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Piyush Goyal lauds PM Modi for his commitment to welfare of poor
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal on Sunday lauded the government's commitment to the betterment of lives of the poor and the farmers and said that everyone has seen the governm
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Fake reviews on e-Commerce platforms under Govt's radar
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution on Thursday said on Thursday it is keeping a close watch on fake reviews on e-Commerce platforms as it infringes on the rights of consumers.
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Centre restricts sugar exports to 10 LMT from June 1 'to make prices of su
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): The global shortage of sugar has triggered the demand, hence Indian government has taken a precautionary step by putting a cap on the export of sugar to 100 lakh metric tonnes (LMT), the idea behind the sugar export restriction is to make prices of sugar stab
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Govt caution restaurants on forced levy of 'service charges' on consumers
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Restaurants cannot force consumers to pay 'service charge' as it is a voluntary payment depending on the discretion of consumers, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution said on Monday.
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CCPA issues notices to Ola, Uber for unfair trade practices
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA), India's consumer protection regulator, on Friday said it has issued notices to cab aggregators Ola and Uber for violation of consumer rights and unfair trade practices.
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Govt bans exports of wheat to ensure food security of citizens
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): The reason for the ban on wheat exports is to ensure food security of our citizens and ensure adequate food supply to the public distribution system and also ensure that we are able to direct food supplies to vulnerable food-deficit countries, said government
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Centre allows Telangana to deposit 6.05 LMT of fortified parboiled rice wi
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): The central government has allowed Telangana to deposit 6.05 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of fortified parboiled rice with the Food Corporation of India (FCI), the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution said on Saturday.
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India considering Preferential Trade Agreement with Oman, says Piyush Goya
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal on Thursday said that India was considering entering into a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with Oman.
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Odisha Minister seeks personal intervention of Piyush Goyal for subsidy re
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 12 (ANI): Odisha's Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister, Ranendra Pratap Swain on Thursday, wrote a letter to the Union Minister Piyush Goyal, urging and seeking his personal intervention to resolve the issues regarding the release of subsidies, evacu
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Wheat in surplus for entire year in India, farmers getting good prices: Ce
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): India currently has more than the required quantity of wheat in stocks to sustain for a year, informed Sudhanshu Pandey, Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD).
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Centre extends T'gana govt's rice procurement time period till May 31
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution on Wednesday has accepted the Telangana government's request to extend the period for procurement of paddy and delivery of custom-milled rice into the central pool till May 31 for the Rabi
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WTO seminar: India highlights its experience in providing food to most vul
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 28 (ANI): S. Jagannathan, Joint Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, highlighted India's outstanding experience in successfully ensuring dignified & foolproof access to adequate food grains to the most vulnerable people in the country at WTO
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