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Centre directs states to reduce prices of Edible Oils post import duty red
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): The Central government on Thursday has directed the states to ensure that the prices of Edible Oils are brought down to commensurate levels in line with the import duty reductions.
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Dubai's Emaar enthusiastic about India, need to ramp up systems to match i
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], October 2 (ANI): Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said that he had a meeting with officials of Emaar, a UAE-based multinational real estate development company, and said enthusiasm to invest in India was phenomenal and beyond his expectation.
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India, UAE review progress towards Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agre
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], October 2 (ANI): India and the UAE on Saturday reviewed progress towards a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between the two countries and held discussions on exploring mutually beneficial methods to facilitate further investment from UAE sovereign investment entit
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Piyush Goyal welcomes the world to participate in India's golden growth st
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Dubai [United Arab Emirates], October 2 (ANI/NewsVoir): At a time when the whole world is coming together to recover from the pandemic and bring growth back on track, a resurgent India is ready to take on the responsibility of being the frontrunner in this revival process, said Minister of C
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Daily wholesale prices of edible oils drop significantly post reduction in
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): A massive difference in daily wholesale prices was reported, following the Centre's decision to slash the standard rate of duty on edible oils a week ago to check prices, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution said on Friday.
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About 81.14 lakhs paddy farmers benefitted from KMS Procurement Operations
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): About 81.14 lakh paddy farmers have benefitted from Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) Procurement Operations with an MSP value of Rs 1,08054.40 crores, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution informed on Wednesday.
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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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Provide free ration to all persons with disabilities: PIL in Delhi HC
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking direction to Centre (Department of Food & Public Distribution) to direct all State Government and UTs under Section 38 of National Food Security Act to provide food grains f
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Massive operation for distribution of pulses underway, says Ministry of Co
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): A massive operation is underway to distribute one-kilogram pulses to about 20 crore households in the country for three months, said Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution on Saturday.
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Consumer Affairs Minister Paswan seeks explanation from hotels for overcha
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday asked its department officials to send notices and sought an explanation from two hotels on allegations of selling food items at higher rates.
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