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Finance Minister Pulls Up Bureaucrat For A Question He Failed To Answer
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday pulled up the Kamareddy district collector Jitesh Patil when the latter could not provide an answer to what was the Centre and the state's share in the rice supplied through fair price shops.
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Karnataka Minister Asks Farmer To "Go Die", Then A Bizarre Defence
A farmer's query about cuts in PDS rice allotment has led to a harsh, insensitive response from a minister in Karnataka. Umesh Katti, the state's Food and Civil Supplies Minister, lashed out when a farmer quizzed him.
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On Grains For Poor, Shivraj Chouhan Orders Probe, PM's Office Seeks Report
The Madhya Pradesh government has taken action over the poor quality grain supplied to the tribal heartland of Balaghat and Mandla during the lockdown under the Public Distribution System. Terming it a "serious" matter, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has ordered an investigation by the state's Economic Offences Wing. With free grain scheme fo...
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Coronavirus Lockdown: Delhi Government Distributes Almost 100% Ration Allocation For April
The Delhi government's Food and Supplies Department has already distributed almost 100 percent of the entitled allocation for April among public distribution system beneficiaries to help them meet their requirements during the lockdown, an official statement said today.
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Rice, Wheat And Other Essentials Will Now Be Supplied At Doorsteps In Haryana
Deputy CM of Haryana Dushyant Chautala told the officials during a meeting that ration/provisions that ought to be given under the PDS during April should be issued by April 5.
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'Ration From Anywhere' In Telangana From Tomorrow
The Telangana Civil Supplies Department will implement 'Ration from Anywhere' from tomorrow, allowing some 2.75 crore beneficiaries in the state to pick up government subsidised grains from any of the state's 17,000 ration shops under the public distribution system (PDS).
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Masoor Dal Procurement Under Turmoil
he Madras High Court demanded to know the position of the State Government on the decision taken which allowed Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation (TNCSC) to procure the 'masoor dhal' for the Public Distribution System.
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High Court Seeks Delhi Government's Reply To Stop Overloaded Trucks
A plea seeking directions to stop plying of "overloaded" trucks, registered outside Delhi, from supplying food grains to the Public Distribution System or PDS shops in the capital, led the Delhi High Court today to seek responses of Food Corporation of India and the Delhi government.
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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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Dead Rat Found In Pulse Supplied For Public Distribution: Himachal Minister
Himachal Pradesh Minister GS Bali today admitted in the Assembly that a 'dead rat' was found in a pack of 'Masoor Dal' (pulse) supplied by Kanda Depot under PDS and the sample of it was found "unfit for human consumption".
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Govt Takes Steps to Ensure Quality Foodgrains Under PDS
Government today said a number of steps have been taken to ensure supply and distribution of good quality foodgrains under the Public Distribution System.
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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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Delhi BJP demands Sheila Dikshit's resignation alleging corruption
BJP on Tuesday demanded resignations of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Food and Civil Supplies Minister Haroon Yusuf alleging rampant irregularities in Public Distribution System (PDS).
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa protests partial decontrol of sugar sector
The Tamil Nadu government today strongly protested the Centre's decision to partially decontrol sugar sector, saying the move to remove levy obligation on sugar mills and decontrol the regulated release mechanism will adversely impact supply of the sweetener through Public Distribution System (PDS).
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Two held for siphoning off Public Distribution System grains
Two persons were arrested after police recovered large quantity of food grain meant for distribution through public distribution system from a shop in Baramulla district of Kashmir. A police team conducted a raid on the store at Gulnar Colony in Baramulla and recovered 165 bags of rice, five bags of flour and four bags of sugar of Consumer Affair ...
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Finance Minister Pulls Up Bureaucrat For A Question He Failed To Answer
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday pulled up the Kamareddy district collector Jitesh Patil when the latter could not provide an answer to what was the Centre and the state's share in the rice supplied through fair price shops.
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Karnataka Minister Asks Farmer To "Go Die", Then A Bizarre Defence
A farmer's query about cuts in PDS rice allotment has led to a harsh, insensitive response from a minister in Karnataka. Umesh Katti, the state's Food and Civil Supplies Minister, lashed out when a farmer quizzed him.
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On Grains For Poor, Shivraj Chouhan Orders Probe, PM's Office Seeks Report
The Madhya Pradesh government has taken action over the poor quality grain supplied to the tribal heartland of Balaghat and Mandla during the lockdown under the Public Distribution System. Terming it a "serious" matter, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has ordered an investigation by the state's Economic Offences Wing. With free grain scheme fo...
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Coronavirus Lockdown: Delhi Government Distributes Almost 100% Ration Allocation For April
The Delhi government's Food and Supplies Department has already distributed almost 100 percent of the entitled allocation for April among public distribution system beneficiaries to help them meet their requirements during the lockdown, an official statement said today.
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Rice, Wheat And Other Essentials Will Now Be Supplied At Doorsteps In Haryana
Deputy CM of Haryana Dushyant Chautala told the officials during a meeting that ration/provisions that ought to be given under the PDS during April should be issued by April 5.
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'Ration From Anywhere' In Telangana From Tomorrow
The Telangana Civil Supplies Department will implement 'Ration from Anywhere' from tomorrow, allowing some 2.75 crore beneficiaries in the state to pick up government subsidised grains from any of the state's 17,000 ration shops under the public distribution system (PDS).
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Masoor Dal Procurement Under Turmoil
he Madras High Court demanded to know the position of the State Government on the decision taken which allowed Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation (TNCSC) to procure the 'masoor dhal' for the Public Distribution System.
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High Court Seeks Delhi Government's Reply To Stop Overloaded Trucks
A plea seeking directions to stop plying of "overloaded" trucks, registered outside Delhi, from supplying food grains to the Public Distribution System or PDS shops in the capital, led the Delhi High Court today to seek responses of Food Corporation of India and the Delhi government.
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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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Dead Rat Found In Pulse Supplied For Public Distribution: Himachal Minister
Himachal Pradesh Minister GS Bali today admitted in the Assembly that a 'dead rat' was found in a pack of 'Masoor Dal' (pulse) supplied by Kanda Depot under PDS and the sample of it was found "unfit for human consumption".
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Govt Takes Steps to Ensure Quality Foodgrains Under PDS
Government today said a number of steps have been taken to ensure supply and distribution of good quality foodgrains under the Public Distribution System.
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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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Delhi BJP demands Sheila Dikshit's resignation alleging corruption
BJP on Tuesday demanded resignations of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Food and Civil Supplies Minister Haroon Yusuf alleging rampant irregularities in Public Distribution System (PDS).
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa protests partial decontrol of sugar sector
The Tamil Nadu government today strongly protested the Centre's decision to partially decontrol sugar sector, saying the move to remove levy obligation on sugar mills and decontrol the regulated release mechanism will adversely impact supply of the sweetener through Public Distribution System (PDS).
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Two held for siphoning off Public Distribution System grains
Two persons were arrested after police recovered large quantity of food grain meant for distribution through public distribution system from a shop in Baramulla district of Kashmir. A police team conducted a raid on the store at Gulnar Colony in Baramulla and recovered 165 bags of rice, five bags of flour and four bags of sugar of Consumer Affair ...
