A total of 18.09 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT) of wheat have been sold under this scheme, read the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution press release.
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.
As the Bank of Baroda withdrew the 'E-Auction Sale Notice' of a flat owned by BJP MP Sunny Deol citing "technical reasons", senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday raised suspicions, saying he wonders "who triggered these technical reasons?"
"We are conscious of the limited power of judicial review. However, when it is seen that the decision of the authority is arbitrary, irrational, and disproportionate, having regard to complaints received only with regard to few plots and yet all 130 plots being put to manual auction after ab
n a major effort to make the state a leader in the field of renewable energy to meet the growing energy needs, Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA) is soon going to organize a mega ‘e-tender’ in the state as per the intention of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
The online auction would be held from 10 am for the auction of industrial plots in Lucknow, Kanpur, Trans Delhi Signature City, Ayodhya, Agra, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bareilly, Gorakhpur and Aligarh, the release stated.
"After the Union government stopped the supply of rice to the people of Karnataka, it started auctioning that rice through e-auction. But now no one is coming forward to buy rice through e-auction, as per media reports. Should we call it dirty politics or not?" he said.
Chairman and Managing Director of Food Corporation of India Ashok KK Meena said that the central government has directed the agency to conduct the e-auctions of wheat and rice to check the "inflationary trends" and to control the price of such staple foodgrains.
The District e-Auction committee, under the Chairpersonship of Deputy Commissioner Avny Lavasa, successfully conducted the e-Auction of three minor mineral blocks located in Tawi River on Tuesday.
As a part of the Government of India's initiative towards market intervention to control the price of wheat and atta, the fourth e-auction to offload wheat under OMSS (D) was held on Wednesday. A total quantity of 11.57 LMT of wheat was offered and 5.40 LMT of wheat has been sold to 1,049 bi
The reduction in reserve price along with an additional offloading of 20 LMT of wheat will collectively help in reducing market price of wheat and wheat products for consumers, according to the ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution.
For the 3rd e-auction, bidders who have registered themselves on the e-portal of M Junction by 10 pm on February 17 will be allowed to participate in the e-auction on February 22, according to a statement from the ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution.