8 Rice Mills Booked For Misappropriation Of PDS Rice
10 months, 3 weeks ago

8 Rice Mills Booked For Misappropriation Of PDS Rice

Deccan Chronicle  

Nizamabad: Police registered cases against eight rice mills in Nizamabad district on the charges of misappropriation of the rice meant for public distribution system belonging to the Telangana State Civil Supplies Corporation. The booked rice mills included MSR Agro-Industries, Star Trader and Wasi Para-boiled Rice Mill at Varni, Royal Trading Company at Humnapur, Ganga Rice Mill, SN Puram, Sri Laxmi Ganapathi Narasimha Agro- industries, Kaloor, Dada Bhai Industries, Srinivasnagar Bodhan and Arqam Traders at Karegaon. Following the complaint of Civil Supplies officials, Varni, Bodhan, and Nizamabad Rural police registered cases against the accused rice mills. Bodhan ACP Kiran Kumar said that they registered cases against rice mills and after the investigation, the accused would be taken into custody.

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PDS Rice Smuggling: Former minister Perni Nani's family goes into hiding
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1 week, 3 days ago

PDS Rice Smuggling: Former minister Perni Nani's family goes into hiding

Deccan Chronicle  

Kakinada: Following the case filed against YSRC senior leader and former minister Perni Nani's wife Jayasudha regarding smuggling of PDS rice, the entire family has gone underground. Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan's inspection of Kakinada Port led to unravelling of the PDS rice smuggling. According to sources, Nani built godowns in 2 acres of land at Potlapalem near Machilipatnam …

Eliminate PDS Rice Mafia, CM Naidu Tells Collectors
1 week, 5 days ago

Eliminate PDS Rice Mafia, CM Naidu Tells Collectors

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu has strongly come out against ration rice smuggling and instructed officials to initiate effective steps to check movement of smuggled rice from within and outside the state. Speaking at the collectors' conference on Wednesday, the chief minister said PD Act should be invoked against PDS rice smuggling. PDS rice mafia should be eliminated.” Naidu …

AP: SIT to Probe Illegal Smuggling of PDS Rice
2 weeks, 2 days ago

AP: SIT to Probe Illegal Smuggling of PDS Rice

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh state government has constituted a Special Investigation Team to conduct a thorough investigation into the illegal transportation and smuggling of Public Distribution System ration rice. The illegal smuggling of ration rice has reportedly evolved into an organized mafia, with thousands of tons being transported abroad, primarily through the Kakinada Port. A 6-member SIT has been formed …

Andhra Pradesh govt forms SIT to probe illegal export of PDS rice
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Andhra Pradesh govt forms SIT to probe illegal export of PDS rice

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: In a bid to address the growing concerns over the illegal export of PDS rice, the State government has constituted a Special Investigation Team to probe 13 cases registered in Kakinada district. The SIT, headed by CID Inspector General of Police Vineet Brijlal, has been empowered under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita to conduct searches, seize goods and examine …

SIT to inquire into PDS rice scam at Kakinada port in Andhra Pradesh
2 weeks, 3 days ago

SIT to inquire into PDS rice scam at Kakinada port in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

A Special Investigation Team has been constituted to investigate into the alleged illegal export of rice meant for Public Distribution System from the Kakinada-based port. It may be recalled that Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan, during a surprise visit to the Kakinada port recently, had ordered thorough verification of rice loaded in the West Africa-bound cargo vessel. …

Why PDS grain drain is raising political heat in Andhra
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Why PDS grain drain is raising political heat in Andhra

India Today  

The Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party, the preceding party in power in Andhra Pradesh, is being accused by the Telugu Desam Party -steered National Democratic Alliance government of turning the Kakinada Port into a hub of illegal activity, and primarily smuggling of rice. Claiming grain drain through the Kakinada Port, Manohar, at a specially convened media conference on December 1, …

Minister Nadendla Manohar conducts surprise inspections at rice mills
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Minister Nadendla Manohar conducts surprise inspections at rice mills

