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Chhattisgarh CM writes to Centre, seeks procurement of rice by FCI
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], December 28 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday wrote to Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal and urged him to give permission as per the 'in-principle approval' for procurement of 26 lakh metric
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Paddy procurement rises by 21.56 pc compared to last year
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution on Monday said that paddy procurement up to December 20 this year stood at 415.37 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) as against 341.68 LMT last year, showing a year-on-year growth of 21.56 per cent.
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Govt continues to procure Kharif 2020-21 crops from farmers as per existin
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 13 (ANI): In the ongoing Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2020-21, Government continues to procure Kharif 2020-21 crops at its MSP from farmers as per its existing MSP Schemes, said Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution on Sunday.
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Paddy procurement has gained momentum showing increase of 23 pc over last
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 25 (ANI): Paddy procurement for Kharif marketing season 2020-21 has gained momentum showing an increase of 23 per cent over last year, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution said on Sunday.
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Govt imposes stock limit on onions for wholesalers, retailers
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): The Consumer Affairs Secretary Leena Nandan on Friday announced that in view of the rising price of onion from the second week of September, the government has imposed a stock limit on onion effective from today.
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Paddy procurement for Kharif season going on smoothly: Centre
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): Paddy procurement for the Kharif marketing season (KMS) 2020-21 is going on smoothly and the government continues to procure crops at MSP from farmers as per its existing MSP schemes as was done in previous seasons, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and
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Govt procured nearly 43 lakh tonne Kharif paddy from 3.57 lakh farmers at
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): As the Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2020-21 begins, as much as 42.55 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of paddy has been purchased from 3.57 lakh farmers at a minimum support price valued at Rs 8032.62 crore, a statement from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Foo
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Union Cabinet condoles Ram Vilas Paswan's demise, calls him 'voice of oppr
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 9 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Friday condoled the demise of Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ramvilas Paswan on Friday and said that the nation has lost an eminent leader, a distinguished parliamentarian and an able administrator.
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Piyush Goyal gets additional charge of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 9 (ANI): Union Minister Piyush Goyal has been assigned the additional charge of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution by President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday.
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Arrangements made for procurement of 170 lakh metric tonnes of paddy: Punj
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Patiala (Punjab) [India], September 27 (ANI): Punjab Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu on Sunday kickstarted paddy procurement at Rajpura Grain Market and said that arrangements have been made for the procurement on the arrival of 170 lakh metric tonnes o
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Early procurement of Paddy, Rice in Haryana and Punjab in KMS 2020-21
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 26 (ANI): The order for the commencement of procurement operations for paddy and rice in Haryana and Punjab have been issued on Saturday, said Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
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Bajrang Dal demands suspension of Andhra minister over his 'insensitive' c
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] September 23 (ANI): The Bajrang Dal on Wednesday protested in front of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy's house in Hyderabad, demanding the suspension of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao (Nani) for his "
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