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Northern Railways transport 62.5 lakh tonne food grains from Punjab-Haryan
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): To ensure enhanced availability of Public Distribution System (PDS) food grains reach the ration shops all across India in time, Northern Railways has moved a total of 2,218 rakes carrying about 62.47 lakh tonnes (LT) of wheat and rice to 18 deficient states
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BJP MLA slams MP Food and Civil Supplies Minister for damage to procured g
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Shivpuri (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 16 (ANI): After thousands of sacks of gram seeds kept under the open sky at Kolaras Mandi were drenched due to rain on Sunday, local BJP MLA Virendra Raghuvanshi on Tuesday slammed the state Food and Civil Supplies Minister Govind Singh Rajput saying t
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BJP leader's son shot dead in UP's Baghpat, villagers kill two assailants
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Baghpat (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 2 (ANI): A minor was shot dead by a group of close to 25 people in Basoli village of Baghpat on June 1 following an argument on the issue of grinding grains.
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Paswan reviews FCI's food grain distribution and procurement
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday chaired a review meeting with the Food Corporation of India's (FCI) Zonal Executive Directors and Regional General Managers on the distribution and procurement of
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Petition filed in Delhi HC seeks COVID relief materials to Aadhar, voter I
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): A petition has been moved in the Delhi High Court, seeking directions to the Centre and Delhi government to provide relief materials and food grains to the holders of Aadhar card and voter ID card in view of the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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Use mid-day meal food grains to feed people in quarantine centres: Bihar g
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 22 (ANI): The Bihar Education Department has written a letter to all District Magistrates and District Education Officers stating that the food grains in schools meant for the mid-day meal scheme are to be used for preparing food for people housed in the quarant
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Beneficiary not to be denied food grains without Aadhaar, seeding to be co
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): The Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ministry on Monday clarified that it has issued clear instructions to all States that no genuine beneficiary or household shall be denied entitled quota of foodgrains or their names and ration cards shall not
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Adani Agri Logistics dispatches 30,000 tonnes of food grains for PMGKAY
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], May 11 (ANI): Adani Agri Logistics Ltd (AALL) said on Monday it facilitated the dispatch of 30,000 tonnes of food grains during the COVID-19 lockdown which amounts to feeding over 60 lakh citizens across different states like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra
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Bihar Minister writes to Centre, seeks extra grain allocation for 30 lakh
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 3 (ANI): Bihar Food and Consumer Protection Minister Madan Sahni has, in a letter to Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, stressed on the need for allocation of additional 75,000 metric tonnes of grains for 30 lakh new ration card beneficiaries in the state.
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Ex-Maoist turned MLA distributes food, essentials to tribals in Telangana'
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mulugu (Telangana) [India], May 1 (ANI): Seethakka, a former Maoist turned MLA from Mulugu, has been helping the poor and distributing food grains, vegetables, and other essential commodities among the people living in the tribal areas of her constituency during the lockdown.
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Delhi HC directs AAP Govt to ensure ration shops remain open during lockdo
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): Delhi High Court on Monday directed the AAP government to provide food grains to the poor and marginalised people during the lockdown period and to also ensure all ration shops remain open and operational all seven days in the national capital.
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Kerala CM calls for self-sufficiency in producing food grains
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], April 22 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said that the state would need big interventions in the agricultural sector to remain self-sufficient in food grain production, in case of the prevailing circumstances due to the pandemic o
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