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Ration shops to be reopened before Deepavali; free rice, sugar to all card holders as festival gift, says CM
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Ration shops to be reopened before Deepavali; free rice, sugar to all card holders as festival gift, says CM

The Hindu  

Ration shops will be reopened before Deepavali, and free rice and sugar distributed to all card holders as festival gift, Chief Minister N. Rangasamy said on Sunday. Addressing the media, Mr. Rangasamy said steps were under way to provide 10 kg rice and 2 kg sugar for free to ration card holders ahead of Deepavali, which falls on the final …

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Soon, you will be able to buy Aavin products from ration shops in Tamil Nadu
4 months ago

Soon, you will be able to buy Aavin products from ration shops in Tamil Nadu

New Indian Express  

As per official data, Aavin sold milk products worth Rs 524 crore in 2023-24. The Aavin estimates that the new initiative would increase sales of products by Rs 8 core to 9 crore per month. N Subbaiyan, registrar of Cooperative Societies, told TNIE the decision is agreeable, and they will sell the Aavin products after assessing the potential ensuring effective …

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Lok Sabha polls | Confident about convincing the Central govt. to provide Statehood to Puducherry: N. Rangasamy
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls | Confident about convincing the Central govt. to provide Statehood to Puducherry: N. Rangasamy

The Hindu  

Puducherry Chief Minister and founder-leader of the All India N.R. Congress N. Rangasamy is spearheading the campaign of BJP candidate A. Namassivayam for the lone Lok Sabha seat from the Union Territory. Mr. Rangasamy, who shares familial ties with the BJP candidate, tells The Hindu that it was the BJP government in the Centre that first seriously considered giving Statehood …

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Kerala says no to PM Modi’s pic in ration shops
10 months, 1 week ago

Kerala says no to PM Modi’s pic in ration shops

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Alleging that the Union government’s insistence that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photograph should be displayed in ration shops was part of BJP’s election campaign, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said the Centre’s direction will not be implemented in Kerala. Food and Civil Supplies Minister G R Anil said the Union government has directed the state food department and the …

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How Arikomban, a lone tusker, ignited change in Kerala's conservation landscape
1 year, 5 months ago

How Arikomban, a lone tusker, ignited change in Kerala's conservation landscape

Hindustan Times  

A feeling of remorse has engulfed the village of Chinnakanal located on the fringes of a forest, which borders Kerala's famed hill station Munnar. Now released in the Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve of neighbouring Tamil Nadu with occasional forays into the adjacent Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary, Arikomban's access to rice is almost nil. Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and forest minister A …

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Fortified rice to be available at all Erode ration shops from April 1
1 year, 8 months ago

Fortified rice to be available at all Erode ration shops from April 1

The Hindu  

Erode Collector H. Krishnanunni has said that fortified rice that has more nutrients, will be available at all ration shops from April 1. Under the National Food Security Act, fortified rice will be distributed at all the ration shops in the district, he said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address to the nation on the 75th Independence Day on …

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Puducherry seeks Centre’s nod to revive ration shops
1 year, 9 months ago

Puducherry seeks Centre’s nod to revive ration shops

The Hindu  

The Puducherry government has sought the Centre’s nod to revive the Public Distribution System outlets in the Union Territory to supply monthly free rice to beneficiaries. In a memorandum to the Union Minister for Commerce, Food and Consumer Affairs, Piyush Goyal, the Puducherry Minister for Civil Supplies A. K Sai J Saravanan Kumar said the Centre should allow the territorial …

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A \'rice-loving\' jumbo wrecks havoc in Kerala village; destroys ration shop
1 year, 10 months ago

A \'rice-loving\' jumbo wrecks havoc in Kerala village; destroys ration shop

Deccan Chronicle  

Idukki : A rice-loving wild tusker, which frequently strays into human settlements allegedly in search of the grain, destroyed a ration shop in an estate in this Kerala district in the early hours of Friday, villagers here complained. However, wildlife officials said the shop is located in the traditional route of the jumbos and they are yet to confirm whether …

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Ministers, Speaker condemn Nirmala\'s comments
2 years, 3 months ago

Ministers, Speaker condemn Nirmala\'s comments

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy and ministers T. Harish Rao, Gangula Kamalakar, Vemula Prashanth Reddy and Satyavathi Rathod came down heavily on Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharam for asking officials to put pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at ration shops. Kamalakar said that the Centre was supplying PDS rice to only 59 per cent of the 90.34 lakh beneficiaries …

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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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An MSP scheme to transform Indian agriculture
2 years, 10 months ago

An MSP scheme to transform Indian agriculture

The Hindu  

The ongoing struggle of farmers is not for political power. MSP could serve, in principle, three purposes — price stabilisation in the food grains market, income support to farmers, and also as a mechanism for coping with the indebtedness of farmers. The price stabilisation policy for food grains in India evolved over time, first with the Essential Commodities Act in …

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Elephants damage three shops near Valparai
3 years, 1 month ago

Elephants damage three shops near Valparai

The Hindu  

A herd of elephants damaged three shops, including a ration shop, near Valparai on Saturday night. Forest Department officials said a herd of eight elephants strayed into human habitations at Sheikalmudi on Saturday night. According to Manambolly forest range officer A. Manikandan, the elephants damaged a ration shop, a grocery store and a small store. Following frequent incidents of elephants …

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Plan to sell 5-kg LPG cylinders at ration shops on the anvil
3 years, 1 month ago

Plan to sell 5-kg LPG cylinders at ration shops on the anvil

The Hindu  

Small cooking gas cylinders could soon be available for retail purchase at your nearby ration shop, as the Centre is coordinating with States and oil companies on the plan, Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said on Wednesday. There are 5.32 lakh ration or fair price shops whose main role is to distribute subsidised foodgrains to the 80 crore beneficiaries covered by …

