Centre’s 5-kg free foodgrain scheme on till March 2022
3 years, 4 months ago

Centre’s 5-kg free foodgrain scheme on till March 2022

The Hindu  

Acknowledging that poor families still need food security support in the middle of a recovering economy, the Centre has decided to extend its free ration scheme, Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, for another four months, until March 2022. At its meeting on Wednesday, the Union Cabinet also gave its formal approval to repeal three contentious farm reform laws in the winter session of Parliament, as announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week. This fifth phase of the scheme, from December 2021 to March 2022 will entail an estimated subsidy of ₹53,345 crore, with a total outgo of 163 lakh tonnes of grain, according to an official statement. Mr. Pandey told presspersons that despite the higher outgo due to PMGKAY, the Food Corporation of India’s food grain reserves currently stand at a record 616 lakh tonnes and are expected to increase to 942 lakh tonnes by June 2022 following rabi season procurement, stretching FCI’s storage capacities to their maximum limits.

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Popularise fortified rice scheme, House panel tells Centre
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Popularise fortified rice scheme, House panel tells Centre

The Hindu  

Even as civil society organisations are raising concerns over fortified rice, the Standing committee on Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution headed by DMK MP Kanimozhi has recommended the Centre to ensure the meticulous implementation of the scheme of distribution of fortified rice across the country, with particular emphasis on States where rice is a staple food. A report of …

Centre spends more than ₹3 lakh crore in subsidies in FY25; food accounts for over 50%
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Centre spends more than ₹3 lakh crore in subsidies in FY25; food accounts for over 50%

Live Mint  

The government has spent a total of ₹3.07 lakh crore on subsidies so far in FY25, with food subsidies becoming the largest component of its total subsidy expenditure. The total expenditure of ₹3.07 lakh crore is much higher than what the Centre spent in the same period last year. So far in FY25, the Centre has allocated ₹1.64 lakh crore …

Centre trying to make India food basket of the world: Sitharaman
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Centre trying to make India food basket of the world: Sitharaman

The Hindu  

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting her eighth budget in Parliament on Saturday, said the Centre is trying to make the country a food basket of the world. The allocation for the Food and Public Distribution Ministry increased to ₹2,11,406.37 crore from ₹2,05,474.97 crore in 2024-25 revised estimates. For the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, the allocation in this …

Tamil Nadu seeks nine lakh tonnes of rice additionally from the Centre
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu seeks nine lakh tonnes of rice additionally from the Centre

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation has sought from the Food Corporation of India allocation of nine lakh tonnes of rice for meeting the shortfall in its requirements. Tamil Nadu is in need of additional allocation as it supplies, on an average, one lakh tonnes of rice per month free of cost to Non Priority Household cardholders too. The National …

Budget 2025: Agri industry calls for policy reforms to boost sustainability and rural growth
2 months, 1 week ago

Budget 2025: Agri industry calls for policy reforms to boost sustainability and rural growth

Firstpost  

Experts call for reforms such as promoting sustainable farming practices, increasing research funding, rationalising taxes and expanding digital infrastructure in the Union Budget 2025 to support the sector’s growth. The agriculture industry is hopeful that the government will announce measures in the Union Budget 2025 to boost rural infrastructure, strengthen crop insurance and introduce incentives for key crops to boost …

Budget 2025-26: Centre may give agriculture boost with loan reforms and credit limit hike
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Budget 2025-26: Centre may give agriculture boost with loan reforms and credit limit hike

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The upcoming budget is expected to ease repayment norms and raise credit limits among several initiatives to bolster agriculture amid weather-related challenges, two people aware of the matter told Mint. Other suggestions included doubling the minimum income support provided to farmers under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme to ₹12,000 annually, bringing more crops under the Minimum Support …

PM Modi highlights India's success at poverty alleviation at G20 Summit in Rio de Janerio
4 months, 1 week ago

PM Modi highlights India's success at poverty alleviation at G20 Summit in Rio de Janerio

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Over 800 million people in India are given free food grains said Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, while sharing India's success stories during the G20 session on `Social Inclusion and the Fight Against Hunger and Poverty, in Rio on Monday. "Over the last 10 years we have lifted 250 million people out of poverty, 550 million people are benefiting …

