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Union Minister Piyush Goyal has assured Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel of reimbursing pending food subsidies worth Rs 4,832 crores Baghel on Friday met Union Food and Public Distribution Minister and reiterated his demand of increasing the permitted amount of 24 lakh metric tonnes of rice to be procured under the central pool in FCI to 40 lakh metric tonnes in the Kharif marketing year 2020-21. He also requested the Union minister to reimburse pending food subsidies for the year 2019-20 and 2020-21 of Rs 5214.97 crore. In the interest of farmers of Chhattisgarh, the Centre should give permission for procurement of 40 lakh metric tonnes of rice in the Food Corporation of India at the earliest as 92 lakh metric tonnes of paddy have been procured from 20.53 lakh farmers on the support price in Chhattisgarh in the Kharif marketing year 2020-21, as on 31 January 2021, under the decentralized procurement scheme, the Chief Minister said.
No stone will be left unturned to provide support to toy industries, says Piyush Goyal ANI | Updated: Feb 27, 2021 22:56 IST
New Delhi [India], February 27 (ANI): Assuring full support and cooperation from the Central government s side, Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said that no stone will be left unturned to provide support to toy clusters, make business environment easier, get the environment clearances, and compliances with quality regulations.
Speaking at the India Toy Fair (TITF) 2021, Goyal announced, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) will established laboratories near the toy clusters for testing the quality of products.
He also assured that charges for testing will soon be reduced, thereby bringing down the compliance cost of the industry.
Centre assures Chhattisgarh CM of reimbursing pending food subsidies worth Rs 4,832 crore ANI | Updated: Feb 27, 2021 11:00 IST
Baghel on Friday met Union Food and Public Distribution Minister and reiterated his demand of increasing the permitted amount of 24 lakh metric tonnes of rice to be procured under the central pool in FCI to 40 lakh metric tonnes in the Kharif marketing year 2020-21.
He also requested the Union minister to reimburse pending food subsidies for the year 2019-20 and 2020-21 of Rs 5214.97 crore. In the interest of farmers of Chhattisgarh, the Centre should give permission for procurement of 40 lakh metric tonnes of rice in the Food Corporation of India at the earliest as 92 lakh metric tonnes of paddy have been procured from 20.53 lakh farmers on the support price in Chhattisgarh in the Kharif marketing year 2020-21, as on 31 January 2021, under the decentralized procurement scheme, the Chief Minister said.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal was addressing the CEOs session at the country's first Toy Fair 2021. He said that "we are looking at world domination in the toy sector and anything short of that would be a terrible disappointment".