10 Lakh More Families in Gujarat to Get Foodgrains at Low Cost Under NFSA
4 years, 3 months ago

10 Lakh More Families in Gujarat to Get Foodgrains at Low Cost Under NFSA

News 18  

The Gujarat government on Sunday said it will provide food grains to additional 10 lakh families in the state at concessional rates under the National Food Security Act, which will benefit around 50 lakh individuals. These 10 lakh families will be able to avail all the benefits provided to the beneficiaries under the NFSA, the state government said in a release. BPL families not covered under the NFSA will also get the benefit under the Food Security Act,” it said. The decision taken by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani will ensure distribution of food grains at concessional rates to auto and mini tempo drivers living in cities and villages as well as to registered construction workers and other daily wagers, the release said.

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10 days left, 70L NFSA beneficiaries still to get e-KYC verification
1 month, 3 weeks ago

10 days left, 70L NFSA beneficiaries still to get e-KYC verification

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: With the November deadline for completing the e-KYC verification of ration cards nearing its end, nearly 70 lakh beneficiaries of the state covered under the National Food Security Act are yet to get their Aadhaar seeding done. Ganjam district has been particularly laggard on this front with more than 5.42 lakh beneficiaries still to complete their self-authentication through biometric …

Haryana spends ₹195 crore on ration for poor per month: Minister
6 months, 1 week ago

Haryana spends ₹195 crore on ration for poor per month: Minister

Hindustan Times  

Haryana government spends ₹195 crore per month on ration, which includes ₹89 crore on wheat, ₹95 crore on mustard oil and ₹11 crore on sugar, to ensure that underprivileged people receive their ration quota on time under the Public Distribution System, said food, civil supplies, and consumer affairs minister Mool Chand Sharma. Under the NFS Act, Haryana currently requires 98,000 …

‘Beneficiaries getting surplus food grains’: Rajnath Singh hails free ration scheme
7 months, 1 week 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 …

Assam rolls out ration card distribution for 42 lakh new beneficiaries; CM Himanta Biswa Sarma launches scheme in Jalukbari
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Assam rolls out ration card distribution for 42 lakh new beneficiaries; CM Himanta Biswa Sarma launches scheme in Jalukbari

The Hindu  

Ration card distribution to more than 42 lakh new beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act has started in Assam, with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launching it in his constituency Jalukbari. “A total of 42,85,745 new beneficiaries will be covered under the NFSA in the State, with ceremonial distribution of ration cards to be held across the State,” an …

Poll timing: The Hindu Editorial on the extension of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana
1 year, 2 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, 2 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, 2 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 …

Despite Centre’s allocation of free rice, Tamil Nadu’s food subsidy bill continues to go up
1 year, 9 months 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 …

Ration card entitlement halved, Modi govt. falsely trumpeting free ration decision, says Congress
2 years ago

Ration card entitlement halved, Modi govt. falsely trumpeting free ration decision, says Congress

The Hindu  

The discontinuation of Pradhan Mantri Gramin Kalyan Anna Yojana hurts the poor and benefits only the Narendra Modi government, the Congress said on Tuesday. The Modi government, the party said is falsely trumpeting the free 5 kg of grains under National Food Security Act as a historic decision benefiting the poor, when in fact, the monthly expenses of ration card …

Rice being distributed free of cost to beneficiaries covered under National Food Security Act in Andhra Pradesh
2 years ago

Rice being distributed free of cost to beneficiaries covered under National Food Security Act in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

January 01, 2023 06:14 pm | Updated 06:14 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA The Government of Andhra Pradesh is providing rice to the beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security Act and also to the non-NFSA card- holders free of cost with effect from January 1, 2023. He has instructed the District Collectors to take steps for the smooth distribution of …

A welcome move: The Hindu Editorial on the free grains scheme under food security law
2 years ago

A welcome move: The Hindu Editorial on the free grains scheme under food security law

The Hindu  

The Government has decided not to extend the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana,, a scheme that ran between April 2020 to December 2022, and provided additional allocation of food grains, i.e., rice or wheat from the central pool at five kilograms a month free of cost to beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act. While discontinuing the scheme, the …

81 crore people to get free foodgrains for one year
2 years ago

81 crore people to get free foodgrains for one year

The Hindu  

The Union Cabinet on Friday decided to provide free foodgrains to all 81 crore beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security Act for one year. Briefing the decision after the meeting of the Cabinet, Union Food Minister Piyush Goyal said the move was yet another reflection of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pro-poor stand. The Prime Minister has taken a decision …

Free foodgrains given to 1.91 crore people in Telangana: Centre
2 years, 4 months ago

Free foodgrains given to 1.91 crore people in Telangana: Centre

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Centre on Saturday said that it provided subsidised or free foodgrains to 1.91 crore people in Telangana. It said that allocation of foodgrains and subsidy borne by the Centre under the National Food Security Act saw Telangana get 1,08,000 tonnes of rice. The Centre bore monthly subsidy burden of Rs 364 crore and Rs 4,367.5 crore annually for …

Is India’s food security scheme discriminating against Dalits?
2 years, 8 months ago

Is India’s food security scheme discriminating against Dalits?