Odisha CM to release paddy input subsidy at Sohela on December 8
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Odisha CM to release paddy input subsidy at Sohela on December 8

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: Advancing the date of paddy procurement of the kharif marketing season 2024-25 by a day to November 20, the state government on Wednesday decided to release the additional input subsidy of Rs 800 per quintal of paddy to farmers from December 8. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will release the subsidy along with the minimum support price of Rs …

Centre assures early lifting of food grains Fixes ₹2,320 per quintal for grade ‘A’ paddy
6 months ago

Centre assures early lifting of food grains Fixes ₹2,320 per quintal for grade ‘A’ paddy

Hindustan Times  

The Union government has given written assurance to create 40 lakh metric tonne space by December 2024, while providing movement for 15 LMT by October end in response to the state government’s demand for enough space for delivery of rice during kharif marketing season 2024-25. Responding to the issue raised by Punjab chief secretary Anurag Verma about shortage of space …

Puducherry govt wants to supply free rice in ration shops, seeks MHA nod
6 months ago

Puducherry govt wants to supply free rice in ration shops, seeks MHA nod

New Indian Express  

PUDUCHERRY: As the distribution of food grains through ration shops is expected to restart soon, Chief Minister N Rangasamy has requested the Ministry of Home Affairs to allow the Union Territory to distribute food grains through Fair Price Shops under its State Free Rice Scheme, instead of the current Direct Benefit Transfer mode. In a memorandum to Union Home Secretary …

Govt restores wheat allocations for PMGKAY beneficiaries, allocates 3.5 mn tonnes for October-March period
6 months, 1 week ago

Govt restores wheat allocations for PMGKAY beneficiaries, allocates 3.5 mn tonnes for October-March period

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The government has restored wheat allocations under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana —the free food scheme for the poorest—starting from October until March after a gap of more than two years. “Roughly, 10 million tonnes of wheat are available with traders in the country, which is higher compared to the same time last year," he said. …

Beneficiaries to get dal, oil, sugar instead of cash in Karnataka
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Beneficiaries to get dal, oil, sugar instead of cash in Karnataka

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The state government may give oil, dal, sugar and other food items, instead of 5 kg of rice to beneficiaries under its Anna Bhagya scheme. In a survey conducted by the state government, 93% of the beneficiaries showed interest in getting other essentials along with 5 kg rice, instead of additional 5 kg, said Food and Civil Supply Minister …

Maharashtra government to provide discounted food packets to 1.7 crore families for month
8 months, 1 week ago

Maharashtra government to provide discounted food packets to 1.7 crore families for month

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: Ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly election, the Eknath Shinde-led government has decided to provide Anandacha Shidha kit to ration card holders across the state. According to the GR, ‘Anandacha Shidha’ kit will also be provided to the ration card holders on the occasion of the festival of Gauri-Ganpati which is the biggest festival of Maharashtra. Since Shiv Sena-BJP government …

‘Beneficiaries getting surplus food grains’: Rajnath Singh hails free ration scheme
10 months ago

‘Beneficiaries getting surplus food grains’: Rajnath Singh hails free ration scheme

Hindustan Times  

Under the Centre's flagship free ration scheme, beneficiaries were getting more food grains than they could consume, and were selling the surplus in the market, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday. Rajnath Singh “Are you not getting five kg food grains?” he asked attendees at an election rally in Bihar's Karakat Lok Sabha constituency. Singh, however, stated that the …

No rice for poor under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana in tribal hill districts, Manipur CM told
10 months, 1 week ago

No rice for poor under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana in tribal hill districts, Manipur CM told

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI: The nexus between government officials and transport contractors has deprived the poor in at least two tribal hill districts of Manipur of rice under a Prime Minister’s scheme for months, a people’s rights group has told Manipur Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh. The Movement for People’s Rights Forum, Manipur on May 17 sought the Chief Minister’s intervention against the …

Congress Vows to Double Free Rations if Voted to Power
10 months, 1 week ago

Congress Vows to Double Free Rations if Voted to Power

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday claimed that the BJP is "spreading lies" about food rations in India and asserted that what Karnataka has accomplished through its 10 kg free rice guarantee scheme of 'Anna Bhagya' will now be implemented across the country by an INDIA bloc government.The party's assertion came a day after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge announced that …

