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After PM Modi's call for food relief to be exempt from WTO guidelines, UN
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
New York [US], April 15 (ANI): After Prime Minister Narendra Modi told US President Joe Biden that India can send foodgrains to other countries amid the present problem of food stocks if WTO rules are relaxed, a UN report concerning the impact of Ukraine crisis has made a similar recommen
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Rakesh Tikait joins TRS protest at Telangana Bhavan on paddy procurement i
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday joined the ongoing protest by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) at the Telangana Bhavan against the alleged "discriminatory policy" of procurement of foodgrains.
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Poster war between TRS-BJP amid protest against Centre's paddy procurement
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): As Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) is all set to protest in New Delhi, demanding the imposition of 'one nation-one foodgrain procurement policy', numerous posters were put up by BJP leaders near the protest site (Telangana Bhavan) asking
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Odisha extends additional rice distribution for 6 months under food securi
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 1 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has directed to extend the distribution of additional five kilograms of rice per month free of cost to beneficiaries of the State Food Security Scheme for the next six months.
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Himachal CM thanks PM Modi for extending PM-GKAY till September 2022
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], March 27 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur on Sunday expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for extending the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY) for another six months.
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Cabinet extends PM-GKAY for 6 months till September 2022
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 26 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Saturday extended the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY) scheme for another six months - till September 2022 - with each beneficiary eligible to get an additional 5 kg free ration per month in addition to normal quota
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Haryana: Foodgrains worth crores of rupees damaged in Karnal godown
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Karnal (Haryana) [India], February 9 (ANI): Foodgrains worth crores of rupees have got damaged in a godown in Haryana's Karnal.
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About 759 lakh MT food grains provided to states, UTs under PMGKAY so far:
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): The Department of Food and Public Distribution allocated about 759 lakh MT foodgrains to states and union territories so far for distribution to around 80 Crore NFSA beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY).
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TRS MP moves adjournment notice in LS on MSP guarantee, food grains procur
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MP Nama Nageswara Rao on Thursday gave adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss the issue of 'national policy on foodgrains procurement and legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price to farmers'.
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BJP ministers link Maa Annapurna's 'ashirwad' with Centre's free foodgrain
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 11 (ANI): Top ministers from Bharatiya Janata Party's Central and Uttar Pradesh governments on Thursday linked the retrieval of Maa Annapurna's idol from Canada and its consecration in Kashi to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheme to provide free food grains to o
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Centre dismisses fears that ethanol plan would affect food security, says
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): Dismissing fears that the Ethanol Plan would affect food security in the country, the central government said that meeting foodgrain demand for human and cattle consumption will always remain its first priority, but allowing alternative use of rice and mai
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More than 4.5 lakh MT foodgrains provided to beneficiaries under first, se
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Panchkula (Haryana) [India], September 24 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who is on a one-day visit to Haryana, on Friday said that more than 4.5 lakh metric tonnes of foodgrains were provided to beneficiaries in the first and second phase of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan
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