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Haryana govt restructures Divisional Commissioners' duties to enhance acco
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Giving this information here on Tuesday, the state Chief Secretary, Sanjeev Kaushal, said that the revamped framework is intended to bolster their current duties, fostering increased involvement in pivotal areas. This realignment is poised to result in a more effective and accountable admini
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Food Corporation of India boosts market supply through e-auctions of wheat
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
According to a press release by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, this strategic move aligns with the government's directives to ensure a steady supply of wheat and rice, not only for the Public Distribution System (PDS) but also for effective market interventio
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WB: Ration scam should be probed by central agencies like CBI, says Adhir
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Commenting on the ration scam (Public Distribution System) in Bengal, he said on Saturday, "There are so many fake ration shops and fake ration cards and scams in mid-day-meal in West Bengal and it should be enquired by central agencies like CBI."
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Ration 'scam': West Bengal minister Jyotipriya Mallick arrested by ED, say
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
An Enforcement Directorate (ED) team late Thursday night arrested sitting West Bengal minister and Trinamool Congress leader, Jyotripriya Mallik, in connection with an alleged case of corruption in the public distribution system.
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"How can an organisation be corrupt...," Chhattisgarh Deputy CM TS Singh D
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
"Congress is an organisation, how can an organisation be corrupt, a person can be corrupt. When there was a State's Public Distribution System (PDS) scam...why is there no investigation for that? asked Chhattisgarh Deputy CM.
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Delhi LG slams AAP for delay in framing rules for audit of PDS, fair price
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The LG, in his note to the CM, has also pointed out the unexplained delay in framing the Rules.
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Mustard oil to be available at Rs 110 per litre under Public Distribution
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Chief Minister, Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that the state government has decided to make mustard oil available at Rs 110 per litre through its fair price shops providing much-needed relief to the people of the state.
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Tripura CM Manik Saha inaugrates indigenous spices distribution programme
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha inaugurated the indigenous spices distribution programme at Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhavan, Agartala on Tuesday.
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269 districts started distributing fortified rice under public distributio
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Fortification is the process of adding micronutrients (Iron, Folic Acid, Vitamin B12) to normal rice. This process is done in the rice mills at the time of milling of rice.
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Union Secretary hails e-transformation of J-K's Public Distribution System
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Union Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, Sanjeev Chopra, has appreciated the reforms introduced by the Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA), J&K for holistic transformation and streamlining of the public distribution system.
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Dharmendra Pradhan writes to Piyush Goyal over 'plastic rice' rumour in Od
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday wrote to Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Distribution Piyush Goyal seeking his investigation on rumours of 'plastic rice' distribution in Odisha and steps to create awareness on supply of fortified rice under Public Distribution System
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Fortified rice under public distribution completes one year, check how it
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): It has been almost one year since Prime Minister Narendra Modi In his Independence Day address last year from the rampart of the Red Fort announced that rice supplied under all public distribution systems would be fortified by the year 2024.
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