Odisha: Will make paddy purchase clean & transparent says Manmohan Samal
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Odisha: Will make paddy purchase clean & transparent says Manmohan Samal

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: Odisha BJP president Manmohan Samal on Thursday alleged irregularities of over Rs 1 lakh crore in paddy procurement in the state and assured transparency will be restored if his party came to power. Describing the BJD government in the state as anti-farmer, Samal said if BJP comes to power, all paddy grown by farmers will be procured. Alleging the …

Centre aims 7-fold jump in wheat procurement from UP, Rajasthan, Bihar this yr
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre aims 7-fold jump in wheat procurement from UP, Rajasthan, Bihar this yr

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Amid the heat of the ongoing Lok Sabha electioneering, the Centre on Thursday announced plans to significantly increase wheat purchase from non-traditional states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Bihar and set a target of seven-fold jump in procurement to 50 lakh tonnes in the ongoing 2024-25 marketing year. We are targeting total wheat procurement of 310 lakh tonne …

Modi govt spent ₹15.6 lakh crores on food grain subsidies in past 5 years, reveals RTI
1 year ago

Modi govt spent ₹15.6 lakh crores on food grain subsidies in past 5 years, reveals RTI

Op India  

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has informed that the Narendra Modi-led-Central government has spent ₹15.6 lakh crores on subsidies for food grains since 2018. An RTI was filed by activist Piyush Tripathi, seeking information about the cost incurred by the Centre for the distribution of wheat, rice and important food grains in the past 5 years. …

Centre committed to continue MSP regime: Piyush Goyal
1 year ago

Centre committed to continue MSP regime: Piyush Goyal

Hindustan Times  

​New Delhi The government is “committed to continue” the minimum support price regime, Union minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday, adding that it is considering procuring the entire quantity of maize and pulses from farmers at MSP to encourage diversification of crops from unsustainable, water-guzzling crops like rice. Read here: Farm loan wavier, legalising MSP to be in Congress manifesto, …

Centre proposes 5-year plan for purchase of crops at MSP, farmers halt march temporarily
1 year, 1 month ago

Centre proposes 5-year plan for purchase of crops at MSP, farmers halt march temporarily

Op India  

The Centre has presented a five-year plan for the purchase of pulses, maize and cotton crops by government agencies at minimum support prices. Representing the government was the panel comprised of Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Arjun Munda, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, and Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai. Minister Piyush Goyal …

Centre’s Rs 29/kg rice scheme will make country bankrupt: Minister KH Muniyappa
1 year, 1 month ago

Centre’s Rs 29/kg rice scheme will make country bankrupt: Minister KH Muniyappa

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Food and Civil Supplies Minister KH Muniyappa on Tuesday said the Union government’s initiative to sell rice at Rs 29 per kg will push the country to bankruptcy as it is incurring a loss of Rs 20 per kg. He accused the Centre of launching the rice scheme for publicity, while not giving rice to the state government’s “Anna …

Govt pegs food subsidy outgo for FY25 at ₹2.05 tr; breaches ₹2 tr for FY24
1 year, 1 month ago

Govt pegs food subsidy outgo for FY25 at ₹2.05 tr; breaches ₹2 tr for FY24

Live Mint  

The government has pegged its food subsidy outgo for the 2024-25 financial year at ₹2.05 trillion, after it overshot its estimate for the ongoing fiscal year amid efforts to curb rising food prices and ensure domestic food security. The government’s food subsidy bill has already hit ₹2.12 trillion in FY24, higher than the budgeted estimate of ₹1.97 trillion for the …

Government approves extension of subsidy scheme on sugar supplied to AAY families by 2 years till March 2026
1 year, 1 month ago

Government approves extension of subsidy scheme on sugar supplied to AAY families by 2 years till March 2026

The Hindu  

The government on February 1approved the extension of subsidy scheme for sugar supplied to 1.89 crore Antyodya Anna Yojna families through ration shops for two years till March 31, 2026. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narender Modi, approved extension of scheme of sugar subsidy for AAY families distributed through Public Distribution Scheme for two more years till March …

Union Cabinet decides to extend free foodgrains scheme for five years
1 year, 4 months ago