Al Jazeera  

Dalit activists say the government’s Public Distribution System of food grains often excludes the marginalised community. Last year, amid the coronavirus crisis, Soni also received subsidised food grains in New Delhi for a few months under the government’s One Nation, One Ration Card scheme which allows a ration card holder from any state to access PDS schemes across the country. …

India denying subsidised food grains to millions of its poor
3 years, 4 months ago

India denying subsidised food grains to millions of its poor

Al Jazeera  

New Delhi, India – Tabassum Nisha lives in a shanty in a cramped corner of New Delhi’s Malviya Nagar neighbourhood with her five children. The ration card is a document issued by various state governments to households eligible to purchase subsidised food grains from the public distribution system under the National Food Security Act. When the Delhi government in 2020 …

Know All About Garib Kalyan Yojana — the Scheme PM Modi Extended to Ensure Free Ration for 80 Cr People
3 years, 7 months ago

Know All About Garib Kalyan Yojana — the Scheme PM Modi Extended to Ensure Free Ration for 80 Cr People

News 18  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana will be extended till Diwali. The Centre launched the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana in March, 2020 to distribute foodgrains quota of 5 kg per person per month free of cost to ameliorate the hardship faced by the poor due to economic disruption caused by …

PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana extended, beneficiaries to get free ration till Diwali
3 years, 7 months ago

PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana extended, beneficiaries to get free ration till Diwali

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced the extension of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana till Diwali this year to ensure free ration is provided to those in need. As part of the central scheme, 80 crore Indians will receive a fixed quantity of food grains per month till November, he added. It aims to feed the poorest …

Food Ministry vetoes Delhi’s ration delivery scheme
3 years, 9 months ago

Food Ministry vetoes Delhi’s ration delivery scheme

The Hindu  

The Centre has vetoed the Delhi government’s scheme for doorstep delivery of rations, titled Mukhya Mantri Ghar Ghar Ration Yojana, which was set to include packaged rice, wheat flour and sugar. Centrally-funded rations given under the National Food Security Act cannot be clubbed with additional State rations under a scheme with a new name, the Food Ministry told the Delhi …

No discrimination or wrong identification of NFSA beneficiaries in Bihar, says Ram Vilas Paswan
4 years, 5 months ago

No discrimination or wrong identification of NFSA beneficiaries in Bihar, says Ram Vilas Paswan

Firstpost  

The food minister said that the responsibility to identify beneficiaries under the National Food Safety Act rests with state governments New Delhi: Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday said there has been “no discrimination or wrong identification” of beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act in Bihar, and efforts are being made to identify genuine and needy persons. Paswan …

[Violation Of National Food Security Act (NFSA)] Poor Consumers Looted For Years In Kashmir, Erring Officials To Be Booked
4 years, 5 months ago

[Violation Of National Food Security Act (NFSA)] Poor Consumers Looted For Years In Kashmir, Erring Officials To Be Booked

Live Law  

National Food Security Act or Right to Food is a people-friendly legislation targeted to benefit disadvantaged & marginalized communities of the society. Right to Food is enshrined in the constitution, Article 47 of constitution reads : "The State shall regard the raising of the level of nutrition and the standard of living of its people and the improvement of public …

Delhi govt to provide free ration to PDS cardholders till November
4 years, 6 months ago

Delhi govt to provide free ration to PDS cardholders till November

India TV News  

The Delhi government on Tuesday said it will provide free ration to public distribution system cardholders till November to mitigate the hardships caused to them due to the coronavirus pandemic. Delhi Food and Civil Supplies Minister Imran Hussain said, “During the lockdown, the Department of Food and Supplies made all-out efforts towards meeting the food requirements of the poor and …

80 Cr People To Get Free Food Grains Till November-End, Says PM Modi In His Address To Nation
4 years, 6 months ago

80 Cr People To Get Free Food Grains Till November-End, Says PM Modi In His Address To Nation

ABP News  

India Records Over 18K Coronavirus Cases For The Fourth Consecutive Day; Death Toll Nears 17K It has been decided that #PradhanMantriGaribKalyanAnnaYojana will be extended till the end of Diwali / Chhath Puja, i.e. the scheme to give free food to more than 80 crore people will run in July, August, September, October and November too - PM @narendramodi #IndiaFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/wfYP2IQJmd …

Ten States seek extension of free food grains scheme
4 years, 6 months ago

Ten States seek extension of free food grains scheme

The Hindu  

Ten Chief Ministers, from both the BJP and the Opposition, have demanded an extension of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, which was announced by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as part of the first rescue package to deal with the economic crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic. We are all aware of the situation and a decision will …

Supplied Karnataka over 11 lakh tonnes food grains in lockdown: FCI
4 years, 7 months ago

Supplied Karnataka over 11 lakh tonnes food grains in lockdown: FCI

India TV News  

The Food Corporation of India on Wednesday said that it supplied 11.80 lakh tonnes of food grains to Karnataka during the COVID-19 lockdown. "From the start of lockdown, FCI has inducted 11 lakh tonnes of food grains through 405 trainloads," an FCI statement said. The 11.80 lakh tonnes of food grains also included 6 lakh tonnes of free grains worth …

Mizoram urges Centre to cover 80% people under National Food Security Act
5 years, 11 months ago

Mizoram urges Centre to cover 80% people under National Food Security Act

The Quint  

Aizawl, Jan 19 Mizoram has urged the Centre government to raise the coverage from 64.73 per cent to at least 80 per cent of its 12 lakh population under the National Food Security Act in the state, an official said here on Saturday. Chief Minister Zoramthanga raised the demand when he met Union Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister …

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