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Over 80 crore people covered under National Food Security law, says Paswan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 3 (ANI): Union Minister of Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday said that over 80 crore people have been covered under the National Food Security Law which has been implemented across the country.
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Food security Act implementation will not affect state subsidy scheme, as
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Oct. 30 (ANI): The All India Anna Dravida Muunetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) has said the universal public distribution system, government's flagship programme, would continue to remain in force despite the Tamil Nadu government's decision to implement Nationa
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India, New Zealand ink three pacts including avoidance of double taxation
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 26 (ANI): India and New Zealand on Wednesday signed three agreements in the areas of double taxation avoidance, food security and sports to carry forward the ties between both sides.
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UN supports better welfare for farm animals worldwide
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct.18 (ANI-Newsvoir): For the first time ever in the history of the United Nations (UN), farm animals worldwide will be better protected following the adoption of groundbreaking global policy recommendations on animal welfare in farming at the UN Committee on World Food S
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SC sends directions to Centre, states to address drought related issues
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 5(ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed the Centre and the state governments for not complying with the directions to supply food grain to the drought-affected areas under the National Food Security Act.
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C.R. Chaudhary reviews National Food Security Act in Imphal
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Sept. 20 (ANI): Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution C.R. Chaudhary arrived at Imphal today and made a direct assessment of the various difficulties being encountered by the state government with regard to implementation of the Nation
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Paswan asks states asked to expedite reforms to ensure PDS transparency
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.16 (ANI): Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday appealed to all states to expedite the reforms so as to bring transparency in the functioning of Public Distribution System (PDS), which is a key feature of National
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No shortage of food grains to implement food security under NFSA: Centre
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): The government today asserted that there is no shortage of food grains to implement the food security in the country under the National Food Security Act.
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