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Are You A Vegetarian? Focus On Consuming These Nutrients
In this article, we explain why these nutrients are important and practical vegetarian food sources you can use to avoid shortfalls.
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World Cancer Day 2025: Try These Natural Sources Of Anti-Cancer Drugs
World Cancer Day 2025: This article explores various natural sources of anti-cancer drugs, their mechanisms, and how they could contribute to preventing or treating cancer.
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Union Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman Allocates ₹ 1.50 Lakh Crore To Agriculture, Slashes Food Subsidies
Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman announces ₹ 1.50 lakh crore for agriculture, emphasising climate resilience and natural farming while reducing food and fertiliser subsidies.
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Upto 50% Subsidy For Setting Up Solar-Powered Food Processing Units In UP
In an attempt to boost the food processing sector in the state, the Uttar Pradesh government headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has decided to provide up to 50 per cent subsidy to interested investors, according to a government statement.
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WTO Ministerial Conference Exteded In Bid To Seal Elusive Deals
The World Trade Organization's ministerial conference will run over into a fifth day Thursday in the hope of striking thus-far elusive deals on fishing subsidies, food security and combating Covid-19.
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Fuel Price Cut To LPG Subsidy: 5 Announcements Made By Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made several announcements today, including a sharp cut in central excise duty on fuel prices. The announcements come as retail inflation surged to an eight-year high in April, driven by rising fuel and food prices
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Subsidy Bill Nears Rs 6 Lakh Crore In Financial Year 2021
The government's subsidies on food, fertilisers, LPG and kerosene are pegged at Rs 5.96 lakh crore in the current fiscal, over 2.5-fold jump from the initial budget estimates as the Centre distributed additional foodgrains free of cost to help poor mitigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic.
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Roti At Rs 3, Non-Veg Buffet At Rs 700: Parliament Canteen Sheds Subsidy
After years of hiccups in efforts to end the subsidy at the parliament canteen which offered dishes like Hyderabad Mutton Biryani at Rs 65 and boiled vegetables at Rs 12, those entrusted with the unappetising task have prevailed.
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Subsidy To MPs For Food Served In Parliament Canteens Ends: Lok Sabha Speaker
Food served in Parliament canteens for MPs and others will become more expensive as a subsidy given for it has been stopped, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said today.
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Coronavirus - Man, Dogs Sharing Spilt Milk In Agra Shows Lockdown Desperation
A man and a pack of stray dogs are seen in a scramble for milk spilt on a road in Agra in stomach-churning visuals that speak volumes on the desperation of the country's poorest during the nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
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MPs Agree To End Parliament Canteen Subsidy (For Second Time Since 2016)
Lawmakers have unanimously agreed to give up the decades-old subsidy on food sold at the parliament canteen, BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy announced on Thursday. The decision, however, seemed exactly similar to one announced in 2016.
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Parliament Gets Rs 16.4 Crore Bill For Canteens Run By Railways
Northern Railway has demanded Rs 16.43 crore from the Lok Sabha secretariat for running four canteens in Parliament -- where food prices are significantly low -- during 2017-18, an RTI query has revealed.
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Trump's Budget Hits Poor Americans The Hardest
President Donald Trump proposed a budget Monday that hits the poorest Americans the hardest, slashing billions of dollars in food stamps, health insurance and federal housing subsidies while pushing legislation to institute broad work requirements for families receiving housing vouchers, expanding on moves by some states to require Medicaid and foo...
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Budget 2018: Government Pegs 15% More Subsidies On Food, Fuel, Fertilisers
As per the Revised Budget Estimates, the subsidy on these three categories has been pegged at Rs 2,29,715.67 crore for the ongoing fiscal year.
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Opinion: Budget Signals No Achhe Din For Those Looking For Jobs
All budgets are associated with a sense of resources being scarce and there being trade-offs among competing ends. However, unlike individuals or organisations, government budgets are different. The most obvious reason is that the government constitutes a huge part of the economy. For example, in the latest budget, government expenditure is 13%, an...
