Subsidised Food Grains

Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau on Saturday filed a chargesheet against seven people, including three government officials, for allegedly misappropriating subsidised food grains which led to a loss of over Rs 27 lakh to the exchequer, an official said.

Continuing its Dalit outreach, the central government has decided to expand a scheme to provide subsidised food grains to students belonging to scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes (OBC) living in government-run Ambedkar hostels across the country.

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought response from 13 drought-affected states as to why they were not lifting enough food grain to made available at subsidised rates to the priority and vulnerable sections of the people in affected areas.

Implementation of National Food Security law, entailing an annual subsidy of over Rs 1.4 lakh crore, has covered the entire nation from this month with two large states Kerala and Tamil Nadu coming on board, the government said today.

If records at a fair price shop in Farrukhabad are to be believed, Deepika Padukone, Sonakshi Sinha, Jacqueline Fernandez and Rani Mukherjee receive subsidised food grains distributed through ration cards.

As part of an immediate relief package to drought-hit farmers and rural population, the government should take the load of their bank loan payments upon itself and provide food grains at subsidised rates, Assocham President Sunil Kanoria said here on Tuesday.

The implementation of the National Food Security Act, meant to provide subsidised food grains to two thirds of India's population, has triggered a major political controversy in Jammu and Kashmir.

The Left Front government in Tripura has decided to introduce the National Food Security Act (NFSA) from September 1 with more sops, a minister said here on Friday.

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today promised that her government would install vending machines for subsidised food grains on the lines of Mother Dairy.

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...

The country needs an additional Rs 20,000 crore for its proposed food security Bill, aimed at ensuring subsidised grain for the poor, Food Minister K V Thomas said on Thursday, even as the government is seeking deep spending cuts.

Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday, asking him for subsidised food grain, kerosene and LPG for the Allahabad Maha Kumbh, which will be held from January to March next year.

The first phase of Veetu Muttathu Oru Triveni a state government scheme to distribute food grain at subsidised price was launched here on Saturday. At a function held at the Hotel Avenue Regent, Union Minister of State for Food and Consumer Affairs K V Thomas handed over a cheque for Rs 2.25 crore for the scheme to Cooperation Minister C N Balakri...

The government introduced the National Food Security Bill in Lok Sabha today, which aims to provide subsidised food grain to over 62 per cent of the country's population. The bill had been cleared by the Union Cabinet without any discussion on Monday.

The Union Cabinet has cleared the National Food Security Bill that aims to provide subsidised food grain to over 62 per cent of the country's population. All the proposals of the Cabinet note were cleared today without any discussion when the Cabinet met at 7:30 pm. The bill will now be introduced in Parliament in this winter session.

Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau on Saturday filed a chargesheet against seven people, including three government officials, for allegedly misappropriating subsidised food grains which led to a loss of over Rs 27 lakh to the exchequer, an official said.

Continuing its Dalit outreach, the central government has decided to expand a scheme to provide subsidised food grains to students belonging to scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes (OBC) living in government-run Ambedkar hostels across the country.

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought response from 13 drought-affected states as to why they were not lifting enough food grain to made available at subsidised rates to the priority and vulnerable sections of the people in affected areas.

Implementation of National Food Security law, entailing an annual subsidy of over Rs 1.4 lakh crore, has covered the entire nation from this month with two large states Kerala and Tamil Nadu coming on board, the government said today.

If records at a fair price shop in Farrukhabad are to be believed, Deepika Padukone, Sonakshi Sinha, Jacqueline Fernandez and Rani Mukherjee receive subsidised food grains distributed through ration cards.

As part of an immediate relief package to drought-hit farmers and rural population, the government should take the load of their bank loan payments upon itself and provide food grains at subsidised rates, Assocham President Sunil Kanoria said here on Tuesday.

The implementation of the National Food Security Act, meant to provide subsidised food grains to two thirds of India's population, has triggered a major political controversy in Jammu and Kashmir.

The Left Front government in Tripura has decided to introduce the National Food Security Act (NFSA) from September 1 with more sops, a minister said here on Friday.

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today promised that her government would install vending machines for subsidised food grains on the lines of Mother Dairy.

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...

The country needs an additional Rs 20,000 crore for its proposed food security Bill, aimed at ensuring subsidised grain for the poor, Food Minister K V Thomas said on Thursday, even as the government is seeking deep spending cuts.

Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday, asking him for subsidised food grain, kerosene and LPG for the Allahabad Maha Kumbh, which will be held from January to March next year.

The first phase of Veetu Muttathu Oru Triveni a state government scheme to distribute food grain at subsidised price was launched here on Saturday. At a function held at the Hotel Avenue Regent, Union Minister of State for Food and Consumer Affairs K V Thomas handed over a cheque for Rs 2.25 crore for the scheme to Cooperation Minister C N Balakri...

The government introduced the National Food Security Bill in Lok Sabha today, which aims to provide subsidised food grain to over 62 per cent of the country's population. The bill had been cleared by the Union Cabinet without any discussion on Monday.

The Union Cabinet has cleared the National Food Security Bill that aims to provide subsidised food grain to over 62 per cent of the country's population. All the proposals of the Cabinet note were cleared today without any discussion when the Cabinet met at 7:30 pm. The bill will now be introduced in Parliament in this winter session.