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55 cr beneficiaries received food grains in May under PMGKAY-III
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): As many as 55 crore beneficiaries received food grains in May and around 2.6 crore beneficiaries in June under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana-III, informed Sudhanshu Pandey, Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, on Thursday.
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PMGKAY: FCI supplies 48 LMT free food grains to states, UTs
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Food Corporation of India (FCI) has supplied 48 LMT free food grains to to all 36 states and union territories (UTs) till May 24 under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY).
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36 states, UTs lifted 31.80 LMT food grains so far under PMGKAY
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): All 36 states and union territories combinedly lifted 31.80 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT) of food grains from Food Corporation of India depots till May 17 under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY).
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Centre asks States/UTs to keep Fair Price Shops open for longer duration f
Updated : 4 years, 10 months 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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Centre supplies 5.88 LMT food grains for distribution to more than 80 cror
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): The Department of Food and Public Distribution, Government of India has begun to implement the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) for a period of 2 months-- May and June-- so that the poor and vulnerable beneficiaries under National Food Security
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More than 80 crore NFSA beneficiaries to be provided additional 80 LMTs of
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): Under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY) scheme announced by the Union government for the month of May and June, it has been decided to allocate free-of-cost food grains at the rate of 5 Kg per person per month to nearly 80 Crore benefici
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Govt to provide free food grains to around 80 crore beneficiaries under PM
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): The Government of India is set to provide free food grains under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) for the month of May and June 2021.
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PM Modi lauds TN farmers for record food grain production, urges them to f
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 14 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded the farmers of Tamil Nadu for record food grain production and advised them to remember the mantra of "per drop more crop" stating that this will help future generations.
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You are being asked to vote for NDA for nothing: Chidambaram
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 2 (ANI): Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speeches in his Bihar election rallies over the last two days -- where he invoked Gods and talked about Article 370 and Ram Mandir -- former Union minister P Chidambaram on Monday said the BJP skipped the
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Union Cabinet approves extension of norms for mandatory packaging in Jute
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 29 (ANI): The Union Cabinet has approved the extension of norms for mandatory packaging in Jute materials mandating 100 per cent of the food-grains and 20 per cent of sugar to be packaged in diversified jute bags, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Thursda
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NABARD should assist in setting up of SEZs, Food Processing Units: Telanga
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Aug 28 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Thursday said that there is a need to shun the negative attitude related to agriculture and asked National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development to regulate farming to achieve country's aim of
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Foodgrains distributed to 2.64 lakh ration card holders in UP under Atmani
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 26 (ANI): Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Kumar Awasthi on Sunday informed that 5.86 lakh units of free food grains have been distributed to 2.64 lakh ration card holders in the state under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Yojna's second phase.
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