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Centre asks States/UTs to keep Fair Price Shops open for longer duration f
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): In view of ongoing lock-down in some states and Union Territories (UTs), the Department of Food and Public Distribution under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution issued an advisory to all states/UTs to keep the Fair Price Shops o
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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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Retention and storage of forensic DNA profiles critical to combat sexual c
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], December 16 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Led by Dr JM Vyas, Vice Chancellor, National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) and Dr K Thangaraj, Director, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting & Diagnostics (CDFD), experts from the fields of forensics, biotechnology, law
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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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Odisha BJP MPs write to Ram Vilas Paswan over alleged mismanagement of foo
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 24 (ANI): BJP MPs from Odisha have written to Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, alleging the Odisha government of mismanagement concerning massive gap in beneficiaries for whom foodgrains and pulses were sanctioned under PM Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) and the actu
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Punjab: Amarinder launches state-wide Smart Ration Card scheme to cover 1.
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 12 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday launched the Smart Ration Card scheme to cover 1.41 crore beneficiaries across the state and a separate state-funded scheme to provide subsidised rations to the 9 lakh beneficiaries not
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Gandhi wrong in saying centre didn't extend NFSA beneficiary list: Paswan
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 19 (ANI): Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's statement that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government did not extend the list of National Food Security Act (NFSA) beneficiaries is incorrect.
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Punjab CM writes to PM to extend PMGKAY benefit for 6 more months to suppo
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 14 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to extend the benefits under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) for another six months, in view of the COVID-19 crisis, to fa
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Sonia Gandhi writes to PM Modi, suggests to extend NFSA provisions for 3 m
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi raising the issue of 'chronic food insecurity' faced by poor, farmers and daily wagers in the country owing to the national lockdown and suggested extending 10 kg grains per per
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L&T Construction awarded large contract for its smart world communication
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Apr 7 (ANI): The smart world and communication business of L&T Construction has secured a large order from the Indian Army to establish a unified network management system for managing, supporting and operating a countrywide armed forces network under the
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