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A recent analysis by a team of economists that estimated a 28% leakage of subsidised food grains has “significant inaccuracies”, the government said Tuesday, disputing its findings. The Union food department said the study, led by economist Ashok Gulati of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, a New Delhi-based think tank, had “significant discrepancies in data interpretation” …

The National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India Limited on August 16 said about five tonne tomatoes imported from neighbouring country Nepal are in transit and will be retailed at a subsidised rate of ₹50/kilogram in Uttar Pradesh on August 17. About five tonne.is in transit and will be retailed tomorrow in Uttar Pradesh at subsidised rates.” “The imported tomatoes cannot …

The Narendra Modi government’s latest announcement that it will provide free rations under the National Food Security Act is a clear admission of the starvation that our population is facing, the CPI Polit Bureau said in a statement here. The party has demanded the continuation of both the free 5 kg foodgrain that the government started giving during the COVID-19 …

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 …

Though most Indian households have an LPG connection, many don't use it for cooking, the National Family Health Survey-5 data show. Low usage In Himachal Pradesh, LPG coverage stood at 116.6% as of January 2020, while only 51% of households used it for cooking, according to the health survey conducted between July and November 2019. Poor subsidy The price of …

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 …

The Centre on Friday asked Delhi government not to implement the doorstep ration delivery scheme, saying it is "not permissible" to use subsidised foodgrain allotted under the National Food Security Act for the ambitious project. In a letter written to the Delhi government on Friday, Joint Secretary in the Union Food Ministry S Jagannathan said the subsidised foodgrains being allocated …

New Delhi: Domestic cooking gas price was Thursday hiked by Rs2.08 per cylinder and non-subsidised gas by ₹42.50 per bottle, Indian Oil Corporation said. IOC said non-subsidised or market-priced LPG rates have been hiked by ₹42.50 per cylinder "mainly due to change in international price and foreign exchange fluctuations." So, with the rise in market price or non-subsidised LPG price, …

Domestic cooking gas price was on Thursday hiked by Rs 2.08 per cylinder and non-subsidised gas by Rs 42.50 per bottle, Indian Oil Corporation said. IOC said non-subsidised or market-priced LPG rates have been hiked by Rs 42.50 per cylinder "mainly due to change in international price and foreign exchange fluctuations." So, with the rise in market price or non-subsidised …