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Government to ensure free foodgrains to 8 crore migrant workers: Paswan
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan on Saturday said that government will ensure availability of free foodgrains and pulses to eight crore migrant labourers and their families who are not covered under National F
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Chirag Paswan questions Bihar government over migrant workers issue
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Chirag Paswan has questioned the way Bihar government is handling the return of migrant labourers. He also urged the government to resolve the various issues being faced by stranded workers.
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Can't open Pandora's box, says Paswan on Rahul Gandhi's suggestion of food
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Union Minister for Consumer Affairs Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday categorically stated that public distribution system cannot be extended to those outside it as it would be akin to opening a Pandora's box.
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Maha Dy CM urges Paswan to increase online purchase limit for NAFED to 50,
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 7 (ANI): Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has written a letter to Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan requesting him to increase the limit for online purchase for National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) in Maharash
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BJP MP writes to Centre outlining 'irregularities' in procuring paddy in T
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 4 (ANI): BJP leader and Nizamabad MP Arvind Dharmapuri on Monday wrote to Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, regarding alleged 'irregularities' in the procurement of paddy from farmers in Telangana.
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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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Nitish Kumar's refusal to bring back students from Kota will hurt NDA in A
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], April 29 (ANI): BJP leader Sanjay Paswan on Wednesday said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's refusal to facilitate the state's students return from Kota will hurt the NDA in the upcoming Assembly elections.
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Chhattisgarh CM writes to Ram Vilas Paswan, requests redressal of sugarcan
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 28 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has written to Union Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Minister Ram Vilas Paswan to draw attention towards the problems of sugarcane farmers in the state.
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India has surplus grains stock of 539 lakh tonnes, no shortage in future:
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday said that India has surplus grains stock of 539 lakh tonnes and there will be no shortage of foodgrains in the future.
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Offloading surplus stock at high prices to NGOs is shocking, unethical: CP
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader, Brinda Karat has written to Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan, objecting to offloading surplus stock at high prices.
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COVID-19 lockdown: Ram Vilas Paswan reviews food grains distribution in st
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan during a video conference with the State/UTs Ministers of Food, Public Distribution here today directed the fellow minister to implement a ''micro-level plan'' to ensure that essential commodities are avai
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COVID-19 : Govt extends life insurance cover to over 1 lakh FCI employees
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): Food and Consumer Affairs Minister, Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday announced that more than one lakh Food Corporation of India (FCI) employees, including 80 thousand workers, have been given life insurance cover for a period of 6 months starting March 24, in th
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