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada:Minister of civil supplies Nadendla Manohar has uncovered irregularities in the distribution of Public Distribution System rice during a surprise inspection of seven rice mills in the Guntur and Palnadu districts. During the inspections, approximately 1,000 metric tonnes of PDS rice paddy were found stored illegally, leading to the registration of criminal cases against those responsible. The inspections revealed that …

PDS rice distribution delay linked to wheat distribution indecision in Odisha
1 month, 2 weeks ago

PDS rice distribution delay linked to wheat distribution indecision in Odisha

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: With the state government in a spot over the mango kernel deaths in Kandhamal district, it has now come to light that distribution of PDS rice for the October-December quarter was delayed for about a month, thanks to the Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare department’s overdrive to provide wheat to ration card holders without due diligence. “Software upgradation of …

3 more held in illegal sale of PDS rice in old city
4 months, 2 weeks ago

3 more held in illegal sale of PDS rice in old city

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Continuing their crackdown on the illegal transport of PDS rice, the city police here on Tuesday arrested three more persons for selling rice meant for public distribution. The arrested have been identified as Mir Mehraj Ali Hashmi, 36, of Gulshan Nagar in Misrigunj, and Syed Hamed, 39, and Syed Shaki Hashmi, 34, both residents of Hasan Nagar. The trio …

Rs 75 Cr Rice Scam: Civil Supplies DSO, DM Suspended
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Rs 75 Cr Rice Scam: Civil Supplies DSO, DM Suspended

Deccan Chronicle  

NIZAMABAD: Telangana state civil supplies corporation district manager Jagadish Kumar and district supply officer Chandra Prakash have been suspended for alleged irregularities in the custom milling rice process. In a quick response to the news item in Deccan Chronicle, the civil supplies corporation managing director Devendra Singh Chouhan issued the suspension orders on Thursday. In a huge scam, rice worth …

₹1.37-cr paddy embezzlement: Kapurthala police yet to register FIR against rice mill owner
8 months ago

₹1.37-cr paddy embezzlement: Kapurthala police yet to register FIR against rice mill owner

Hindustan Times  

Kapurthala: Even as Punjab State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited submitted a report pertaining to embezzlement of paddy worth ₹1.37 crore, Kapurthala police are yet to register a first information report against a Kapurthala-based rice miller, who was accused of misappropriating 5,514 quintals of paddy. Even as Punjab State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited submitted a report pertaining to embezzlement of paddy …

Purchase paddy sans conditions: Telangana Kisan Congress
1 year, 7 months ago

Purchase paddy sans conditions: Telangana Kisan Congress

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Leaders of the Telangana Kisan Congress, who tried to meet the civil supplies commissioner seeking redressal of farmer’s grievances and other irregularities in purchase of paddy in the guise of wastage, were taken into custody on Saturday. The paddy that is yet to be purchased is getting soaked in rains and farmers are facing problems owing to this,” wrote …

Rice mills in ten districts diverted PDS rice stocks
1 year, 8 months ago

Rice mills in ten districts diverted PDS rice stocks

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Civil supplies minister Gangula Kamalakar said that the state government would stop allotment of paddy stocks to rice mills in the ongoing rabi season if they had indulged in irregularities and defaulted on handing over stocks to the Food Corporation of India in the previous seasons. He said that during inspections, civil supplies officials found that rice mills in …

Paddy procurement scam: 4 rice millers booked; grain market secretary suspended in Karnal
2 years, 2 months ago

Paddy procurement scam: 4 rice millers booked; grain market secretary suspended in Karnal

Hindustan Times  

A day after the chief minister’s flying squad detected a paddy procurement scam of around 75,095 quintals involving three rice millers, the police registered FIRs against four rice millers and the secretary of the Jundla grain market has been suspended and a departmental inquiry has been ordered in the case. A day after the chief minister’s flying squad detected a …

PDS rice being smuggled via sea, says Food Secretary Radhakrishnan
2 years, 3 months ago

