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Cabinet extends PM-GKAY for 6 months till September 2022
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 26 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Saturday extended the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY) scheme for another six months - till September 2022 - with each beneficiary eligible to get an additional 5 kg free ration per month in addition to normal quota
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Haryana: Foodgrains worth crores of rupees damaged in Karnal godown
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Karnal (Haryana) [India], February 9 (ANI): Foodgrains worth crores of rupees have got damaged in a godown in Haryana's Karnal.
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About 759 lakh MT food grains provided to states, UTs under PMGKAY so far:
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): The Department of Food and Public Distribution allocated about 759 lakh MT foodgrains to states and union territories so far for distribution to around 80 Crore NFSA beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY).
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TRS MP moves adjournment notice in LS on MSP guarantee, food grains procur
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MP Nama Nageswara Rao on Thursday gave adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss the issue of 'national policy on foodgrains procurement and legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price to farmers'.
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BJP ministers link Maa Annapurna's 'ashirwad' with Centre's free foodgrain
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 11 (ANI): Top ministers from Bharatiya Janata Party's Central and Uttar Pradesh governments on Thursday linked the retrieval of Maa Annapurna's idol from Canada and its consecration in Kashi to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheme to provide free food grains to o
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Centre dismisses fears that ethanol plan would affect food security, says
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): Dismissing fears that the Ethanol Plan would affect food security in the country, the central government said that meeting foodgrain demand for human and cattle consumption will always remain its first priority, but allowing alternative use of rice and mai
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More than 4.5 lakh MT foodgrains provided to beneficiaries under first, se
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Panchkula (Haryana) [India], September 24 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who is on a one-day visit to Haryana, on Friday said that more than 4.5 lakh metric tonnes of foodgrains were provided to beneficiaries in the first and second phase of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan
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278 LMT foodgrains allocated to 80 crore NFSA beneficiaries under PMGKAY:
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): About 278 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT) foodgrains have been allocated free of cost to approximately 80 crore National Food Security Act (NFSA) beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) for a period of 7 months from May to November this
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Record 109.33 LMT foodgrains allocated to UP under PMGKAY
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): A record allocation of 109.33 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) food grains for free distribution in Uttar Pradesh has been made under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) which will benefit over 14.71 crore beneficiaries, said the Ministry of Consumer Af
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Cabinet approves additional foodgrain allocation till November under PMGKY
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): The Centre on Wednesday approved further allocation of additional foodgrain to National Food Security Act (NFSA) beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (Phase IV) till November.
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One Nation One Ration Card aims to empower National Food Security Act migr
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that the 'One Nation One Ration Card' (ONORC) plan aims to empower all National Food Security Act (NFSA) migrant beneficiaries to access their foodgrains from any fair price shop anywhere in the country by using th
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Foodgrain production to reach record levels, demand has been resilient in
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Chief Economic Adviser KV Subramanian on Monday said that foodgrain production is expected to reach record levels this year given the prediction of normal monsoon by the IMD and noted that the demand in rural India has been resilient.
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