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Govt aims to phase out plastic in packaging: Paswan
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 17 (ANI): The Government aims to phase out plastic use in packaging and move towards 100 per cent use of jute in packaging foodstuff, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan, said here on Tuesday.
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Paswan holds meeting for alternatives to single-use plastic
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 9 (ANI): Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Monday met key stakeholders from plastic bottle industry and senior government officials to find a suitable alternative to single-use plastic.
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Paswan bans single-use plastic products in ministriy, PSUs
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), September 4 (ANI): Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday announced a complete ban on the use of single-use plastic in his ministry and all its PSUs including Food Corporation of India (FCI) from September 15.
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Paswan stresses on creation of price stabilisation fund in each state
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 4 (ANI): Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan exhorted state governments to buy pulses and onions from the Central buffer to check price rise and to ease pressure on prices.
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Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik urges Centre for immediate release of PDS subsidy
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Aug 28 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday wrote to Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan urging the Centre for the immediate release of outstanding public distribution system (PDS) subsidy of Rs 2123 crore.
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Consumer Affairs Minister Paswan seeks explanation from hotels for overcha
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday asked its department officials to send notices and sought an explanation from two hotels on allegations of selling food items at higher rates.
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National Consumer Helpline received over 10 lakh complaints in last 3 year
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Ministry Of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution on Friday asserted that over 10 lakh complaints were received by it in last three years through National Consumer Helpline.
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Doing whatever is needed to be done: Paswan on Encephalitis outbreak
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 28 (ANI): Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday said that he is doing whatever needs to be done along with Health Minister and Chief Minister of Bihar to deal with the Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) outbrea
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Punjab CM meets Union Min Paswan, discusses Rs 31000 cr food account loan
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jun 27 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday met Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan to discuss Rs 31000 crore food account loan issue.
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Tripura government launches new program to distribute sugar through PDS
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura)[India], Jun 13(ANI): The Tripura government on Thursday, launched a new program to distribute sugar through the Public Distribution System (PDS) here at an event in Agartala town hall.
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Work on steel silos in FCI will be expedited: Ramvilas Paswan
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): Union Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Ramvilas Paswan on Friday said the work on steel silos in the Food Corporation of India (FCI) would be expedited to take care of growing storage needs.
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Centre hikes MSP for sugar to Rs 31 per kg
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 14 (ANI): The central government has raised the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for sugar from Rs 29 to Rs 31 per kilogram for 2018-19.
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