The government of Tripura Department of Food Public Procurement and Consumer Affairs and the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department initiated to purchase of paddy produced during the current Kharif season at the minimum support price of Rs 2183 per quintal from the farmers
The opposition parties, who had declared plans for a massive protest campaign against the steep price hike, rejected the Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) government's decision to boost the subsidised wheat price from (PKR) 20 to (PKR) 32 per kg, reported Dawn.
Blaming the government for being negligent and discriminatory, protesters demanded the government provide electricity and natural gas at subsidised rates to the people in the region.
The Assam government is actively considering a proposal to make available tea at a subsidized rate to all ration card holders at a time when the plantation industry is celebrating a crucial milestone of 200 years of its existence in the state.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) rates for Rabi season, 2023-24, on Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) fertilizers to ensure the availability of fertilisers to farmers at "subsidised, affordable and reasonable" rates
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Independence Day speech from Red Fort on Tuesday said that the government has plans to increase the number of 'Jan Aushadhi Kendras' from 10,000 to 25,000.
Addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 77th Independence Day on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, besides delving into the progress made by the country so far in various spheres, made a few new announcements for its 140 crore people.
The government’s agricultural marketing company National Cooperative Consumers Federation of India Ltd (NCCF) on Monday began selling tomatoes at the subsidised rate of Rs 70 per kilogram through the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC).
The Consumer Affairs Minister further stated that to check the current increase in prices of tomatoes and make them available to the consumers at affordable prices, the Government has started the procurement of tomatoes under Price Stabilisation Fund and is making them available at a high
Sources said that the government’s agricultural marketing agencies – the National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India (NCCF) and the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) – are in talks with the ONDC.