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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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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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Delhi Cabinet approves ration for May to 38 lakh non-PDS beneficiaries
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Delhi Cabinet on Monday approved ration for the month of May for non-PDS card holders amid battle to contain the spread of coronavirus.
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Odisha fights Covid-19: Patnaik directs administration to ensure food secu
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 28 (ANI): Stressing on food security, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday directed the administration that migrant workers and their families returning to the state will be covered under Public Distribution System even if they don't have ration
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Offloading surplus stock at high prices to NGOs is shocking, unethical: CP
Updated : 5 years, 10 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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Combating COVID-19: Haryana CS asks officers to ensure supply of essential
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], April 3 (ANI): Haryana Chief Secretary Keshni Anand Arora has directed the officers to ensure the supply of all essential commodities being given under the Public Distribution System (PDS) at the depots in each district by April 5, 2020.
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YSRCP workers asked PDS dealer to remove some names, allege TDP workers
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh) [India] Mar 31 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) workers on Tuesday accused the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) workers of marking some names and asking the PDS dealer in Srikakulam district to not give ration to them.
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COVID-19 lockdown: Home delivery of PDS ration to begin from March 28 in S
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Mar 25 (ANI): The home delivery of Public Distribution System (PDS) ration to 1.60 lakh families in Srinagar will start from March 28 in the backdrop of COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent lockdown in the country.
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Ration shops, milk booths, petrol pumps to remain open during 21-day lockd
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday said that commercial and private establishments shall be closed during the 21-days countrywide lockdown but shops, including ration shops (under PDS) dealing with food, groceries, fruits and vegetables, dairy and milk b
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Yogi Adityanath tells officials to maintain food supply chain in state's 1
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 24 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has issued a number of instructions to state administration for maintaining supply chain of food items and to ensure timely disbursement of pension to the needy through DBT besides distribution of
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COVID-19: Odisha to dole out 3 months ration to food scheme beneficiaries
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Mar 18 (ANI): In the wake of coronavirus, the Odisha government has decided to distribute rice, wheat and kerosene to the beneficiaries of National Food Security Act (NFSA) and State Food Security Scheme for three months in advance.
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500 delegates from over 10 countries attended the 5th edition of The Pulse
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] Feb 20 (ANI/Hunk Golden and Media): India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA), the nodal body for India's pulses trade and industry successfully hosted the fifth edition of The Pulses Conclave 2020, a three-day mega event for the global pulses trade and indus
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