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UP: Old ration shops to be shifted from narrow streets to accessible locat
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Under the single-stage system of doorstep delivery of food grains, it is important for the vehicles carrying food grains to reach the fair-price shops easily. However, because of its location on narrow streets, both people and foodgrains vehicles find it difficult to reach fair-price shops.
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Kerala facing acute shortage of food grains, kerosene: State Civil Supplie
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Talking to ANI, Minister Anil said, "At present, the state is getting 14.25 lakh flour and rice every year, whereas the state needs about 16.5 metric tonnes. This has resulted in its shortage for some time now."
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Nation is indebted to Shastri for self-sufficiency in food grains: Agricul
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 23 (ANI/PNN): On the occasion of World Water Day 2023, which coincided with the first day of Vikram Samvat 2080, Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar praised the leadership of former Prime Minister 'Bharat Ratna' Late Lal Bahadur Shastr
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Grain stolen from ration shop in UP's Mainpuri, four arrested
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Uttar Pradesh Police arrested four people in Mainpuri for stealing food grains from a government ration shop in Bhogaon.
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Food security important for national security, need to increase farm produ
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"China has got lesser land than us on which it can do farming but the production of food grains in China is much more than what we produce. We need to focus on and put in more effort for increasing farm productivity. As food security is an important aspect of national security," Ajit Doval s
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Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurates 1st Agriculture Working Group Meeting in
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday stated that there is no alternative to food grains and the state government is providing financial support to farmers by adding an extra amount in the central scheme Kisan Samman Nidhi.
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Nation Food Security Act provides coverage of 75 pc rural, 50 pc urban pop
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on Friday informed, that under the National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA), while Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) households that constitute the poorest of the poor are legally entitled to receive 35 kg of foodg
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Budget 2023: Govt proposes 100 critical projects for last-mile logistics a
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The government proposed to take up 100 critical transport infrastructure projects, for last and first-mile connectivity for ports, coal, steel, fertilizer, and food grains sectors.
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UP: Man slaps, misbehaves with Child Development Project Officer in Jaunpu
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Uttar Pradesh police in Jaunpur arrested two persons for allegedly slapping a Child Development Project Officer during a discussion on food grains distribution, it said on Friday.
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CBI raids over 50 locations to bust unholy nexus between FCI officials, fo
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday conducted raids at over 50 locations in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh in connection with the Food Corporation of India (FCI) scam.
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Chhattisgarh CM urges PM Modi to include millet in food grains distributio
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The year 2023 has been declared as 'International Millet Year' by the United Nations on the initiative of the Government of India.
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Huge quantities of food grains found in Ballia government school, Principa
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 22 (ANI): The principal of Primary School Dumduma was suspended, after undistributed food grains for mid-day meal were found in the school due to the alleged carelessness of the principal, the Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) informed on Wednesday.
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