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Are You A Vegetarian? Focus On Consuming These Nutrients
In this article, we explain why these nutrients are important and practical vegetarian food sources you can use to avoid shortfalls.
-
World Cancer Day 2025: Try These Natural Sources Of Anti-Cancer Drugs
World Cancer Day 2025: This article explores various natural sources of anti-cancer drugs, their mechanisms, and how they could contribute to preventing or treating cancer.
-
Union Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman Allocates ₹ 1.50 Lakh Crore To Agriculture, Slashes Food Subsidies
Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman announces ₹ 1.50 lakh crore for agriculture, emphasising climate resilience and natural farming while reducing food and fertiliser subsidies.
-
Upto 50% Subsidy For Setting Up Solar-Powered Food Processing Units In UP
In an attempt to boost the food processing sector in the state, the Uttar Pradesh government headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has decided to provide up to 50 per cent subsidy to interested investors, according to a government statement.
-
WTO Ministerial Conference Exteded In Bid To Seal Elusive Deals
The World Trade Organization's ministerial conference will run over into a fifth day Thursday in the hope of striking thus-far elusive deals on fishing subsidies, food security and combating Covid-19.
-
Fuel Price Cut To LPG Subsidy: 5 Announcements Made By Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made several announcements today, including a sharp cut in central excise duty on fuel prices. The announcements come as retail inflation surged to an eight-year high in April, driven by rising fuel and food prices
-
Subsidy Bill Nears Rs 6 Lakh Crore In Financial Year 2021
The government's subsidies on food, fertilisers, LPG and kerosene are pegged at Rs 5.96 lakh crore in the current fiscal, over 2.5-fold jump from the initial budget estimates as the Centre distributed additional foodgrains free of cost to help poor mitigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic.
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Roti At Rs 3, Non-Veg Buffet At Rs 700: Parliament Canteen Sheds Subsidy
After years of hiccups in efforts to end the subsidy at the parliament canteen which offered dishes like Hyderabad Mutton Biryani at Rs 65 and boiled vegetables at Rs 12, those entrusted with the unappetising task have prevailed.
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Subsidy To MPs For Food Served In Parliament Canteens Ends: Lok Sabha Speaker
Food served in Parliament canteens for MPs and others will become more expensive as a subsidy given for it has been stopped, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said today.
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Coronavirus - Man, Dogs Sharing Spilt Milk In Agra Shows Lockdown Desperation
A man and a pack of stray dogs are seen in a scramble for milk spilt on a road in Agra in stomach-churning visuals that speak volumes on the desperation of the country's poorest during the nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
-
MPs Agree To End Parliament Canteen Subsidy (For Second Time Since 2016)
Lawmakers have unanimously agreed to give up the decades-old subsidy on food sold at the parliament canteen, BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy announced on Thursday. The decision, however, seemed exactly similar to one announced in 2016.
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Parliament Gets Rs 16.4 Crore Bill For Canteens Run By Railways
Northern Railway has demanded Rs 16.43 crore from the Lok Sabha secretariat for running four canteens in Parliament -- where food prices are significantly low -- during 2017-18, an RTI query has revealed.
-
Trump's Budget Hits Poor Americans The Hardest
President Donald Trump proposed a budget Monday that hits the poorest Americans the hardest, slashing billions of dollars in food stamps, health insurance and federal housing subsidies while pushing legislation to institute broad work requirements for families receiving housing vouchers, expanding on moves by some states to require Medicaid and foo...
-
Budget 2018: Government Pegs 15% More Subsidies On Food, Fuel, Fertilisers
As per the Revised Budget Estimates, the subsidy on these three categories has been pegged at Rs 2,29,715.67 crore for the ongoing fiscal year.
-
Opinion: Budget Signals No Achhe Din For Those Looking For Jobs
All budgets are associated with a sense of resources being scarce and there being trade-offs among competing ends. However, unlike individuals or organisations, government budgets are different. The most obvious reason is that the government constitutes a huge part of the economy. For example, in the latest budget, government expenditure is 13%, an...
