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Centre estimates record foodgrains production; dip likely in pulses, oilseeds
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Centre estimates record foodgrains production; dip likely in pulses, oilseeds

The Hindu  

The Union Agriculture Ministry has estimated a record production of foodgrains for the financial year 2023–24. Prepared on the basis of information received from States, the Centre estimated a record foodgrain production of 3,322.98 lakh metric tonne, which is higher by 26.11 LMT than the last financial year’s production of 3,296.87. Total rice production is estimated at 1,378.25 LMT, which …

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Grains brim Punjab godowns, agencies battle space crunch
4 months ago

Grains brim Punjab godowns, agencies battle space crunch

Hindustan Times  

With godowns in Punjab full to the brim, bumper paddy crop may spell trouble for the state agencies. HT Image The state agriculture department has predicted a bumper paddy yield — around 185 lakh tonnes — this kharif season. A total of 192 lakh tonnes of foodgrains — 125 lakh tonne rice, 60 lakh tonne wheat and 7 lakh tonne …

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{Foodgrains transportation scam} ED arrests ex-Congess minister Ashu in money-laundering case
4 months, 3 weeks ago

{Foodgrains transportation scam} ED arrests ex-Congess minister Ashu in money-laundering case

Hindustan Times  

Jalandhar The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday arrested former Punjab food and civil supplies and consumer affairs minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu in an alleged ₹ 2,000-crore foodgrain transportation-linked money-laundering case. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday arrested former Punjab food and civil supplies and consumer affairs minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu in an alleged ₹2,000-crore foodgrain transportation-linked money-laundering case. …

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{Foodgrains transportation scam} ED arrests ex-Congess minister Ashu in money-laundering case
4 months, 3 weeks ago

{Foodgrains transportation scam} ED arrests ex-Congess minister Ashu in money-laundering case

Hindustan Times  

Jalandhar The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday arrested former Punjab food and civil supplies and consumer affairs minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu in an alleged ₹ 2,000-crore foodgrain transportation-linked money-laundering case. The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday arrested former Punjab food and civil supplies and consumer affairs minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu in an alleged ₹2,000-crore foodgrain transportation-linked money-laundering case. On August 16, 2022, …

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RBI annual report 2023-2024: MSPs for kharif and rabi crops ensured minimum return of 50% over cost of production
6 months, 3 weeks ago

RBI annual report 2023-2024: MSPs for kharif and rabi crops ensured minimum return of 50% over cost of production

The Hindu  

The Minimum Support rices for both kharif and rabi seasons 2023-24 ensured a minimum return of 50% over the cost of production for all crops, said the Reserve Bank's Annual Report released on May 30. The overall public stock of foodgrains as on March 31, 2024 stood at 2.9 times the total quarterly buffer norm, the report said. The report, …

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Union Cabinet decides to extend free foodgrains scheme for five years
1 year 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 …

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Climate change may impact foodgrains production up to 47% by 2080: ICAR-DG
1 year, 3 months ago

Climate change may impact foodgrains production up to 47% by 2080: ICAR-DG

The Hindu  

There is a need to address climate risks through adaptation and bring immediate benefits by reducing the adverse impacts of climate change, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shobha Karandlaje has said. On CRA, she said it would encompass adaptation and co-benefits of adaptation strategies to meet many challenges posed by climate change. Climatic extremes Director General …

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Open Market Sales Scheme | Union, Karnataka Food Ministers spar over restrictions on States
1 year, 5 months ago

Open Market Sales Scheme | Union, Karnataka Food Ministers spar over restrictions on States

The Hindu  

The national conference of Food Ministers of States and Union Territories saw an exchange of words between Union Food Minister Piyush Goyal and Karnataka Food and Civil Supplies Minister K.H. We need additional foodgrains to help poor,” Mr. Muniyappa said, adding that the deficit foodgrains to run the Anna Bhagya scheme could be made available from the FCI. Food Ministers …

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Food Corporation of India not to consider request by States for more foodgrains under open market scheme
1 year, 6 months ago

Food Corporation of India not to consider request by States for more foodgrains under open market scheme

The Hindu  

As Opposition-ruled State governments such as Karnataka and Tamil Nadu criticised the Centre’s decision to restrict the supply of foodgrains through the Open Market Sale Scheme to 100 metric tonnes, the Food Corporation of India made it clear on June 23 that the Centre’s priority was to curb inflation. Controlling inflation When asked about the complaint of the State governments, …

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How Modi government's MSP policy boosts agricultural income, social security and distributive justice
1 year, 6 months ago

How Modi government's MSP policy boosts agricultural income, social security and distributive justice

Firstpost  

The Union Cabinet on 7 June 2023, increased the Minimum Support Price of all mandated Kharif crops to the tune of 5.3 per cent to 10.35 per cent for marketing season 2023-2024. However the highest MSP increase has been in moong, which witnessed a hike by 10.4 per cent to Rs 8,558 per quintal for the crop year 2023–24 from …

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No one went hungry as Centre provided free food grains to 80 crore people, says Sitharaman in Budget 2023 speech
1 year, 10 months 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 …

FCI procures 17.5 LMT of fortified rice in 2021-22 in Andhra Pradesh
1 year, 11 months ago

FCI procures 17.5 LMT of fortified rice in 2021-22 in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

