Ration Card

With the Election Commission banning rallies over Covid and candidates resorting to door-to-door visits, a widely-circulated video from Kanpur shows a leader's campaign taking an amusing turn as he interrupts a voter's bath-time.

Noting that a large number of sex workers are left out from issuance of ration cards, the Supreme Court Monday said the basis for their identification need not be restricted to the list provided by National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO).

Food subsidy is likely to be less than Rs 4 lakh crore in the current financial year, compared to Rs 5.29 lakh crore of 2020-21

Observing that fundamental rights are guaranteed to every citizen irrespective of vocation, the Supreme Court directed the Centre, all the states and union territories to commence the process of issuing voter, Aadhaar and ration cards to sex workers.

The government has cancelled 4.28 crore bogus ration cards during 2014-21, Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti said on Friday.

Government will hold a meeting with states' food ministers on Thursday to discuss modalities of community kitchen scheme and creating a "food grid"

The Centre today said there is no proposal at present to extend free foodgrains supply through the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) to provide relief to ration card holders.

The Delhi High Court has sought the city government's stand on why an application for issuance of a ration card by a daily wage worker has remained pending for eight years.

Chairing the 37th PRAGATI meeting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday reviewed eight projects having a cumulative cost of Rs 1.26 lakh crore and spanned over 14 states as well as the "One Nation One Ration Card" scheme.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today declared that migrants will not be required to submit ration cards or address proof to get cooking gas where they are working. A self-declaration as a "proof of address'' will suffice, he said

Strengthening the Food Security System in the state, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday rolled out the 'One Nation-One Ration Card' (ONORC) program.

The Government has procured 433 lakh metric tonnes of wheat during the current Rabi marketing season of 2021-22, which is a record.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday directed the concerned authorities to take steps for withdrawal of ration cards from all ineligible beneficiaries above the poverty line.

A 45-year-old woman and her five children are in hospital in western Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh town after battling intense hunger for over two months.

The Delhi government is "misleading" the Supreme Court on the "one nation, one ration card" (ONORC) scheme, the Centre told the court on Monday amid the row over the doorstep delivery of food rations in the national capital.

With the Election Commission banning rallies over Covid and candidates resorting to door-to-door visits, a widely-circulated video from Kanpur shows a leader's campaign taking an amusing turn as he interrupts a voter's bath-time.

Noting that a large number of sex workers are left out from issuance of ration cards, the Supreme Court Monday said the basis for their identification need not be restricted to the list provided by National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO).

Food subsidy is likely to be less than Rs 4 lakh crore in the current financial year, compared to Rs 5.29 lakh crore of 2020-21

Observing that fundamental rights are guaranteed to every citizen irrespective of vocation, the Supreme Court directed the Centre, all the states and union territories to commence the process of issuing voter, Aadhaar and ration cards to sex workers.

The government has cancelled 4.28 crore bogus ration cards during 2014-21, Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti said on Friday.

Government will hold a meeting with states' food ministers on Thursday to discuss modalities of community kitchen scheme and creating a "food grid"

The Centre today said there is no proposal at present to extend free foodgrains supply through the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) to provide relief to ration card holders.

The Delhi High Court has sought the city government's stand on why an application for issuance of a ration card by a daily wage worker has remained pending for eight years.

Chairing the 37th PRAGATI meeting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday reviewed eight projects having a cumulative cost of Rs 1.26 lakh crore and spanned over 14 states as well as the "One Nation One Ration Card" scheme.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today declared that migrants will not be required to submit ration cards or address proof to get cooking gas where they are working. A self-declaration as a "proof of address'' will suffice, he said

Strengthening the Food Security System in the state, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday rolled out the 'One Nation-One Ration Card' (ONORC) program.

The Government has procured 433 lakh metric tonnes of wheat during the current Rabi marketing season of 2021-22, which is a record.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday directed the concerned authorities to take steps for withdrawal of ration cards from all ineligible beneficiaries above the poverty line.

A 45-year-old woman and her five children are in hospital in western Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh town after battling intense hunger for over two months.

The Delhi government is "misleading" the Supreme Court on the "one nation, one ration card" (ONORC) scheme, the Centre told the court on Monday amid the row over the doorstep delivery of food rations in the national capital.