKAY scheme to provide 5 kgs of free foodgrains per month to 81.35 crore poor for another five years that would cost the exchequer about Rs 11.80 lakh crore.
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"Free Food Grain, Cooking Gas": Nirmala Sitharaman Rebuts Crony Slur
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today hit back at the opposition, especially the Congress, for attempting to paint the Narendra Modi government as one catering only to crony capitalists. Listing out the provisions in Budget 2021 and other policey measures aimed at India's poor, she even took a swipe at the BJP's main rival by playing on the oft...
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"Suitable For Goats, Sheep": Centre To Madhya Pradesh On Grains For Poor
During the coronavirus lockdown, the centre and the state governments made promises of giving food grains to the poor for free. However, there was little information about the nutritional value or quality. Now, the answer to the question of quality has come from the centre, at least for Madhya Pradesh's public distribution system (PDS). The ration ...
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"Cabinet Decision On Urban Migrants, Poor To Bring Positive Change": PM Modi
The decisions taken by the Union Cabinet on Wednesday for urban migrants and the poor will bring a positive change in the lives of many people, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.
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Cabinet Approves Distribution Of Free Foodgrains To Poor Till November
The Union Cabinet today approved extending the scheme for distribution of free food grains to the country's poorest until the end of November to help them cope with the economic pain of the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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India Has Enough Food To Feed Poor If There's A Prolonged Shutdown
India will have enough grain stockpiles to feed its poor for at least a year-and-a-half as reserves are likely to further balloon after record harvests in the South Asian nation that has been locked down to check the spread of the coronavirus.
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Low Whole Grain, Dairy Intake Among Most Common Dietary Factors Linked To Cancers: Study
A new study has now linked poor dietary habits to various different types of cancers, indicating that consuming healthy food is not just important for your well-being but can also prevent serious diseases.
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UP Government Admits PDS Scam. Rs 30-Crore Worth Grain Diverted
The Uttar Pradesh government has admitted that a scam worth crores, in which food grain meant for the poor, under the Public Distribution Scheme (PDS) was being diverted to the open market by ration shop owners and officials
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Cabinet clears Food Security Bill
The Cabinet today cleared the Food Security Bill. The Bill says 75 per cent of the rural population and 50 per cent of the poor in urban India - about 800 million people - will be entitled to five kilos of subsidised grain per month. Rice will be made available at Rs. 3 a kilo; wheat will cost Rs. 2 a kilo and cereal will be sold for Rs. 1 per kilo...
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Grain worth 3 crore, meant for poor, missing from Allahabad godown
About 13,000 metric tonnes of foodgrain worth Rs 3 crore, meant to be distributed to poor families under the government's public distribution scheme, has gone missing from a Food Corporation of India (FCI) godown in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The depot manager has reportedly suggested that rats ate the 13,000 metric tonnes of rice and 37 metric tonn...
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No one should die of starvation: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today directed the government to allocate additional five million tonnes of food grains to the 150 poorest districts of the country under the supervision of a committee appointed by it.A bench of justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma asked the government to distribute the additional foodgrains during the summer to the poor an...
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Cabinet Extends Free Grain Distribution To 81.35 Crore Poor For 5 Years
With general elections scheduled for April-May next year, the government extended the PMGKAY scheme to provide 5 kgs of free foodgrains per month to 81.35 crore poor for another five years that would cost the exchequer about Rs 11.80 lakh crore.
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"Free Food Grain, Cooking Gas": Nirmala Sitharaman Rebuts Crony Slur
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today hit back at the opposition, especially the Congress, for attempting to paint the Narendra Modi government as one catering only to crony capitalists. Listing out the provisions in Budget 2021 and other policey measures aimed at India's poor, she even took a swipe at the BJP's main rival by playing on the oft...
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"Suitable For Goats, Sheep": Centre To Madhya Pradesh On Grains For Poor
During the coronavirus lockdown, the centre and the state governments made promises of giving food grains to the poor for free. However, there was little information about the nutritional value or quality. Now, the answer to the question of quality has come from the centre, at least for Madhya Pradesh's public distribution system (PDS). The ration ...
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"Cabinet Decision On Urban Migrants, Poor To Bring Positive Change": PM Modi
The decisions taken by the Union Cabinet on Wednesday for urban migrants and the poor will bring a positive change in the lives of many people, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.
-
Cabinet Approves Distribution Of Free Foodgrains To Poor Till November
The Union Cabinet today approved extending the scheme for distribution of free food grains to the country's poorest until the end of November to help them cope with the economic pain of the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
-
India Has Enough Food To Feed Poor If There's A Prolonged Shutdown
India will have enough grain stockpiles to feed its poor for at least a year-and-a-half as reserves are likely to further balloon after record harvests in the South Asian nation that has been locked down to check the spread of the coronavirus.
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Low Whole Grain, Dairy Intake Among Most Common Dietary Factors Linked To Cancers: Study
A new study has now linked poor dietary habits to various different types of cancers, indicating that consuming healthy food is not just important for your well-being but can also prevent serious diseases.
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UP Government Admits PDS Scam. Rs 30-Crore Worth Grain Diverted
The Uttar Pradesh government has admitted that a scam worth crores, in which food grain meant for the poor, under the Public Distribution Scheme (PDS) was being diverted to the open market by ration shop owners and officials
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Cabinet clears Food Security Bill
The Cabinet today cleared the Food Security Bill. The Bill says 75 per cent of the rural population and 50 per cent of the poor in urban India - about 800 million people - will be entitled to five kilos of subsidised grain per month. Rice will be made available at Rs. 3 a kilo; wheat will cost Rs. 2 a kilo and cereal will be sold for Rs. 1 per kilo...
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Grain worth 3 crore, meant for poor, missing from Allahabad godown
About 13,000 metric tonnes of foodgrain worth Rs 3 crore, meant to be distributed to poor families under the government's public distribution scheme, has gone missing from a Food Corporation of India (FCI) godown in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The depot manager has reportedly suggested that rats ate the 13,000 metric tonnes of rice and 37 metric tonn...
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No one should die of starvation: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today directed the government to allocate additional five million tonnes of food grains to the 150 poorest districts of the country under the supervision of a committee appointed by it.A bench of justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma asked the government to distribute the additional foodgrains during the summer to the poor an...
