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Fortified rice under public distribution completes one year, check how it
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): It has been almost one year since Prime Minister Narendra Modi In his Independence Day address last year from the rampart of the Red Fort announced that rice supplied under all public distribution systems would be fortified by the year 2024.
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Digitization of Ration Cards completed in all states/UTs; Nearly 19.5 cror
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti on Wednesday said that the digitization of ration cards has been completed in all states/UTs and about 19.5 crore ration cards are available on the transparency
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Centre sets target to distribute fortified rice in 291 districts by 2023
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): Under the rice fortification programme, the Central Government is planning to distribute Fortified Rice through the Public Distribution System (PDS) in as many as 291 districts of the country by March 2023, the secretary of the Department of Food and Public
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Govt bans exports of wheat to ensure food security of citizens
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): The reason for the ban on wheat exports is to ensure food security of our citizens and ensure adequate food supply to the public distribution system and also ensure that we are able to direct food supplies to vulnerable food-deficit countries, said government
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Odisha Minister seeks personal intervention of Piyush Goyal for subsidy re
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 12 (ANI): Odisha's Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister, Ranendra Pratap Swain on Thursday, wrote a letter to the Union Minister Piyush Goyal, urging and seeking his personal intervention to resolve the issues regarding the release of subsidies, evacu
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Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan reviews welfare programmes in Odisha's D
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Dhenkanal (Odisha) [India], April 14 (ANI): Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday visited the Public Distribution System (PDS) Center in Dhenkanal district in Odisha and reviewed various welfare programmes sponsored by the Central government.
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Cabinet approves distribution of fortified rice through Targeted Public Di
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Union Cabinet has approved the distribution of fortified rice under government schemes, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said on Friday.
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Tripura to market women's self-help group products through PDS
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], March 10 (ANI): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Thursday stated that an initiative has been taken to link women's self-help group manufactured products with Public Distribution System (PDS) for better results.
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Karnataka: Police seizes 78 quintals of illegally transported PDS rice
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Kalaburagi (Karnataka) [India], January 7 (ANI): The police on Thursday seized 78 quintals of Public Distribution System (PDS) rice, which was being illegally transported in a truck near Buland Pravas Colony, Kalaburagi.
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Centre planning to end MSP, govt procurement, food security for poor, alle
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], November 21 (ANI): Reiterating that issues related to Minimum Support Price (MSP) are bigger than the farm laws, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday alleged that Centre is planning to end MSP, Public Distribution System (PDS), government procurement and foo
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Andhra Pradesh BJP vice-president slams YSRCP govt for misleading people o
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Vijaywada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 4 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice president Ravela Kishore Babu on Friday slammed the YSRCP government for misleading people regarding the Public Distribution System (PDS) in the state and publicizing themselves for the wo
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Naveen Patnaik launches 'One Nation-One Ration Card' scheme in Odisha
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 30 (ANI): Strengthening the Food Security System in the state, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday rolled out the 'One Nation-One Ration Card' (ONORC) program under which the National Food Security Act beneficiaries from other States can get ra
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