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Thursday, 31 December, 2020, 08 : 00 AM [IST] Our Bureau, New Delhi The highlights of the Department of Food and Public Distribution during the year 2020 are as follows: Centrally Sponsored Pilot Scheme on, ‘Fortification of Rice and its Distribution under Public Distribution System’.   In order to take the country forward from food security to nutritional security, a Pilot Scheme of Rice Fortification is being implemented in 15...

Agriculturists and organisations, representing cooperative unions and food processing firms, on Tuesday raised a variety of issues for inclusion in the forthcoming Budget. These include raising the rates of urea while lowering those of phosphatic and potassic (P&K) nutrients to promote balanced use. They also called for extending income tax (I-T) concessions to primary agriculture cooperative societies (PACS) engaged in processing of farm products and sops for food processing units. According t...

Incentivise balanced use of fertilisers, says farmers’ body December 22, 2020 Suggests hike in urea price while reducing P&K fertiliser prices Bharat Krishak Samaj (BKS), a non-profit farmers organisation, on Tuesday pitched for an increase in price of urea and a simultaneous decrease in price of potassic and phosphatic fertilisers, without bringing any added burden to farmers or the government. This will incentivise balanced use of fertilisers in the country, said Ajay Vir Jhakar, Chairman,...