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Amidst surging onion prices, MMTC places fresh order for 4,000 tonnes
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 5 (ANI): Amidst surging onion prices, International trading company MMTC has placed another import order of four thousand tonnes of onion from Turkey which is expected to arrive in India by January in 2020.
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LS Speaker raps Union Minister for not being attentive, asks him to listen
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 3 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday pulled up Union Minister for State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Raosaheb Patil Danve for not paying due attention to a query posed to him in the Question Hour.
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Govt reduces onion stock limit amid rising prices
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 3 (ANI): In a bid to curb hoarding of onions in the wake of soaring prices, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs has revised with immediate effect the stock limits for wholesalers and retailers in the country.
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Centre to import onion from Turkey, Egypt
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 1 (ANI): The government will import 11000 Metric Ton (MT) of onion from Turkey in addition to 6090 MT from Egypt, in the backdrop of soaring onion prices in the Indian retail market.
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Hallmarking mandatory for gold jewellery beginning Jan 2021: Ram Vilas Pas
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 29 (ANI): Union Minister for Consumer Affairs Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday said that the Centre will make hallmarking compulsory for gold jewellery beginning January 15, 2021.
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Agencies supplying drinking water must ensure quality: Consumer Affairs Mi
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 21 (ANI): The agencies engaged in the supply of water to households in the towns, cities, and villages spread across the country should ensure that the water being supplied is safe for drinking purpose, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs said on Thursday.
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Hoardings questioning Delhi Jal Board on water quality surface in Delhi
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 21 (ANI): Hoardings demanding an explanation from Delhi Jal Board (DJB) president over water quality of national capital have come-up in some parts of Delhi on Thursday.
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Winter Session of Parliament: Quality of tap water in Delhi will be checke
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 18 (ANI): The quality of supply water in the national capital will be checked, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan informed the Lok Sabha on Monday.
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Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs briefs Cabinet Secretary on Onio
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 8 (ANI): The Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs Avinash Srivastava in a high-level meeting briefed the Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba about the current situation of availability and prices of Onions.
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Consumer Affairs secretary chairs meeting, several Indian missions request
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 6 (ANI): The Department of Consumer Affairs (DoCA) through an inter-ministerial committee has advised the Union Government to act as a facilitator for onion imports to ease the process and ensure a quick and healthy supply from other countries.
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Inter-ministerial committee reviews prices, availability of onions, tomato
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 1 (ANI): The Department of Consumer Affairs on Friday reviewed the prices and availability of onions and tomatoes through an inter-ministerial committee.
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Delhi minister writes to Paswan, seeks Centre's help in overcoming onion c
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 17 (ANI): Delhi Food and Civil Supplies Minister Imran Hussain on Thursday wrote a letter to Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan seeking the intervention of the Central government to keep the onion prices under check and said that the National Agricultural
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