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Union Minister Ramvilas Paswan discharged from Patna hospital
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Jan. 14 (ANI): Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Ramvilas Paswan, who was admitted to the ICU of a private hospitala in Patna on Thursday, discharged this morning.
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Union Minister Ramvilas Paswan admitted to hospital after complaining of b
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Jan.12 (ANI): Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Ramvilas Paswan on Thursday admitted to ICU of a private hospital, after he complained of breathlessness
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Paswan defends PM, says Oppn owes an apology to nation
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 25 (ANI): Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday came to the rescue of Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the opposition cornered him over the government's demonetisation drive and said those who are playing with the sentiments of
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Over 80 crore people covered under National Food Security law, says Paswan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 3 (ANI): Union Minister of Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday said that over 80 crore people have been covered under the National Food Security Law which has been implemented across the country.
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Food security Act implementation will not affect state subsidy scheme, as
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Oct. 30 (ANI): The All India Anna Dravida Muunetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) has said the universal public distribution system, government's flagship programme, would continue to remain in force despite the Tamil Nadu government's decision to implement Nationa
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C.R. Chaudhary reviews National Food Security Act in Imphal
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Sept. 20 (ANI): Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution C.R. Chaudhary arrived at Imphal today and made a direct assessment of the various difficulties being encountered by the state government with regard to implementation of the Nation
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Paswan reviews availability of pulses with importers, ask them to be more
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.16 (ANI): Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan took a critical review of the supply side of pulses here with representatives of pulses importers, senior official of relative ministries and enforcement agencies.
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Paswan asks states asked to expedite reforms to ensure PDS transparency
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.16 (ANI): Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday appealed to all states to expedite the reforms so as to bring transparency in the functioning of Public Distribution System (PDS), which is a key feature of National
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Govt. hopes to receive Parliament's assent to Consumer Protection Bil
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 1 (ANI): The Consumer Protection Bill, 2015 that seeks to amend the archaic Consumer Protection Act, is expected to be passed in the next session of Parliament. This was indicated here today by Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Dist
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Ram Vilas Paswan to visit birthplace of Ram Manohar Lohia
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh), Aug. 14 (ANI): Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan, will visit the birthplace of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia at Akbarpur, Faizabad on Sunday to pay tribute to the great leader for his contribution to freedom struggle.
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India in parleys with Myanmar, African nations to counter domestic shortfa
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 28 (ANI): Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday said the government is holding bilateral talks with Myanmar and African nations to counter a domestic shortfall of 7.6 million tonnes that has driven local prices of key pu
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