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5 lakh visitors in 70 days, India At Dubai Expo stands tall
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], December 10 (ANI/NewsVoir): The India Pavilion at EXPO2020 Dubai has achieved another milestone by recording half a million visitors' mark since its inauguration on October 1, 2021 by Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
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Over 4 lakh complaints received at Consumer Commissions in last 3 years: C
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha on Wednesday said that the Department of Consumer Affairs generates consumer awareness through video spots, bann
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1,26,373 jewellers register for hallmarking till 30 Nov, 21: Ashwani Choub
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): The Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ashwini Kumar Choubey on Wednesday informed that the number of jewellers who got themselves registered for hallmarking as of 30 November 2021, is 1,26,373.
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Businessmen pretending to be farmers availed benefits of MSP in last paddy
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], December 6 (ANI): Jharkhand's Food and Public Distribution and Finance Minister Rameshwar Oraon on Monday said that around 65,000 people who sold paddy to the state government under the Minimum Support Price (MSP) during the previous financial year are under scann
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Procurement of rice in Telangana has increased by more than 80 pc in last
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goal on Friday stated that the central government has always been accommodative of the requests of Telangana state.
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About 18.17 lakh farmers receive MSP benefit worth over Rs 57,000 cr in on
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): As the paddy procurement is progressing smoothly in Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2021-22 at minimum support price (MSP) from farmers, as was done in previous years, about 18.17 lakh farmers have been benefitted with MSP value of Rs. 57,032.03 crore, i
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Piyush Goyal to meet food ministers of States, UTs tomorrow; model kitchen
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 24 (ANI): Union Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal will chair an all India Food Ministers meeting and will discuss community kitchen scheme among other issues with food ministers of states and Union Territories on Thursday.
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FCI records all-time high wheat procurement of 433.44 lakh MT
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 24 (ANI): The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has recorded an all-time high wheat procurement of 433.44 lakh MT, recording an 11 per cent increase over last year's procurement, informed the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution on W
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5 e-commerce entities under Central Consumer Protection Authority's lens f
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued notice to five e-commerce entities offering for sale pressure cookers in violation of compulsory Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Standards, informed Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Pub
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Centre planning to end MSP, govt procurement, food security for poor, alle
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], November 21 (ANI): Reiterating that issues related to Minimum Support Price (MSP) are bigger than the farm laws, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday alleged that Centre is planning to end MSP, Public Distribution System (PDS), government procurement and foo
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Piyush Goyal announces setting up of mega handloom cluster at Olympic meda
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 21 (ANI): Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal on Saturday announced the setting up of a mega handloom cluster at Olympic silver medalist Saikohm Mirabai Chanu's native village in Manipu
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Centre spreads awareness among women in UP's Varanasi on nutrition, fortif
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 19 (ANI): The Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD) on Friday organized a one-day awareness programme among women on nutrition and fortified rice under "Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav" in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi.
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