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Rs 4,800 cr food subsidy to be released to Chhattisgarh soon ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Fri, Feb 26 2021 23:57 IST | ​ 0 Views Healthy foods.. Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, Feb 26 : Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Railways and Commerce and Industry on Friday held a meeting with Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and told him that Centre will soon release Rs 4,800 crore of food subsidy. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Consumer Affair...

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has written a letter to Union Minister Piyush Goyal urging him to increase the rice procurement limit from 24 lakh metric tons to 40 lakh metric tons for the Kharif marketing year 2020-21 under the central pool. In a letter dated January 29, Baghel stated that in the Kharif marketing season in the state, the paddy was procured at the minimum support price from the farmers as per the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Central governments food d...

Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that Tony Page is the lead member for Adult Social Care. The lead member for Adult Social Care at Reading Borough Council is Tony Jones. Plans to build more than 100 homes at the former Central pool and another site were approved last night. The former Central pool will be replaced with dozens of homes and a service for older people, while a former care home will be replaced with flats and services for those with learning disab...

The Life of a Water Bubble is Very Short India’s shrinking GDP According to preliminary estimates released by the Central Statistics Office on January 7 India’s gross domestic product may shrink by 7.7% during 2020-21. In the April-June 2020 quarter GDP contracted by 23.9% while in the second quarter the contraction was 7.5%. According to earlier estimates by the CSO for the remaining two quarters up to March 2021 the contraction will either end or remain at 0.1%. The provisional data for ...

The old Willows care home site is part of the plans. Photo: Google Maps Plans have been unveiled to build more than 100 homes at an old swimming pool and a vacant care home as part of an overhaul of its adult social care services. The proposals include flats for adults with personal care needs and homes for people on the housing register. Reading Borough Council (RBC) is looking to consolidate its adult social services at two currently vacant sites, on Battle Street and Hexham Road. The...

Breaking the deadlock on agriculture reforms January 11, 2021, 6:42 PM IST Facebook Creation of an Agriculture Council on the lines of GST Council may prove to be a clincher With the Supreme Court deciding to set up a committee to suggest the way forward in dealing with the farm laws, it is now expected that an amicable solution will emerge quickly based on the report of the panel. As the farmers’ agitation is escalating with each passing day, the budget session of Parliamen...

Towards a Fairer Model of Farming We have forgotten how to work together The farmer struggle begun in Punjab is unique in many respects. It has succeeded in uniting farmers from most parts of the country and gained the support and participation of many different sections of society, and from political leaders in developed and developing economies. To my knowledge there is no other equal example of such a peaceful and democratic farmers’ struggle in the history of the world. It has now becom...

Procurement of paddy under MSP in Chhattisgarh ANI | Updated: Jan 03, 2021 21:57 IST New Delhi [India], January 3 (ANI): An Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Government of India, State Government and Food Cooperation of India in both Scheme of Decentralised procurement (DCP) and non-DCP states for procurement of paddy from farmers under the central pool. As per Clause No.3 of MoU of DCP State, "in the situation of State giving any bo...

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