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Government Amends Rules To Augment Coarse Grains Supply
Government has amended the guidelines for procurement, allocation, distribution and disposal of coarse grains
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Centre, Ration Dealers Told To Reply To Delhi Plea On Home Delivery Scheme
The Delhi High Court today sought the response of the centre and a body of government ration dealers on a plea seeking to recall an order directing the state to disclose particulars of PDS beneficiaries to the fair price shops licencees.
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Government Incentivises States Ensuring Transparent Ration Distribution
Government has amended the Food Security (Assistance To State Government Rules) 2015, so that states generate savings by using e-POS devices properly.
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Unable To Get Foodgrain From Ration Shop, Tribal Woman Returns Bravery Award
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.
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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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Coronavirus Lockdown: Delhi Government Distributes Almost 100% Ration Allocation For April
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.
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"Anarchy If People Don't Get Food During Lockdown": Maharashtra Minister
There will be anarchy if people do not get food during the lockdown for the coronavirus outbreak, Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal said on Tuesday and asked the public distribution system (PDS) staff and fair price shop owners to ensure eligible beneficiaries get food.
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Centre Gives Deadline For Implementing "One Nation, One Ration Card"
The centre has given states and Union Territories time till June 30, 2020 to roll out the ''one nation, one ration card'' system, under which beneficiaries can buy subsidised foodgrains from ration shops in any part of the country.
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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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How To Update Aadhaar Number On Ration Card
To update Aadhaar information on a ration card, the UIDAI recommends ration card holders to submit a photocopy of their Aadhaar card along with a copy of ration card to a PDS shop.
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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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Centre Won't Hike PDS Foodgrain Prices For Another Year: Minister Ram Vilas Paswan
The government today decided not to hike prices of foodgrains sold under the Food Law via ration shops for one more year. Under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), which was passed in 2013 during the previous UPA regime, there is a provision for revision of the issue prices of foodgrains every three years.
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In Chhattisgarh, Insistence On Aadhaar Is Disrupting A Successful PDS System
25-year-old Santoshi Sahu stood in the queue at a ration shop in Raipur for an hour to get her monthly ration. But finally when it was her turn, she was told she'll get ration for only four of the eight entitled family members. The ration shop in charge blamed the new software that recognises only four members of her family as beneficiaries.
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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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7 Lakh Quintal Onion Rot In Madhya Pradesh, Rs 6.7 Crore Spent On Disposal
More than seven lakh quintals of onions have gone to waste in warehouses across Madhya Pradesh since July, officials have said.
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Government Amends Rules To Augment Coarse Grains Supply
Government has amended the guidelines for procurement, allocation, distribution and disposal of coarse grains
-
Centre, Ration Dealers Told To Reply To Delhi Plea On Home Delivery Scheme
The Delhi High Court today sought the response of the centre and a body of government ration dealers on a plea seeking to recall an order directing the state to disclose particulars of PDS beneficiaries to the fair price shops licencees.
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Government Incentivises States Ensuring Transparent Ration Distribution
Government has amended the Food Security (Assistance To State Government Rules) 2015, so that states generate savings by using e-POS devices properly.
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Unable To Get Foodgrain From Ration Shop, Tribal Woman Returns Bravery Award
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.
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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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Coronavirus Lockdown: Delhi Government Distributes Almost 100% Ration Allocation For April
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.
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"Anarchy If People Don't Get Food During Lockdown": Maharashtra Minister
There will be anarchy if people do not get food during the lockdown for the coronavirus outbreak, Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal said on Tuesday and asked the public distribution system (PDS) staff and fair price shop owners to ensure eligible beneficiaries get food.
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Centre Gives Deadline For Implementing "One Nation, One Ration Card"
The centre has given states and Union Territories time till June 30, 2020 to roll out the ''one nation, one ration card'' system, under which beneficiaries can buy subsidised foodgrains from ration shops in any part of the country.
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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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How To Update Aadhaar Number On Ration Card
To update Aadhaar information on a ration card, the UIDAI recommends ration card holders to submit a photocopy of their Aadhaar card along with a copy of ration card to a PDS shop.
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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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Centre Won't Hike PDS Foodgrain Prices For Another Year: Minister Ram Vilas Paswan
The government today decided not to hike prices of foodgrains sold under the Food Law via ration shops for one more year. Under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), which was passed in 2013 during the previous UPA regime, there is a provision for revision of the issue prices of foodgrains every three years.
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In Chhattisgarh, Insistence On Aadhaar Is Disrupting A Successful PDS System
25-year-old Santoshi Sahu stood in the queue at a ration shop in Raipur for an hour to get her monthly ration. But finally when it was her turn, she was told she'll get ration for only four of the eight entitled family members. The ration shop in charge blamed the new software that recognises only four members of her family as beneficiaries.
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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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7 Lakh Quintal Onion Rot In Madhya Pradesh, Rs 6.7 Crore Spent On Disposal
More than seven lakh quintals of onions have gone to waste in warehouses across Madhya Pradesh since July, officials have said.
