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July 29, 2021
Representative image NEW DELHI: Nearly 400.70 lakh tons of foodgrain has been released till 14th July, 2021 under PMGKAY during the Covid pandemic under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY). The total allocation of foodgrain was nearly 600.814 lakh tons. In a written reply, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, MoS of rural development and consumer affairs, food and public distribution said: "The total stock of foodgrain in India till July 1 was 900.45 lakh tons which consist of 603.56 lakh of wh...
June 14, 2021
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that the 'One Nation One Ration Card' (ONORC) plan aims to empower all National Food Security Act (NFSA) migrant beneficiaries to access their foodgrains from any fair price shop anywhere in the country by using their existing ration card with biometric authentication and the plan makes food security "portable".
June 14, 2021
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that the One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) plan aims to empower all National Food Security Act (NFSA) migrant beneficiaries to access their foodgrains from any fair price shop anywhere in the country by using their existing ration card with biometric authentication and the plan makes food security "portable". It said that the Union of India is committed to making sufficient foodgrains available to the States at highly subsidised prices un...
June 10, 2021
An extra £2 million of spending on new pools in Rivermead and Palmer Park has been approved.
June 2, 2021
Hunt for better return on wholesale lending in India
May 25, 2021
States and UTs lift 48 lakh tonnes grains for PMGKAY supply May 25, 2021 × The states which are yet to lift 100 per cent lifting are Bihar, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. As many as 31 States and Union Territories have lifted 48 lakh tonnes (LT) of foodgrains to be distributed free of cost to National Food Security Act beneficiaries under the PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY), an official statement said on Tuesday. Some states and UTs such as Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Arunachal Pradesh, Pud...
April 23, 2021
With the second Covid-19 wave once again rendering millions of poor jobless and triggering another exodus of migrants, the Central government today decided to distribute 5 kg grains free of cost to all the 800 million beneficiaries of the National Food Security Act over and above their regular quota in May and June 2021. The scheme which will be along the lines of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) launched during the first Covid wave last year, will cost the Centre Rs 26,00...
March 10, 2021
allocation made to FCI in lieu of subsidy. It has been reduced to zero for 2021-22. As on March 31, 2020, NSSF loans’ outstanding amount lying with FCI was ₹ 2,54,600 crore. SOURCE: UNION BUDGET DOCUMENTS High drawal rate During the three years, the quantity of food grains drawn by States (annually) hovered around 60 million tonnes to 66 million tonnes. Compared to the allocation, the rate of drawal was 91% to 95%. As the National Food Security Act (NFSA), which came into force in Jul...
March 5, 2021
The former car park for the old Central Pool is set to temporarily become a pay and display car park ahead of plans to transform the site into a…