Finance Ministry Allows Additional Rs 7,106 Cr Borrowing by UP, Andhra Pradesh
4 years, 2 months ago

Finance Ministry Allows Additional Rs 7,106 Cr Borrowing by UP, Andhra Pradesh

News 18  

The Centre on Friday permitted Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh to go for an additional borrowing of Rs 7,106 crore, to meet their expenditure requirements amid falling revenues due to the COVID-19 crisis. "The Ministry of Finance has granted additional borrowing permission to two more states, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, for successfully undertaking reforms in the public distribution system and ease of doing business," an official statement said. Earlier, Andhra Pradesh had also completed PDS reforms to enable the One Nation-One Ration Card system. Last week, five states Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Goa, Karnataka and Tripura received the finance ministry's nod for additional Rs 9,913 crore borrowing, after meeting the reform condition of the implementation of One Nation-One Ration Card system.

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Telangana to check other states’ ration rules
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana to check other states’ ration rules

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Cabinet sub-committee on the issuing of new ration cards, will study the norms that are prevalent in other states. Addressing the committee during a meeting on Saturday, civil supplies minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said, “It has been decided to seek opinions of both ruling and opposition party representatives while formulating the norms. There are around 89.96 lakh …

Cabinet panel to seek inputs from MPs, MLAs and MLCs on new ration cards: Uttam Kumar Reddy
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Cabinet panel to seek inputs from MPs, MLAs and MLCs on new ration cards: Uttam Kumar Reddy

The Hindu  

The government would issue new ration cards to all eligible beneficiaries and the modalities to be adopted need wider discussions with people’s representatives and political parties, said Civil Supplies and Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy. Addressing the media after a meeting of the Cabinet Sub-Committee on new ration cards, he said the Cabinet Sub-Committee headed by him and consisting …

AP Exhausted 97.4% of Credit Limit under RBI: TD
1 year, 4 months ago

AP Exhausted 97.4% of Credit Limit under RBI: TD

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: National spokesman of Telugu Desam, Kommareddy Pattabhiram on Sunday tore into the Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy-led Andhra Pradesh government, saying it had already exhausted 97.4 per cent of its credit limit under the Reserve Bank of India. He said at Rs 40,000 crore, Tamil Nadu had borrowed more than AP this financial year but it was okay …

Govt Allows to 10 States to Borrow Additional Rs 28,204 Cr for Power Sector Reforms
2 years, 8 months ago

Govt Allows to 10 States to Borrow Additional Rs 28,204 Cr for Power Sector Reforms

News 18  

The finance ministry on Thursday said 10 states were given the permission to borrow an additional Rs 28,204 crore in FY22 for undertaking power sector reforms. “Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, has granted additional borrowing permission of Rs 28,204 crore to 10 states for undertaking the stipulated reforms in power sector in 2021-22,” it said in a statement. In …

Use of ration card portability on the rise in Uttar Pradesh
3 years, 5 months ago

Use of ration card portability on the rise in Uttar Pradesh

Hindustan Times  

Lucknow: As the ration card portability projects gains momentum, more and more beneficiaries are using the facility to buy subsidized food grains from any of the public distribution system shop across the state and the country and not necessarily from the shop where they are registered. HT Image As many as 29,259 beneficiaries having ration cards in UP availed food …

One Nation One Ration Card : Integration Of Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi & West Bengal Remaining, Centre Tells Supreme Court
3 years, 6 months ago

One Nation One Ration Card : Integration Of Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi & West Bengal Remaining, Centre Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

A total of 32 States/UTs covering around 86% of the population covered under the National Food Security Act in the country have been brought under the ONORC plan by December 2020, with the exception of Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi and West Bengal, submitted the Centre to the Supreme Court in the Suo Moto Migrant Workers case. "The integration of remaining 4 …

'One Nation, One Ration Card' Expands to 32 States, Scheme Aimed at Migrant Workers
3 years, 9 months ago

'One Nation, One Ration Card' Expands to 32 States, Scheme Aimed at Migrant Workers

News 18  

The Central government’s “one nation, one ration card” programme, that is aimed at enabling access to subsidized foodgrains for 8 crore migrant workers, is now operational in all 32 states. Food secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said that the government has rolled out “Mera Ration”, a mobile application which is available to 67 percent of the population or over 80 crore beneficiaries …

Tamil Nadu 11th State to Implement 'One Nation One Ration Card' Reform, Says Finance Ministry
3 years, 11 months ago

Tamil Nadu 11th State to Implement 'One Nation One Ration Card' Reform, Says Finance Ministry

News 18  

As many as 11 states have implemented the ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ reform so far, following which the central government has allowed them to raise an additional Rs 30,709 crore, an official statement said. Tamil Nadu has become the 11th state in the country to successfully undertake the Public Distribution System reforms stipulated by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry …

Nine States Have Implemented 'One Nation One Ration Card' System: Finance Ministry
4 years ago

Nine States Have Implemented 'One Nation One Ration Card' System: Finance Ministry

News 18  

As many as nine states have completed One Nation One Ration Card reform following which the central government has allowed them to raise an additional Rs 23,523 crore, said an official release on Wednesday. In addition to the One Nation One Ration Card, it said, other reforms specified as a precondition to avail additional borrowing are: ease of doing business …

Tamil Nadu, 20 Other States to Borrow Additional Rs 78,452 Cr to Meet Revenue Shortfall
4 years, 2 months ago

Tamil Nadu, 20 Other States to Borrow Additional Rs 78,452 Cr to Meet Revenue Shortfall

News 18  

A day after granting permission to 20 states for mobilising Rs 68,825 crore, the government on Wednesday allowed Tamil Nadu to raise an additional Rs 9,627 crore through open market borrowings to bridge the revenue shortfall caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The borrowing permission issued to the 21 states is over and above the borrowing permission of around Rs 1.10 …

J&K, Manipur, Nagaland & Uttarakhand Join 'One Nation-One Ration Card' Scheme: Ram Vilas Paswan
4 years, 4 months ago

J&K, Manipur, Nagaland & Uttarakhand Join 'One Nation-One Ration Card' Scheme: Ram Vilas Paswan

News 18  

Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Nagaland and Uttarakhand have joined the 'One Nation-One Ration Card' scheme, taking the total number of states and union territories connected under the scheme to 24, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Saturday. Under the 'One Nation-One Ration Card' initiative, eligible beneficiaries would be able to avail their entitled foodgrains under NFSA from any fair …

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