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Centre urges Delhi govt for resumption of ePoS devices in all fair price s
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution on Tuesday wrote to the chief secretary of Delhi Government for 'resumption of ePoS (electronic point of sale) devices in all fair price shops of Delhi'.
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India Pulses and Grains Association urges Government to assuage fear of tr
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 3 (ANI/Hunk Golden and Media): India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA), the nodal body for the pulses trade and industry in India, today held a press conference to draw the attention of the Government towards the effects on the trade following the instru
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Declare fair price shop owners, their employees as front line essential wo
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): A petition was moved in Delhi High Court that seeks direction to Delhi Government to declare fair price shop owners (ration dealers) and their employees as front line essential workers.
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Centre asks States/UTs to keep Fair Price Shops open for longer duration f
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): In view of ongoing lock-down in some states and Union Territories (UTs), the Department of Food and Public Distribution under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution issued an advisory to all states/UTs to keep the Fair Price Shops o
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Telangana CM offers Rs 2000 assistance to teachers, staff in private educa
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] April 8 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has decided to release Rs 2000 financial assistance and 25 Kg rice free of cost through the Fair Price Shops to the teachers and other staff of the recognized private educational institutions in the
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9 states successfully complete 'One Nation One Ration Card' reform
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): As many as nine states have successfully completed reforms in Public Distribution System (PDS) and implemented the 'One Nation One Ration System', under which a beneficiary will be able to buy subsidised foodgrains from any Fair Price Shops (FPS) acros
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CBI arrests Assistant Commissioner in Delhi Food Department for taking bri
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 19 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested Assistant Commissioner and a contractual employee of Delhi's Food and Supply Department for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs one lakh from a fair price shop owner.
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Farmer destroys 4.5 acres of standing paddy crop as he did not get a fair
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Lakhimpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 17 (ANI): A farmer in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur on Saturday destroyed 4.5 acres of standing paddy crop as he did not get a fair price for his produce.
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APMCs not shut, but sell produce wherever you get fair price: Yediyurappa
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 28 (ANI): Invoking his lineage to a farmer's family, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday requested the protesting farmers to wait for another six months to a year and see how the new Farm Acts help them in long run.
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Unable to sell onions at fair prices, Nashik farmer says 'we'll die of hun
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Nashik (Maharashtra) [India], May 27 (ANI): Farmers in Nashik have said that they are facing losses as they are unable to sell onions at fair prices.
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COVID-19 lockdown: Ram Vilas Paswan reviews food grains distribution in st
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan during a video conference with the State/UTs Ministers of Food, Public Distribution here today directed the fellow minister to implement a ''micro-level plan'' to ensure that essential commodities are avai
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Delhi Police arrests fair price shop owner for misappropriation of foodgra
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): The Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested a fair price shop owner in Raghubir Nagar here over alleged misappropriation of foodgrains.
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