Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan

Since everything is possible in politics, I can think of a reunion (of both parties) only if he tenders an apology publicly, clarified Mr Paras, Union Minister for Food Processing, and younger brother of late Dalit leader Ram Vilas Paswan.

Pashupati Kumar Paras, the new food processing minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, laid claim to the legacy of his brother Ram Vilas Paswan a day after oath.

The Union Cabinet today condoled the death of Consumer Affairs and Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan. The Cabinet passed a resolution condoling the death of the Lok Janshakti Party founder and veteran leader from Bihar.

Railways Minister Piyush Goyal has been given additional charge of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution after the death of Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said.

Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan's office and part of his ministry located in Krishi Bhawan building in Central Delhi has been sealed, after an official in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying was tested positive for COVID-19.

As hundreds of migrants continue to travel a long distance in this COVID-19 crisis, Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Saturday appealed to state governments to immediately lift food grains and pulses from the godowns and distribute them for free within a fortnight to 8 crore migrants who neither have centre nor state ration card.

Bihar has the highest number of people not getting benefits under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) for want of ration cards, and the Centre has asked for their details to expeditiously provide them food, a much-needed relief during the lockdown, Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Thursday.

A controversial order by the food ministry threatening officers and staff with sacking for not showing up at work amid the coronavirus crisis will be withdrawn, Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said today.

Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday announced a life insurance cover of up to Rs 35 lakh per person to over 1 lakh FCI officials and labourers in case they die due to COVID-19 within six months of performing duty from the day of lockdown on March 24.

Water sample collected from the official residence of Union Food and Civil Supplies Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has failed Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) quality norms, the Supreme Court was informed on Friday.

Onion prices have shot up to Rs 80/kg in the retail market due to 30-40 per cent decline in domestic production and the government is taking all steps to contain the price rise, Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Wednesday.

The government will consider imposing the stock limit on onion traders if retail prices of onion continue to remain high even after exhausting the buffer stock, Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Tuesday. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, meanwhile, assured that onion prices will calm down in the next few days as s...

Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today warned hoarders and black marketers against stocking onions to further escalate its prices as the vegetable supply remained limited due to recent floods in main-growing states like Maharasthra and Karnataka.

Terming high onion prices as a "temporary phase", Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday asserted that they have enough supplies in buffer stock to check prices of the staple food that official data showed is ruling in the range of Rs 50-60 per kg in some parts of the country.

With the government waging a war on single-use plastic, mixed feelings have cropped up with some pointing at the positive environmental impact of such an action and others citing the potential unemployment it can cause in the industry.

Since everything is possible in politics, I can think of a reunion (of both parties) only if he tenders an apology publicly, clarified Mr Paras, Union Minister for Food Processing, and younger brother of late Dalit leader Ram Vilas Paswan.

Pashupati Kumar Paras, the new food processing minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, laid claim to the legacy of his brother Ram Vilas Paswan a day after oath.

The Union Cabinet today condoled the death of Consumer Affairs and Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan. The Cabinet passed a resolution condoling the death of the Lok Janshakti Party founder and veteran leader from Bihar.

Railways Minister Piyush Goyal has been given additional charge of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution after the death of Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said.

Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan's office and part of his ministry located in Krishi Bhawan building in Central Delhi has been sealed, after an official in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying was tested positive for COVID-19.

As hundreds of migrants continue to travel a long distance in this COVID-19 crisis, Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Saturday appealed to state governments to immediately lift food grains and pulses from the godowns and distribute them for free within a fortnight to 8 crore migrants who neither have centre nor state ration card.

Bihar has the highest number of people not getting benefits under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) for want of ration cards, and the Centre has asked for their details to expeditiously provide them food, a much-needed relief during the lockdown, Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Thursday.

A controversial order by the food ministry threatening officers and staff with sacking for not showing up at work amid the coronavirus crisis will be withdrawn, Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said today.

Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday announced a life insurance cover of up to Rs 35 lakh per person to over 1 lakh FCI officials and labourers in case they die due to COVID-19 within six months of performing duty from the day of lockdown on March 24.

Water sample collected from the official residence of Union Food and Civil Supplies Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has failed Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) quality norms, the Supreme Court was informed on Friday.

Onion prices have shot up to Rs 80/kg in the retail market due to 30-40 per cent decline in domestic production and the government is taking all steps to contain the price rise, Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Wednesday.

The government will consider imposing the stock limit on onion traders if retail prices of onion continue to remain high even after exhausting the buffer stock, Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Tuesday. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, meanwhile, assured that onion prices will calm down in the next few days as s...

Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today warned hoarders and black marketers against stocking onions to further escalate its prices as the vegetable supply remained limited due to recent floods in main-growing states like Maharasthra and Karnataka.

Terming high onion prices as a "temporary phase", Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday asserted that they have enough supplies in buffer stock to check prices of the staple food that official data showed is ruling in the range of Rs 50-60 per kg in some parts of the country.

With the government waging a war on single-use plastic, mixed feelings have cropped up with some pointing at the positive environmental impact of such an action and others citing the potential unemployment it can cause in the industry.