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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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Northern Railways Moves 62.5 Lakh Tonne Food Grains To 18 Deficient States In 2 Months
To ensure enhanced availability of Public Distribution System (PDS) food grains reach the ration shops all across India in time, Northern Railways has moved a total of 2,218 rakes carrying about 62.47 lakh tonnes (LT) of wheat and rice to 18 deficient states during the period April 1 to June 8.
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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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'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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Gujarat Becomes First State To Establish Cashless System
Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan today congratulated Gujarat on becoming the first state in the country for establishing cashless distribution of food grain.
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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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Why This Bihar Village Has Boycotted Their Ration Shop Dealer
It's been a week since people of Katihar's Labha, a village about 300 kilometers from Patna, has boycotted 45-year-old Mohd Akhtar and his family. Mr Akhtar runs a Fair Price Shop which is responsible for distributing essential grains at subsidised rates under the government's Public Distribution System.
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Jayalalithaa demands five changes to 'Food Insecurity Ordinance'
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking five amendments to the Food Security Ordinance.
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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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"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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Northern Railways Moves 62.5 Lakh Tonne Food Grains To 18 Deficient States In 2 Months
To ensure enhanced availability of Public Distribution System (PDS) food grains reach the ration shops all across India in time, Northern Railways has moved a total of 2,218 rakes carrying about 62.47 lakh tonnes (LT) of wheat and rice to 18 deficient states during the period April 1 to June 8.
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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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'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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Gujarat Becomes First State To Establish Cashless System
Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan today congratulated Gujarat on becoming the first state in the country for establishing cashless distribution of food grain.
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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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Why This Bihar Village Has Boycotted Their Ration Shop Dealer
It's been a week since people of Katihar's Labha, a village about 300 kilometers from Patna, has boycotted 45-year-old Mohd Akhtar and his family. Mr Akhtar runs a Fair Price Shop which is responsible for distributing essential grains at subsidised rates under the government's Public Distribution System.
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Jayalalithaa demands five changes to 'Food Insecurity Ordinance'
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking five amendments to the Food Security Ordinance.
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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 ...
