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Cabinet Extends Free Grain Distribution To 81.35 Crore Poor For 5 Years
With general elections scheduled for April-May next year, the government extended the PMGKAY scheme to provide 5 kgs of free foodgrains per month to 81.35 crore poor for another five years that would cost the exchequer about Rs 11.80 lakh crore.
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Almost 56.6% Of Food Grains Lifted By States In Fourth Phase Of Food Scheme For Poor
Around 112 lakh metric tonnes of food grains have been lifted by states of the total 198 LMT allotted under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana
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Centre Has Released 600 Lakh Tonnes Of Food Grains During Pandemic For Poor
Centre released around 600 lakh tonnes of food grains during 2020-21 and 2021-22 under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana.
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Centre Extends Food Grains Supply Scheme For Poor By Five Months
The Centre has extended the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana for five months and has allotted 198.78 metric tonnes of food grains under it.
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Centre Extends Food Grains Allotment By Five Months Under Garib Kalyan Yojana
Food grains would be provided from July to November 2021 at five rupees per person per month to around 81 crore beneficiaries.
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"Free Food Grain, Cooking Gas": Nirmala Sitharaman Rebuts Crony Slur
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today hit back at the opposition, especially the Congress, for attempting to paint the Narendra Modi government as one catering only to crony capitalists. Listing out the provisions in Budget 2021 and other policey measures aimed at India's poor, she even took a swipe at the BJP's main rival by playing on the oft...
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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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"Cabinet Decision On Urban Migrants, Poor To Bring Positive Change": PM Modi
The decisions taken by the Union Cabinet on Wednesday for urban migrants and the poor will bring a positive change in the lives of many people, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.
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Cabinet Approves Distribution Of Free Foodgrains To Poor Till November
The Union Cabinet today approved extending the scheme for distribution of free food grains to the country's poorest until the end of November to help them cope with the economic pain of the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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India Has Enough Food To Feed Poor If There's A Prolonged Shutdown
India will have enough grain stockpiles to feed its poor for at least a year-and-a-half as reserves are likely to further balloon after record harvests in the South Asian nation that has been locked down to check the spread of the coronavirus.
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Low Whole Grain, Dairy Intake Among Most Common Dietary Factors Linked To Cancers: Study
A new study has now linked poor dietary habits to various different types of cancers, indicating that consuming healthy food is not just important for your well-being but can also prevent serious diseases.
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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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RBI for Contingency Plan to Deal With Poor Monsoon
Government should put in place a "contingency plan" to deal with the possibility of a below normal monsoon and its impact on food grain production and prices, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Tuesday.
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Government raises local wheat purchase price
India, the world's second-biggest rice and wheat producer, sets a price to buy the grains from local farmers to build reserves for running the its huge food welfare plan for the poor and protect growers from having to sell at a loss.
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Cabinet clears Food Security Bill
The Cabinet today cleared the Food Security Bill. The Bill says 75 per cent of the rural population and 50 per cent of the poor in urban India - about 800 million people - will be entitled to five kilos of subsidised grain per month. Rice will be made available at Rs. 3 a kilo; wheat will cost Rs. 2 a kilo and cereal will be sold for Rs. 1 per kilo...
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Cabinet Extends Free Grain Distribution To 81.35 Crore Poor For 5 Years
With general elections scheduled for April-May next year, the government extended the PMGKAY scheme to provide 5 kgs of free foodgrains per month to 81.35 crore poor for another five years that would cost the exchequer about Rs 11.80 lakh crore.
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Almost 56.6% Of Food Grains Lifted By States In Fourth Phase Of Food Scheme For Poor
Around 112 lakh metric tonnes of food grains have been lifted by states of the total 198 LMT allotted under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana
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Centre Has Released 600 Lakh Tonnes Of Food Grains During Pandemic For Poor
Centre released around 600 lakh tonnes of food grains during 2020-21 and 2021-22 under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana.
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Centre Extends Food Grains Supply Scheme For Poor By Five Months
The Centre has extended the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana for five months and has allotted 198.78 metric tonnes of food grains under it.
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Centre Extends Food Grains Allotment By Five Months Under Garib Kalyan Yojana
Food grains would be provided from July to November 2021 at five rupees per person per month to around 81 crore beneficiaries.
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"Free Food Grain, Cooking Gas": Nirmala Sitharaman Rebuts Crony Slur
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today hit back at the opposition, especially the Congress, for attempting to paint the Narendra Modi government as one catering only to crony capitalists. Listing out the provisions in Budget 2021 and other policey measures aimed at India's poor, she even took a swipe at the BJP's main rival by playing on the oft...
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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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"Cabinet Decision On Urban Migrants, Poor To Bring Positive Change": PM Modi
The decisions taken by the Union Cabinet on Wednesday for urban migrants and the poor will bring a positive change in the lives of many people, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.
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Cabinet Approves Distribution Of Free Foodgrains To Poor Till November
The Union Cabinet today approved extending the scheme for distribution of free food grains to the country's poorest until the end of November to help them cope with the economic pain of the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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India Has Enough Food To Feed Poor If There's A Prolonged Shutdown
India will have enough grain stockpiles to feed its poor for at least a year-and-a-half as reserves are likely to further balloon after record harvests in the South Asian nation that has been locked down to check the spread of the coronavirus.
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Low Whole Grain, Dairy Intake Among Most Common Dietary Factors Linked To Cancers: Study
A new study has now linked poor dietary habits to various different types of cancers, indicating that consuming healthy food is not just important for your well-being but can also prevent serious diseases.
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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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RBI for Contingency Plan to Deal With Poor Monsoon
Government should put in place a "contingency plan" to deal with the possibility of a below normal monsoon and its impact on food grain production and prices, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Tuesday.
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Government raises local wheat purchase price
India, the world's second-biggest rice and wheat producer, sets a price to buy the grains from local farmers to build reserves for running the its huge food welfare plan for the poor and protect growers from having to sell at a loss.
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Cabinet clears Food Security Bill
The Cabinet today cleared the Food Security Bill. The Bill says 75 per cent of the rural population and 50 per cent of the poor in urban India - about 800 million people - will be entitled to five kilos of subsidised grain per month. Rice will be made available at Rs. 3 a kilo; wheat will cost Rs. 2 a kilo and cereal will be sold for Rs. 1 per kilo...