Union Cabinet decides to extend free foodgrains scheme for five years

The Hindu  

November 29, 2023 01:51 pm | Updated 09:16 pm IST - New Delhi Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced at an election rally in Chhattisgarh that he would extend for another five years the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana — the scheme that provides free foodgrains to about 81.35 crore people — the Union Cabinet took a formal …

Poll timing: The Hindu Editorial on the extension of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana
1 year, 4 months ago

Poll timing: The Hindu Editorial on the extension of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana

The Hindu  

The Union government’s move to extend the free foodgrains scheme for the next five years is welcome as it will continue to provide food security to large sections of vulnerable people. Based on National Food Security Act entitlements, the scheme, the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, benefits about 80.4 crore people, under the categories of Antyodaya Anna Yojana and …

Free ration scheme to cost exchequer at least ₹15,000 crore extra per year
1 year, 4 months ago

Free ration scheme to cost exchequer at least ₹15,000 crore extra per year

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent announcement of the extension of the free food grains scheme for the next five years will cost the public exchequer at least ₹15,000 crore more each year, according to an official in the Union Finance Ministry. As per the budget estimate for the current financial year, the food subsidy bill works out to ₹1.97 lakh …

Free grains continue to be a poll driver
1 year, 4 months ago

Free grains continue to be a poll driver

Hindustan Times  

Speaking at an election rally in Chhattisgarh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that his government will extend the free ration scheme, which was scheduled to end in December this year, by another five years. This newspaper has also held the view that the government’s intervention on the food security front during the pandemic and the decision to sweeten the withdrawal …

PMGKAY extension may cause fiscal stress if foodgrain prices shoot up: Experts
1 year, 4 months ago

PMGKAY extension may cause fiscal stress if foodgrain prices shoot up: Experts

Live Mint  

The government’s decision to extend its flagship food subsidy scheme, the Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Ann Yojana, by five years is expected to put pressure on it finances, which have had a good run in the first half of the fiscal, with growth in both tax and non-tax revenues. While efficient expenditure management and buoyancy in tax revenues could avert …

Free ration scheme to be extended by another 5 years: PM Modi in Chhattisgarh
1 year, 4 months ago

Free ration scheme to be extended by another 5 years: PM Modi in Chhattisgarh

Hindustan Times  

The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, the Centre’s free ration scheme that provides 5 kg of free food rations every month to about 80 crore poor, will be extended for five more years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was addressing a public rally in poll-bound Chhattisgarh’s Durg district “The free ration scheme’s tenure …

PM Modi says BJP govt will extend free ration scheme for next 5 years
1 year, 4 months ago

PM Modi says BJP govt will extend free ration scheme for next 5 years

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Saturday that the Bharatiya Janata Party government will extend the free ration scheme for the next five years. The scheme - Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana - will benefit 80 crore poor people of the country, he said while speaking in poll-bound Chhattisgarh. "I have decided that the BJP government will extend the …

AP procured 3.10 crore metric tonnes of paddy from 32.78 lakh farmers, says Karumuri
1 year, 7 months ago

AP procured 3.10 crore metric tonnes of paddy from 32.78 lakh farmers, says Karumuri

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Civil Supplies Minister Karumuri Nageswara said on Sunday that the AP government provided minimum support price for the paddy it procured from the farmers and kept middlemen and brokers out of the purchase process. Refuting allegations of Telugu Desam chief Chandrababu Naidu and others that the state government was neglecting paddy farmers, the minister said that during the five …

Centre plans to procure 521 lakh tonnes rice this kharif
1 year, 7 months ago

Centre plans to procure 521 lakh tonnes rice this kharif

The Hindu  

The Union Food Ministry has set a target to procure 521 lakh tonnes of rice in this kharif season. “We will be universalising the scheme within some months,” he said and added that of the 250 lakh tonnes with the Food Corporation of India, only 12 lakh tonnes was non-fortified rice. He said five kilograms of fortified rice will be …

Rajasthan: Gehlot announces free food packet scheme to be implemented on August 15
1 year, 8 months ago

Rajasthan: Gehlot announces free food packet scheme to be implemented on August 15

