Ration Shop

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition by some licensed fair price shop (FPS) owners challenging the West Bengal government's newly introduced 'Duare Ration (ration at doorstep)' programme

Government has amended the Food Security (Assistance To State Government Rules) 2015, so that states generate savings by using e-POS devices properly.

A tribal woman in Maharashtra's Thane district, recipient of a national bravery award for children, on Wednesday returned the honour because her family could not get ration at Public Distribution System (PDS) shops.

Ration shops across Tamil Nadu are now running the risk of turning into coronavirus super-spreaders with large number of people who gather in queues violating physical distancing.

The Kerala High Court on Monday allowed the state government to distribute rice to non-priority ration card holders through ration shops in the poll bound state.

A case against thirty-one people has been registered in Indore in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly selling in the open market Rs 79 lakh worth of provisions meant for fair price shops, officials said on Tuesday.

Acting on court directives, an FIR was lodged on Saturday against the other faction involved in the firing incident during allotment of ration shops in Durjanpur village in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia, police said.

Seven country-made bombs were recovered from a ration shop in Kanpur owned by an accomplice of Vikas Dubey, who was killed in an encounter with the police, Kanpur Police said today.

Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday launched the ''One Nation One Ration Card'' scheme at two fair shops here on a pilot basis, a spokesperson said.

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.

The Maharashtra government on Tuesday informed the Bombay High Court that migrants can use ration cards from their home states to get essentials from ration shops in Mumbai and those without cards can get meals at food camps and Shiv Bhojan Thali centres.

The Goa government has decided that people not wearing masks will not be given fuel at petrol pumps or ration at fair price shops in the state.

As a drone hovers over a coronavirus "red zone" in Jammu and Kashmir, people walking in the narrow lanes run inside their houses, while those standing outside a ration shop quickly queue up keeping adequate distance between each other.

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.

The Gujarat government will provide food items like wheat, rice, pulses and sugar free of cost to around 60 lakh ration card holding families through fair price shops starting April 1, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said today.

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition by some licensed fair price shop (FPS) owners challenging the West Bengal government's newly introduced 'Duare Ration (ration at doorstep)' programme

Government has amended the Food Security (Assistance To State Government Rules) 2015, so that states generate savings by using e-POS devices properly.

A tribal woman in Maharashtra's Thane district, recipient of a national bravery award for children, on Wednesday returned the honour because her family could not get ration at Public Distribution System (PDS) shops.

Ration shops across Tamil Nadu are now running the risk of turning into coronavirus super-spreaders with large number of people who gather in queues violating physical distancing.

The Kerala High Court on Monday allowed the state government to distribute rice to non-priority ration card holders through ration shops in the poll bound state.

A case against thirty-one people has been registered in Indore in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly selling in the open market Rs 79 lakh worth of provisions meant for fair price shops, officials said on Tuesday.

Acting on court directives, an FIR was lodged on Saturday against the other faction involved in the firing incident during allotment of ration shops in Durjanpur village in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia, police said.

Seven country-made bombs were recovered from a ration shop in Kanpur owned by an accomplice of Vikas Dubey, who was killed in an encounter with the police, Kanpur Police said today.

Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday launched the ''One Nation One Ration Card'' scheme at two fair shops here on a pilot basis, a spokesperson said.

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.

The Maharashtra government on Tuesday informed the Bombay High Court that migrants can use ration cards from their home states to get essentials from ration shops in Mumbai and those without cards can get meals at food camps and Shiv Bhojan Thali centres.

The Goa government has decided that people not wearing masks will not be given fuel at petrol pumps or ration at fair price shops in the state.

As a drone hovers over a coronavirus "red zone" in Jammu and Kashmir, people walking in the narrow lanes run inside their houses, while those standing outside a ration shop quickly queue up keeping adequate distance between each other.

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.

The Gujarat government will provide food items like wheat, rice, pulses and sugar free of cost to around 60 lakh ration card holding families through fair price shops starting April 1, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said today.