PDS rice being smuggled via sea, says Food Secretary Radhakrishnan

The Hindu  

Food Secretary J. Radhakrishnan on Thursday said that rice meant for the public distribution system was being smuggled through the sea. Dr. Radhakrishnan said with the State government and the police blocking ways to smuggle rice meant for the PDS, including three major and 16 minor routes in Tiruvallur district and the rail route via Gummidipoondi, the new mode of …

Eight districts in Telangana face short supply of PDS rice
2 years, 3 months ago

Eight districts in Telangana face short supply of PDS rice

Deccan Chronicle  

KHAMMAM: There is short supply of rice being supplied through public distribution supply in eight districts. Sources said though rice millers in Khammam district have come forward to supply 30,000 tonnes of rice immediately, government has decided to procure rice from surplus districts, including Suryapet, Karimnagar and Nizamabad. It has stocked 97,000 tonnes of rice for PDS for 12 months …

171 cases booked by Civil Supplies CID in one week
2 years, 6 months ago

171 cases booked by Civil Supplies CID in one week

The Hindu  

The Civil Supplies CID has booked 171 cases in the last one week. At the CS-CID units situated along the border areas of Andhra Pradesh, 12 cases were registered and 470.5 quintals of PDS rice, worth ₹2.65 lakh was seized, nine persons were arrested and eight vehicles seized. At the CS CID units, situated at the State border areas of …

Post-CMR paddy scam, officials step up vigil, raid rice mills
2 years, 7 months ago

Post-CMR paddy scam, officials step up vigil, raid rice mills

Deccan Chronicle  

Karimnagar: Following the custom milling rice paddy scam running into crores that was exposed and traced to Laxminarasimha Industries rice mill in Pusala village of Sultanabad mandal, officials from the civil supplies department on Monday stepped up vigil to prevent such irregularities in the erstwhile Karimnagar district. At Laxminarasimha Industries rice mill, officials found that around 21,100 quintals of the …

TRS leaders in paddy procurement scam: BJP
2 years, 9 months ago

TRS leaders in paddy procurement scam: BJP

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Alleging a massive scam in the procurement of paddy in Telangana, BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar demanded a judicial inquiry by a sitting High Court judge into the murky episode, if Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao was sincere and if he was really concerned about farmers. Speaking to reporters here on Sunday, Sanjay lashed out at the Chief …

Political mafia new avatar of PDS rice smugglers
3 years, 3 months ago

Political mafia new avatar of PDS rice smugglers

Deccan Chronicle  

Kakinada: While smuggling of public distribution system rice by millers and PDS dealers had once been common, it has now got curbed to a large extent by introduction of biometric system at PDS outlets. PDS rice thus collected is being stored in small sheds amid fields particularly in Madhira, Vemsoor, Sattupalli, Kallur and Penuballi mandals, which border Andhra Pradesh. From …

Shady traders take paddy farmers for a ride
3 years, 7 months ago

Shady traders take paddy farmers for a ride

Deccan Chronicle  

Nizamabad/Kamareddy: Taking advantage of Covid-19 pandemic, big traders and middlemen are looting farmers in paddy procurement in connivance with a few primary agriculture cooperative societies, rice millers and transport operators. Paddy bags were piled up either at primary agricultural societies or on rice mills premises as no authorities came forward to complete the procurement process. “We slapped a penalty on …

28 MP Districts Supplied With 73k Metric Tonnes of Substandard Rice, Kamal Nath Wants PDS Ration Probed
4 years, 3 months ago

28 MP Districts Supplied With 73k Metric Tonnes of Substandard Rice, Kamal Nath Wants PDS Ration Probed

News 18  

Madhya Pradesh Congress leader and former chief minister Kamal Nath on Friday took on the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government demanding a probe into the supply 73,000 metric tonnes of substandard rice through ration shops in 28 districts. A report by Centre had exposed that tests confirmed that PDS ration shops distributed inferior rice among the poor in Mandla and Balaghat …

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