With the International Year of Millets over, the modest millet is showing signs of revival. Last year, the government distributed 48.7 million tons of food grain to NFSA beneficiaries through the PDS; of this, rice and wheat accounted for 66.8 and 31.9%, respectively, while millets accounted for a mere 1.3%. The findings estimated that replacing one kg of rice with …
The Delhi High Court on Friday sought response of the Delhi Government on the issue of revising the number of non-PDS beneficiaries under its scheme for providing adequate food grains to people without ration cards. The development came after the Delhi Government was directed by a vacation bench comprising of Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani and Justice Jasmeet Singh to file …
Forming a prima facie observation that the policy appears to be arbitrary and an ad hoc figure, the Delhi High Court on Friday said that even on a broad brush basis to say that there are only 20 lacs non PDS Beneficiaries looking for food grain under the Delhi Government's guidelines will be a substantial under-estimation.The observation came in the …