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Ravi Shankar Prasad Calls AAP's Ration Scheme a 'Jumla', Alleges Links with 'Mafia'
3 years, 6 months ago

Ravi Shankar Prasad Calls AAP's Ration Scheme a 'Jumla', Alleges Links with 'Mafia'

News 18  

Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday launched a sharp attack on Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, calling his plans for doorstep delivery of food rations in the national capital a “jumla” and accusing the ruling Aam Aadmi Party of links to the “ration mafia”. The central government has said it is a matter of concern that the Delhi government …

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Delhi Govt Under Control of 'Ration Mafia', Says BJP Amid Row Over Doorstep Delivery Scheme
3 years, 6 months ago

Delhi Govt Under Control of 'Ration Mafia', Says BJP Amid Row Over Doorstep Delivery Scheme

News 18  

The BJP on Friday alleged that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government is under the control of “ration mafia” and claimed that its proposal of home delivery of subsidised grains is merely a show to promote a “scam”. “If grains are home-delivered, people will not get to know how much of it is going where and how much of it …

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COVID: Centre asks states to keep ration shops open on all days, for longer duration
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID: Centre asks states to keep ration shops open on all days, for longer duration

India TV News  

The Centre on Sunday asked the state governments to keep ration shops, also called fair price shops, open for a longer duration and on all days to ensure timely and safe distribution of both subsidised and free foodgrains to the poor. An advisory in this regard has been issued by the Union Food Ministry following representations that during the current …

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Centre Asks States to Keep Ration Shops Open on All Days, for Longer Duration Amid Curfew
3 years, 7 months ago

Centre Asks States to Keep Ration Shops Open on All Days, for Longer Duration Amid Curfew

News 18  

New Delhi: The Centre on Sunday asked the state governments to keep ration shops, also called fair price shops, open for a longer duration and on all days to ensure timely and safe distribution of both subsidised and free foodgrains to the poor. An advisory in this regard has been issued by the Union Food Ministry following representations that during …

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Niti Aayog Suggests Policy Measures to Supply Subsidised Foodgrains to Needy Without 'Pinching Govt'
3 years, 8 months ago

Niti Aayog Suggests Policy Measures to Supply Subsidised Foodgrains to Needy Without 'Pinching Govt'

News 18  

Niti Aayog has suggested policy measures to the food ministry that envisages various scenarios to ensure supply of subsidised foodgrains to the needy without "pinching" the union government's fiscal resources, according to a senior official. The scenarios, that have been constructed keeping in mind the National Food Security Act, 2013, have been made after the ministry had sought the advice …

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No Proposal to Hike PDS Prices of Foodgrains Under National Food Security Act: Piyush Goyal
3 years, 10 months ago

No Proposal to Hike PDS Prices of Foodgrains Under National Food Security Act: Piyush Goyal

News 18  

The government currently has no proposal to hike the prices of foodgrains sold through ration shops under the National Food Security Act, Union Food Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. “At present, there is no such proposal before the food ministry to increase the prices of products given under the Food Security Act,” Goyal said in a virtual press conference. …

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Why Malayali households went back to ration shops during the pandemic
3 years, 11 months ago

Why Malayali households went back to ration shops during the pandemic

The Hindu  

Gayathri TS is at her wits’ end, thanks to her mother Vimala S’ constant reminders about collecting their monthly free kit comprising rice, wheat, pulses, oil, masala powders and more from the ration shop at Edappally, in Kochi, before the last date. One of them said he wanted only the kit, and had no clue when the ration dealer asked …

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BJP chief JP Nadda warns party MLA who backed aide accused in Ballia firing
4 years, 2 months ago

BJP chief JP Nadda warns party MLA who backed aide accused in Ballia firing

India Today  

The top leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party has cracked the whip against party MLA Surendra Singh over his statements regarding the firing incident in Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh. BJP National President JP Nadda on Monday dialled party's Uttar Pradesh chief Swatantra Dev Singh and asked him to tell the MLA to stay away from the Ballia probe, sources …

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Ballia shooting accused Direndra Singh arrested; wanted to surrender, says STF
4 years, 2 months ago

Ballia shooting accused Direndra Singh arrested; wanted to surrender, says STF

India Today  

Dhirendra Singh, the main accused in the Ballia shooting case, was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police on Sunday. The source also said that Singh had contacts with several BJP leader and MLAs in Uttar Pradesh Dhirendra Singh was absconding ever since a firing incident resulted in the death of Jai Prakash as heated argument broke out over the allotment …

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I was attacked: Ballia shooting accused claims innocence in video, accuses SDM of corruption; BJP MLA seeks FIR
4 years, 2 months ago

I was attacked: Ballia shooting accused claims innocence in video, accuses SDM of corruption; BJP MLA seeks FIR

India Today  

Two days after the shooting incident in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia where BJP worker Dhirendra Pratap Singh gunned down a local during a commotion over the allotment of ration shops, the BJP leader has now come out with a video claiming that he did not fire at anyone. BJP leader Dhirendra Pratap Singh is on the run ever since the firing …

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Ballia shooting: Accused to be charged with NSA, Gangster Act, say police
4 years, 2 months ago

Ballia shooting: Accused to be charged with NSA, Gangster Act, say police

India Today  

The Uttar Pradesh Police has said that those accused in the killing of a 46-year-old man in UP's Ballia will be charged under the National Security Act and the Gangster Act. A 46-year-old man was killed in firing on Thursday over a dispute at a meeting for selection of ration shops in Durjanpur village in Reoti area in UP's Ballia …

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