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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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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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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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Cabinet approves free foodgrain under PMGKAY for 2 months
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the allocation of additional foodgrain to NFSA beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (Phase III) for a period of two months -- May and June 2021.
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Centre supplies 5.88 LMT food grains for distribution to more than 80 cror
Updated : 5 years 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 : 5 years 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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Indore Municipal Corporation demolishes 'illegal properties' in PDS black
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India] January 28 (ANI): Taking action on a case of black marketing of foodgrains supplied under Public Distribution System (PDS) during COVID-19 lockdown, the Municipal Corporation of Indore on Wednesday demolished "illegal properties" of Shyam Dave and Bharat Dave
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9 states successfully complete 'One Nation One Ration Card' reform
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): As many as nine states have successfully completed reforms in Public Distribution System (PDS) and implemented the 'One Nation One Ration System', under which a beneficiary will be able to buy subsidised foodgrains from any Fair Price Shops (FPS) acros
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