India TV News  

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday announced the implementation of its ambitious scheme to provide free food packets to beneficiaries from August 15. The Chief Minister made the announcement while addressing the beneficiaries of the Indira Gandhi Gas Cylinder Subsidy Scheme at the State Level Beneficiary Dialogue organised at the Chief Minister's residence. According to an official statement, Gehlot …

PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi: Only half of farmers’ account linked so far in Punjab
1 year, 9 months ago

PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi: Only half of farmers’ account linked so far in Punjab

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab government has so far linked only 8.20 lakh farmers’ accounts with their land record out of 17.6 lakh, a mandatory condition for availing benefits under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi. The Centre gives ₹2,000 in three instalments to farmers and it is a 100% centrally funded scheme. The upcoming instalment for a period of April to June is …

Centre sabotaging Karnataka’s food scheme: Congress
1 year, 9 months ago

Centre sabotaging Karnataka’s food scheme: Congress

The Hindu  

As the Food Corporation of India rejected the Opposition-ruled States’ demand to reconsider the decision to restrict purchase through the Open Market Sale Scheme, the Congress said in New Delhi on June 25 that it is Karnataka’s durbhagya that the Narendra Modi government is sabotaging the Anna Bhagya 2.0 scheme. Congress general secretary and MP Jairam Ramesh said from January …

Anna Bhagya: Govt to bid for rice from Central govt. agencies
1 year, 9 months ago

Anna Bhagya: Govt to bid for rice from Central govt. agencies

The Hindu  

The Karnataka government has proposed to procure rice from the Central government’s National Cooperative Consumers Federation, National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation, and Central Bhandar, and its availability and price will be known in a week’s time, said Minister for Food and Consumer Affairs K.H. Speaking to The Hindu after a high-level meeting with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and other officials, Mr. …

No rice for Anna Bhagya scheme, Centre tells Karnataka
1 year, 9 months ago

No rice for Anna Bhagya scheme, Centre tells Karnataka

The Hindu  

The Centre on Friday, June 23, categorically refused to supply rice to Karnataka for its flagship Anna Bhagya scheme. Mr. Muniyappa said, “The Centre requires 135 lakh metric tonnes for the national supply, whereas they have a stock of 262 lakh metric tonnes. What the State wants The Congress government, which announced Anna Bhagya scheme as one of the five …

Centre scuttling Karnataka Anna Bhagya Scheme, says Congress
1 year, 9 months ago

Centre scuttling Karnataka Anna Bhagya Scheme, says Congress

The Hindu  

The Congress on Wednesday said the Union government discontinued the sale of foodgrains from the Central pool under the Open Market Sale Scheme to State governments to “scuttle” the Karnataka government’s Anna Bhagya Scheme and claimed that the Narendra Modi government was “anti-poor”. The Anna Bhagya Scheme is one of the five pre-poll guarantees of the Congress under which 10 …

Centre trying to obstruct Anna Bhagya scheme in Karnataka: Priyank Kharge
1 year, 9 months ago

Centre trying to obstruct Anna Bhagya scheme in Karnataka: Priyank Kharge

Deccan Chronicle  

Kalaburagi: Karnataka Minister for Rural Development, and Panchayat Raj Priyank Kharge has accused the Union government of engaging in 'politics of hatred' against the people of state. Speaking to reporters at Kalaburagi, Kharge charged the Central government with conspiring to obstruct implementation of the Anna Bhagya scheme in the state. When asked about the launch of the Annabhagya scheme on …

Karnataka CM asks BJP to convince Centre to give additional rice for Anna Bhagya scheme
1 year, 9 months ago

Karnataka CM asks BJP to convince Centre to give additional rice for Anna Bhagya scheme

The Hindu  

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said that if the BJP was really interested in the welfare of people, it should tell the Centre not to politicise Anna Bhagya scheme and provide necessary quantum of rice to Karnataka. “Had the FCI not agreed to supply 2.28 lakh tonnes of rice and asked us to speak to the Union Ministry of Consumer …

K’taka CM says Centre trying to ‘fail’ rice supply scheme, Bommai slams ‘lame…’
1 year, 9 months ago

K’taka CM says Centre trying to ‘fail’ rice supply scheme, Bommai slams ‘lame…’

