Subsidised Rice

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  Viral Video Of Punjab Man In Mercedes Buying Cheap Ration Irks The Internet

  The viral video shows a man arriving at a ration depot in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, and picking up sacks of wheat, pulses and rice

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  Assam Promises Free Rice For The Poor Ahead Of State Budget

  Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Friday that the BJP-led state government will offer free rice to the poor and also provide pulses and sugar at subsidised rates in the next budget. The poor in Assam get rice at Re 1 per kilogram.

• Indonesia's Rice-For-Poor Scheme to Test New President

  Indonesia's powerful anti-graft agency will launch a probe into the nation's subsidised rice scheme unless major flaws are fixed, threatening moves to expand the role of the state food buying agency into other staples such as corn, beef and sugar.

• Government to Free Up Extra 10 Million Tonne Wheat in Open Market

  The government buys rice and wheat from local farmers to build reserves and to sell subsidised food to the poor.

• Subsidised rice scheme launched today in Karnataka

  The Congress government in Karnataka is all set to roll out its "block-buster" election promise of providing 30 kg of rice per month to BPL families at Re one per kg from July 10 and sees no impediment in its implementation.

• What makes Jayalalithaa's 'Amma' canteens so successful

  Piping hot Pongal is the latest item for breakfast at Amma Canteens in Tamil Nadu. A plate of this popular cuisine costs just Rs 5. Three months ago Chief Minister Jayalalithaa launched these canteens in Chennai to help the poor get quality nutritious food at subsidised prices. Fluffy idlis cost just Re 1 each; sambar rice Rs 5 and curd rice Rs 3. ...

• Karnataka Chief Minister calls on Prime Minister; seeks more rice for state

  Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought additional quantity of rice from the central government to implement the subsidised rice scheme for the poor.

• 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...

• Now Andhra Pradesh to give rice at Re 1 a kg to its poor

  Mr Reddy made the announcement at a public meeting in Tirupati. The scheme is being seen in political circles here as an attempt to divert public attention from the ongoing strike by various sections of people in Telangana for separate state.

• Rs 2 per kg rice for Kerala is okay, says court

  Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan today welcomed the Kerala High Court ruling setting aside the Election Commission (EC) order restraining it from extending the scheme to provide rice at Rs 2 per kg to fresh beneficiaries.In a statement here today, Achuthanandan said Opposition leader Oommen Chandy "should apologise" to the people for alleged...