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Piyush Goyal to meet food ministers of States, UTs tomorrow; model kitchen
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 24 (ANI): Union Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal will chair an all India Food Ministers meeting and will discuss community kitchen scheme among other issues with food ministers of states and Union Territories on Thursday.
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FCI records all-time high wheat procurement of 433.44 lakh MT
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 24 (ANI): The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has recorded an all-time high wheat procurement of 433.44 lakh MT, recording an 11 per cent increase over last year's procurement, informed the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution on W
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5 e-commerce entities under Central Consumer Protection Authority's lens f
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued notice to five e-commerce entities offering for sale pressure cookers in violation of compulsory Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Standards, informed Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Pub
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Piyush Goyal announces setting up of mega handloom cluster at Olympic meda
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 21 (ANI): Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal on Saturday announced the setting up of a mega handloom cluster at Olympic silver medalist Saikohm Mirabai Chanu's native village in Manipu
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Centre spreads awareness among women in UP's Varanasi on nutrition, fortif
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 19 (ANI): The Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD) on Friday organized a one-day awareness programme among women on nutrition and fortified rice under "Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav" in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi.
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Stability in retail prices of pulses achieved on account of pre-emptive, p
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 19 (ANI): Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution has said that the stability in the retail prices of pulses have substantially stabilized in the past five months and this has been achieved on account of pre-emptive and proactive measure
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India's leather industry should aspire to be number 1 in the world: Piyush
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 17 (ANI): Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said that India's leather industry should aspire to be at the number 1 position in the world.
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Piyush Goyal inaugurates food security museum in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 15 (ANI): Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal on Monday virtually inaugurated the office building, Divisional Office Hubballi in Karnataka and food security museum at Thanjavur in Tamil
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Nearly 11.57 lakh farmers benefitted through paddy procurement in KMS 2021
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): The Department of Food and Public Distribution has procured over 209.52 LMT of Paddy in Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2021-22 in the procuring states or union territories, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution informed on Tuesday
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Centre amends Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2011 for enhanc
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 8 (ANI): Department of Consumer Affairs under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has omitted Rule 5 of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities), Rules 2011 defining the Schedule II prescribing the pack sizes of various types of commod
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Union Ministers Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti celebrate Bhai
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Minister of State (MoS) for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti on Saturday celebrated Bhai Dooj at the former's residence.
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Pollution not limited to northern states, everyone will have to think over
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): Punjab Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu on Saturday said that pollution is not just limited to northern states of the country and every citizen will have to think about it.
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