Live Mint  

Karnataka government seat might have been won by Congress and is now being helmed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, however the imposition of the five guarantees promised by the Grand Old Party prior to the Karnataka Assembly elections, have taken centre stage, ensuing a mudslinging between Bhartiya Janata Party and Congress. Siddaramaiah on Wednesday accused the BJP-led government at the Centre …

Cabinet approves Rs 1 lakh crore scheme to increase grain storage in cooperative sector
1 year, 9 months ago

Cabinet approves Rs 1 lakh crore scheme to increase grain storage in cooperative sector

Firstpost  

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 1 lakh crore programme to increase foodgrain storage capacity by 700 lakh tonne in the cooperative sector. Addressing a press conference, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Singh Thakur said presently, the grain storage capacity in the country is about 1,450 lakh tonne which will expand to 2,150 lakh tonne in the next …

Patnaik writes to Piyush Goyal, urges him to procure surplus rice from Odisha
2 years ago

Patnaik writes to Piyush Goyal, urges him to procure surplus rice from Odisha

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has written to Union Minister Piyush Goyal, urging him to lift around 20 lakh tonne of surplus rice for the 2022-23 Kharif marketing season from Odisha to enable the state government to procure paddy from farmers in the coming seasons. During the 2022-23 Kharif season, a record 14,94,320 farmers have sold paddy to the government …

Despite Centre’s allocation of free rice, Tamil Nadu’s food subsidy bill continues to go up
2 years ago

Despite Centre’s allocation of free rice, Tamil Nadu’s food subsidy bill continues to go up

The Hindu  

Despite the Centre making the rice allocation free to States under the National Food Security Act, the Tamil Nadu government’s food subsidy bill is on the rise. As part of the NFSA allocation, Tamil Nadu’s share is approximately 36.77 lakh tonnes, of which the Antyodaya Anna Yojana category gets 7.83 lakh tonnes; Priority Households get 17.76 lakh tonnes and the …

PM-KISAN Scheme: Centre releases 13th installment of ₹16,800 Cr
2 years, 1 month ago

PM-KISAN Scheme: Centre releases 13th installment of ₹16,800 Cr

Live Mint  

About eight crore eligible farmers will now get the 13th installment of Prime Minister Modi's flagship PM-KISAN programme, worth Rs. Though the event was conducted today, farmers and transfer of benefits to farmers under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme through direct bank transfer has been commenced today by Hon’ble PM. More than 11 crore farmer families, mostly the small and …

Budget 2023 | SKM, activists criticise allocations to agriculture, food security
2 years, 1 month ago

Budget 2023 | SKM, activists criticise allocations to agriculture, food security

The Hindu  

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, the umbrella organisation of more than 300 farmers’ outfits and the Right to Food Campaign, a platform for activists working on food and nutritional security, termed the Budget as an attack on farmers and the poor. They said in separate statements that the allocations for the agriculture sector and food subsidy had been reduced considerably in …

The social sector has been short-changed once again
2 years, 1 month ago

The social sector has been short-changed once again

The Hindu  

The 2023 Budget did not have any big welfare announcements, which are usually expected from a government’s last full Budget before it faces national elections, and especially when there is a general economic slowdown that has particularly affected the poor. Along with grant-in-aid for capital assets, the budget estimate for effective capex is now ₹13.7 lakh crore, which is 4.5% …

Budget 2023 | Cut in allocations to farm schemes, food subsidy draws flak
2 years, 1 month ago

Budget 2023 | Cut in allocations to farm schemes, food subsidy draws flak

The Hindu  

The Union Budget, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here on Wednesday, announced a number of measures for the agriculture sector, including an increase in the credit target to ₹20 lakh crore, with focus on animal husbandry, dairy and fisheries. The allocation for the Department for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare was ₹1,24,000 in the last Budget estimate, but ₹1,15,531.79 crore …

No one went hungry as Centre provided free food grains to 80 crore people, says Sitharaman in Budget 2023 speech
2 years, 1 month ago

No one went hungry as Centre provided free food grains to 80 crore people, says Sitharaman in Budget 2023 speech

Hindustan Times  

The government ensured that no one went hungry during the pandemic by providing free food grains to 80 crore poor people, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday. People queue up to take foodgrains from a government PDS shop in New Delhi. LIVE| The government is implementing scheme to supply free foodgrains to poor under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann …

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