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Amid Lockdown, Government Promises More Subsidy In PDS Rice, Wheat
A big economic package to prop up the coronavirus-hit nation yet to come, the government today underscored that rice and wheat will be available for Public Distribution System at hugely subsidized prices, promising relief to millions whose livelihoods are at stake.
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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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'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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Tata Trusts, UP Government Join Hands To Strengthen PDS system
Tata Trusts have installed electronic Point of Sale devices to ensure operation of an Aadhaar-enabled Public Distribution System in Lucknow.
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In Drought-Hit Uttar Pradesh, The Poor Are Eating Rotis Made Of Grass
Bundelkhand has been roiled by three successive crop failures - for two years because of drought, and a year in the middle because of unseasonal rain.
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Rice Prices May Reach Boiling Point in Coming Months
After pulses, rice prices may also shoot up and reach a "boiling point" in the coming months due to depleting stocks and likely fall in its kharif output, according to industry body Assocham.
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Aadhaar Row: Top Court Assures Decision by Tomorrow on Larger Bench Plea
The Supreme Court today assured the Centre and bodies like SEBI and RBI that it will take a decision by tomorrow evening on their plea seeking setting up a larger bench for modifying an earlier order restricting the voluntary use of Aadhaar card to PDS and LPG schemes only.
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Two Years On, Still No 'Right to Food' in Uttar Pradesh
30-year-old Asma Khatoon lives in a slum in Lucknow and has never been able to benefit from the country's massive Public Distribution System. Asma's attempts to get a ration card made never materialised as she did not have an address proof for her temporary shack.
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Panel on FCI Restructuring to Hold First Meeting on September 8
The first meeting of a high level committee set up to recommend ways to restructure state-run Food Corporation of India (FCI) will be held next week.
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Andhra Pradesh government to go for decentralised paddy procurement in seven districts
To strengthen the public distribution system in the state, the Andhra Pradesh government will take up decentralised procurement of rice in seven districts on a pilot basis.
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Foodgrain scam: CBI raids 12 locations in Lucknow
Lucknow raids: The Central bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday carried out searches at 12 locations in Lucknow in connection with the multi-crore foodgarin scam. The premises that were raided included two godowns of the UP State Food Corporation.
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Amid Lockdown, Government Promises More Subsidy In PDS Rice, Wheat
A big economic package to prop up the coronavirus-hit nation yet to come, the government today underscored that rice and wheat will be available for Public Distribution System at hugely subsidized prices, promising relief to millions whose livelihoods are at stake.
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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
-
'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).
-
Tata Trusts, UP Government Join Hands To Strengthen PDS system
Tata Trusts have installed electronic Point of Sale devices to ensure operation of an Aadhaar-enabled Public Distribution System in Lucknow.
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In Drought-Hit Uttar Pradesh, The Poor Are Eating Rotis Made Of Grass
Bundelkhand has been roiled by three successive crop failures - for two years because of drought, and a year in the middle because of unseasonal rain.
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Rice Prices May Reach Boiling Point in Coming Months
After pulses, rice prices may also shoot up and reach a "boiling point" in the coming months due to depleting stocks and likely fall in its kharif output, according to industry body Assocham.
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Aadhaar Row: Top Court Assures Decision by Tomorrow on Larger Bench Plea
The Supreme Court today assured the Centre and bodies like SEBI and RBI that it will take a decision by tomorrow evening on their plea seeking setting up a larger bench for modifying an earlier order restricting the voluntary use of Aadhaar card to PDS and LPG schemes only.
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Two Years On, Still No 'Right to Food' in Uttar Pradesh
30-year-old Asma Khatoon lives in a slum in Lucknow and has never been able to benefit from the country's massive Public Distribution System. Asma's attempts to get a ration card made never materialised as she did not have an address proof for her temporary shack.
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Panel on FCI Restructuring to Hold First Meeting on September 8
The first meeting of a high level committee set up to recommend ways to restructure state-run Food Corporation of India (FCI) will be held next week.
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Andhra Pradesh government to go for decentralised paddy procurement in seven districts
To strengthen the public distribution system in the state, the Andhra Pradesh government will take up decentralised procurement of rice in seven districts on a pilot basis.
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Foodgrain scam: CBI raids 12 locations in Lucknow
Lucknow raids: The Central bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday carried out searches at 12 locations in Lucknow in connection with the multi-crore foodgarin scam. The premises that were raided included two godowns of the UP State Food Corporation.
