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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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Massive operation for distribution of pulses underway, says Ministry of Co
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): A massive operation is underway to distribute one-kilogram pulses to about 20 crore households in the country for three months, said Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution on Saturday.
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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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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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No shortage of food grains in country, assures Ram Vilas Paswan
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): Allaying fears of shortage of food supplies amid the 21-day countrywide lockdown, Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Saturday said that there is no shortage of food grains in the country.
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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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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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State govts can now procure their quota of food grains from FCI on 3 month
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): The state governments can now procure their quota of food grains on three months' credit from the Food Corporation of India (FCI) in the wake of coronavirus outbreak in the country, Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has said.
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Price of 200 ml sanitizer can't be more than Rs 100: Ministry of Consumer
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 21 (ANI): Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution on Friday issued a notification stating that the retail prices of hand sanitizer cannot be more than Rs.100 per bottle of 200 ml.
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Rice left to rot due to negligence by district admin in Chhattisgarh
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Balrampur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Feb 14 (ANI): In a case of gross negligence by the administration, close to 16,000 bags of rice which were kept for distribution under Public Distribution Scheme (PDS) at a warehouse in Balrampur district were left to rot.
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Govt has imported 18,000 tons onion, making it available at Rs 22/kg for s
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI): Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday said that the union government has procured 18,000 tons of onion and is making them available to the state governments at Rs 22/kg.
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Centre to offer onions to States at Rs 49 to Rs 58 per kg, says Union Mini
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 7 (ANI): Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday said the Centre has decided to offer onions to states at the landing price in Mumbai ranging from Rs 49 to Rs 58 per kilogram.
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