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Budget amalgamation will not complete projects faster: Paswan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 21 (ANI): Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday said the Union Cabinet's nod to merge the railway budget with the general budget from next year will not help in completing the pending projects faster, adding the only major change
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C.R. Chaudhary reviews National Food Security Act in Imphal
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Sept. 20 (ANI): Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution C.R. Chaudhary arrived at Imphal today and made a direct assessment of the various difficulties being encountered by the state government with regard to implementation of the Nation
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Paswan reviews availability of pulses with importers, ask them to be more
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.16 (ANI): Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan took a critical review of the supply side of pulses here with representatives of pulses importers, senior official of relative ministries and enforcement agencies.
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Paswan asks states asked to expedite reforms to ensure PDS transparency
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.16 (ANI): Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday appealed to all states to expedite the reforms so as to bring transparency in the functioning of Public Distribution System (PDS), which is a key feature of National
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New guidelines will end identity crisis of direct selling industry: FDSA
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India), Sept. 13 (ANI): Applauding the Consumer Affairs Ministry for issuing new guidelines to companies involved in direct selling, the Federation of Direct Selling Association (FDSA) has described this development as "the end of an identity crisis" for the industry.
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Govt. hopes to receive Parliament's assent to Consumer Protection Bil
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 1 (ANI): The Consumer Protection Bill, 2015 that seeks to amend the archaic Consumer Protection Act, is expected to be passed in the next session of Parliament. This was indicated here today by Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Dist
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Ram Vilas Paswan to visit birthplace of Ram Manohar Lohia
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh), Aug. 14 (ANI): Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan, will visit the birthplace of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia at Akbarpur, Faizabad on Sunday to pay tribute to the great leader for his contribution to freedom struggle.
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Direct Selling industry expects regulatory clarity with new guidelines
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 31 (ANI): The ministry of Consumer Affairs, in the stakeholders meeting assured the Direct Selling Industry that the draft Guidelines are in the final stages. The Direct Selling Industry is expecting these Guidelines to differentiate between legitimate Direct Selling entities
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India in parleys with Myanmar, African nations to counter domestic shortfa
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 28 (ANI): Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday said the government is holding bilateral talks with Myanmar and African nations to counter a domestic shortfall of 7.6 million tonnes that has driven local prices of key pu
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