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Bureau of Indian Standards empowers India's youth with 6,467 standard club
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The BIS recognizes that children are the architects of a strong and vibrant India. Their visionary initiative to create Standards Clubs in educational institutions is designed to instil in young minds the paramount importance of quality, standards, and scientific thinking, read the Ministry
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Bharat becomes 13th country to issue International Organization of Legal M
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Bharat has become the 13th country in the world that can issue Internationally Accepted OIML (International Organization of Legal Metrology) Certificates, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution said on Thursday.
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Congress doesn’t need alliance in Rajasthan, party leadership to take deci
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Rajasthan Food and Civil Supplies Consumer Affairs Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, on Monday, said Congress does not need any alliance in Rajasthan, adding that the final decision will be taken by party high command.
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Government sells 1.66 lakh metric tons wheat, 0.17 LMT rice in e-auction t
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
In this latest round, a total of 2.0 LMT (Lakh Metric Tons) of wheat from 500 depots and 4.89 LMT of rice from 337 depots were offered for sale, read the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution press release.
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Oman Deputy Prime Minister Asaad bin Tariq bin Taimur Al Said arrives in D
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ashwini Kumar Choubey received Oman PM at the airport.
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Japanese PM Kishida arrives in Delhi to attend G20 Leaders’ Summit
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
At the airport, Kishida was received by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Ashwini Kumar Choubey.
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Government seeks public input on draft guidelines to curb deceptive online
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
These guidelines aim to address deceptive practices employed by online platforms, known as dark patterns, that are detrimental to consumer interests, read the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution press release.
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India to host 81st Plenary Meeting of International Cotton Advisory Commit
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Union Minister of Textiles, Commerce & Industry and Consumer Affairs and Food & Public Distribution, Piyush Goyal presided over the seventh interactive meeting with the Textile Advisory Group (TAG) on Cotton, on 31st August, 2023, to review the progress of initiatives for the cot
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ED raids former Punjab minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu, aides in foodgrain sc
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
According to sources, the action is said to be conducted in connection with the foodgrain scam of Punjab that took place during Ashu's tenure as the food, civil supplies and consumer affairs minister.
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NCCF, NAFED to sell tomatoes at retail price of Rs 40 per kg from August 2
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Department of Consumer Affairs has directed the National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India (NCCF) and National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) to sell tomatoes at a retail price of Rs 40 per kg from August 20, 2023, in view of the continued dec
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Indian Footwear and Leather industry a major foreign exchange earner: Piyu
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal said that the Indian Footwear and Leather industry is not only a major foreign exchange earner but being a labour intensive sector, it also provides employment to approximate
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Goyal appreciates contribution of chemical, petrochemical industry to Indi
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal said that the chemical and petrochemical industry play a crucial role in India's economic progress and is expected to continue being a key driver of growth in the future. W
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