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States Food Secretaries Panel Formed On Community Kitchen Scheme
Government on Thursday formed a group of food secretaries from states which will brainstorm on the framework of the community kitchen scheme
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Sugar decontrol decision likely in 15 days: Food Minister
The Centre is likely to take a decision on giving freedom to the Rs 80,000 crore sugar industry to sell the sweetener in the open market in the next 15 days, Food Minister K V Thomas said on Friday.
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Government To Hold States Food Ministers' Meet On Community Kitchen Scheme
Government will hold a meeting with states' food ministers on Thursday to discuss modalities of community kitchen scheme and creating a "food grid"
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Food Minister Seeks Ban on Onion Exports Before Allowing Imports
Mr Paswan has suggested this in a letter written to Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman when the Food Ministry's views were sought on importing one lakh tonnes of onions, officials in the know said.
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Government to Free Up Extra 10 Million Tonne Wheat in Open Market
The government buys rice and wheat from local farmers to build reserves and to sell subsidised food to the poor.
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Import Duty on Sugar Not to be Raised: Minister
India will not raise the import duty on sugar for now, Minister of State for Finance Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday, a month after the food minister said there was a consensus to raise the tax to 40 per cent from 15 per cent.
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Indian Plant-Based Foods Sector Poised For 'Explosive Growth'
Plant Based Foods Industry Association (PBFIA) delegation meets Minister of Food Processing Industries to enable the plant-based food ecosystem in India
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States Food Secretaries Panel Formed On Community Kitchen Scheme
Government on Thursday formed a group of food secretaries from states which will brainstorm on the framework of the community kitchen scheme
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Government To Hold States Food Ministers' Meet On Community Kitchen Scheme
Government will hold a meeting with states' food ministers on Thursday to discuss modalities of community kitchen scheme and creating a "food grid"
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Delhi Minister Accused Of Violating Lockdown, Confronted By Senior Cop
Delhi Food Minister Imran Hussain was accused of violating the COVID-19 lockdown in the city on Monday by a senior police officer who was seen reprimanding the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader on video.
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Karnataka Minister Says People With 'Vested Interest' Spreading Plastic Rice 'Rumours'
Trashing reports about availability of "plastic" rice and "synthetic" eggs in the market as "mere rumours", Karnataka Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T Khader said no such case has been reported so far in the state.
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National Food Security Law Implemented Across India: Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan
Implementation of National Food Security law, entailing an annual subsidy of over Rs 1.4 lakh crore, has covered the entire nation from this month with two large states Kerala and Tamil Nadu coming on board, the government said today.
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Telangana Asks Centre To Clear Rs 1,640cr Levy Rice Dues Soon
The Telangana government today demanded the Centre to clear at the earliest about Rs 1,640 crore dues for supplying levy rice to the central pool for PDS purpose in the first year of the state bifurcation in 2014-15.
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Govt Panel to Consider Hike in Minimum Support Price, Bonus for Pulses Cultivation
The prices of pulses have risen to nearly Rs 200 per kilogram.
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No End To Dal Misery: Government Missing The 'Pulse' On Inflation?
The Union Food Minister said the government will provide 1 kg of arhar dal at Rs 120 through the National Co-operative Consumers' Federation of India Ltd. that will use mobile trucks to ease the burden of the consistent high prices of pulses over the last many months. But for daily wage earners like Rati Devi, that's not really encouraging.
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States Food Secretaries Panel Formed On Community Kitchen Scheme
Government on Thursday formed a group of food secretaries from states which will brainstorm on the framework of the community kitchen scheme
-
Sugar decontrol decision likely in 15 days: Food Minister
The Centre is likely to take a decision on giving freedom to the Rs 80,000 crore sugar industry to sell the sweetener in the open market in the next 15 days, Food Minister K V Thomas said on Friday.
-
Government To Hold States Food Ministers' Meet On Community Kitchen Scheme
Government will hold a meeting with states' food ministers on Thursday to discuss modalities of community kitchen scheme and creating a "food grid"
-
Food Minister Seeks Ban on Onion Exports Before Allowing Imports
Mr Paswan has suggested this in a letter written to Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman when the Food Ministry's views were sought on importing one lakh tonnes of onions, officials in the know said.
-
Government to Free Up Extra 10 Million Tonne Wheat in Open Market
The government buys rice and wheat from local farmers to build reserves and to sell subsidised food to the poor.
-
Import Duty on Sugar Not to be Raised: Minister
India will not raise the import duty on sugar for now, Minister of State for Finance Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday, a month after the food minister said there was a consensus to raise the tax to 40 per cent from 15 per cent.
-
Indian Plant-Based Foods Sector Poised For 'Explosive Growth'
Plant Based Foods Industry Association (PBFIA) delegation meets Minister of Food Processing Industries to enable the plant-based food ecosystem in India
-
States Food Secretaries Panel Formed On Community Kitchen Scheme
Government on Thursday formed a group of food secretaries from states which will brainstorm on the framework of the community kitchen scheme
-
Government To Hold States Food Ministers' Meet On Community Kitchen Scheme
Government will hold a meeting with states' food ministers on Thursday to discuss modalities of community kitchen scheme and creating a "food grid"
-
Delhi Minister Accused Of Violating Lockdown, Confronted By Senior Cop
Delhi Food Minister Imran Hussain was accused of violating the COVID-19 lockdown in the city on Monday by a senior police officer who was seen reprimanding the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader on video.
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Karnataka Minister Says People With 'Vested Interest' Spreading Plastic Rice 'Rumours'
Trashing reports about availability of "plastic" rice and "synthetic" eggs in the market as "mere rumours", Karnataka Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T Khader said no such case has been reported so far in the state.
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National Food Security Law Implemented Across India: Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan
Implementation of National Food Security law, entailing an annual subsidy of over Rs 1.4 lakh crore, has covered the entire nation from this month with two large states Kerala and Tamil Nadu coming on board, the government said today.
-
Telangana Asks Centre To Clear Rs 1,640cr Levy Rice Dues Soon
The Telangana government today demanded the Centre to clear at the earliest about Rs 1,640 crore dues for supplying levy rice to the central pool for PDS purpose in the first year of the state bifurcation in 2014-15.
-
Govt Panel to Consider Hike in Minimum Support Price, Bonus for Pulses Cultivation
The prices of pulses have risen to nearly Rs 200 per kilogram.
-
No End To Dal Misery: Government Missing The 'Pulse' On Inflation?
The Union Food Minister said the government will provide 1 kg of arhar dal at Rs 120 through the National Co-operative Consumers' Federation of India Ltd. that will use mobile trucks to ease the burden of the consistent high prices of pulses over the last many months. But for daily wage earners like Rati Devi, that's not really encouraging.