A total quantity of 17.59 Lakh Metric Tonnes of fortified rice was procured by the Food Corporation of India during Kharif Monsoon Season 2021-22 in Andhra Pradesh. A quantity of 6.15 LMT fortified rice has been distributed in high burden and aspirational districts under the National Food Security Act as well as PM Poshan and Integrated Child Development Services schemes …

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Free foodgrains distribution scheme to cover 80 crore poor named PMGKAY: Centre
1 year, 11 months ago

Free foodgrains distribution scheme to cover 80 crore poor named PMGKAY: Centre

The Hindu  

The Central Government's integrated food security scheme has been named as the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana, under which free foodgrains are being given to more than 80 crore poor people from January 1. The move also comes amid Opposition's criticism over the government discontinuing free monthly distribution of 5 kilograms of foodgrains to poor people under a scheme …

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Explained | How will the free foodgrain scheme work out?
1 year, 11 months ago

Explained | How will the free foodgrain scheme work out?

The Hindu  

The story so far: In a Cabinet decision on December 23, the Centre decided to provide 5 kg of free foodgrains per month for the 81 crore beneficiaries of the National Food Security Act during 2023, rather than charging them a subsidised amount of ₹3 a kg of rice, ₹2 a kg of wheat and ₹1 a kg of coarse …

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Morning Digest | 81 crore people to get free foodgrains for one year; Union Cabinet approves pending OROP revision for veterans, and more
2 years ago

Morning Digest | 81 crore people to get free foodgrains for one year; Union Cabinet approves pending OROP revision for veterans, and more

The Hindu  

81 crore people to get free foodgrains for one year 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. Union Cabinet approves pending One-Rank-One-Pension revision for veterans The Union Cabinet on Friday approved a pending pension revision for pensioners from the armed forces and …

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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 …

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Weighing in on PMGKAY, the free grains scheme
2 years, 1 month ago

Weighing in on PMGKAY, the free grains scheme

The Hindu  

The extension of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, a scheme to distribute free foodgrains to the poor, for another three months, comes as a surprise for many reasons. Aimed at providing an additional allocation of foodgrains from the central pool at five kilograms per person per month free of cost, the PMGKAY benefits cardholders of the Antyodaya Anna …

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Free foodgrains given to 1.91 crore people in Telangana: Centre
2 years, 3 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 …

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Ex-Punjab minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu held over 'scam' in foodgrains transportation tenders
2 years, 4 months ago

Ex-Punjab minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu held over 'scam' in foodgrains transportation tenders

India TV News  

Transport tender scam: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau arrested Congress leader and former minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu on Monday evening in the alleged food grains transportation tenders scam. Ashu's arrest came hours after he along with other senior Punjab Congress leaders "presented" themselves at the Vigilance Bureau office in Mohali, saying it could detain any of them as they were fed …

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Govt projects record foodgrains output, lower wheat production
2 years, 4 months ago

Govt projects record foodgrains output, lower wheat production

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Wheat prices are expected to move up as India's estimated wheat production is projected to have declined nearly 3 per cent to 106.84 million tonnes in the 2021-22 crop year. Except for the decline in wheat, the overall foodgrain production is estimated to have touched a record 315.72 million tonnes in the 2021-22 crop year that began in …

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Wheat stocks may be 80% higher than buffer requirement by April 23: Piyush Goyal
2 years, 5 months ago

Wheat stocks may be 80% higher than buffer requirement by April 23: Piyush Goyal

Live Mint  

The wheat stocks in Food Corporation of India godowns is expected to be 134 lakh tonnes at the start of FY23-24, 80 per cent more than the buffer norm, said the government on 22 July. Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal, in a written reply to Rajya Sabha, said that the central pool stock of wheat as on July …

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Install CCTVs at ration shops, streamline functioning of helpline nos: Parliamentary panel to Centre
2 years, 5 months ago

Install CCTVs at ration shops, streamline functioning of helpline nos: Parliamentary panel to Centre

Firstpost  

The Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution has also recommended that the government should make independent surprise visits and inspections at ration shops, also called fair price shops New Delhi: A Parliamentary panel has recommended streamlining the functioning of helpline numbers to address grievances of PDS beneficiaries and installation of CCTV cameras at ration shops to monitor …

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Allow India to export foodgrains from public stock to needy nations: FM Sitharaman to WTO
2 years, 5 months ago

Allow India to export foodgrains from public stock to needy nations: FM Sitharaman to WTO

The Hindu  

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday asked the World Trade Organization to allow India to export foodgrains from its public stockholding to nations which are facing food crisis. She was speaking at a seminar on 'Strengthening global collaboration for tackling food insecurity' on sidelines of the third G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Bali, Indonesia. A group …

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Intervenors Move Supreme Court Seeking Directions To Centre & States To File Status Report On Compliance With SC's Directions For Welfare Of Migrants
2 years, 8 months ago

Intervenors Move Supreme Court Seeking Directions To Centre & States To File Status Report On Compliance With SC's Directions For Welfare Of Migrants

Live Law  

Activists Harsh Mander, Anjali Bhardwaj and Jagdeep Chhokar have moved the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Union of India to file a status report with regard to compliance with the directions issued by the court last year for the benefit and welfare of migrant workers. Supreme Court through its order dated 29th June 2021 had issued a slew of …

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