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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 Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, the procurement operations for the Central Pool including quantity to...

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 government's food department, under the decentralised procurement scheme for the procurement of paddy. "In the state ...

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 disabilities. Reading Borough Council (RBC) will consolidate its adult social services at the two vacan...

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 2019-20 estimated India’s GDP at ₹145.7 lakh crore which is projected to shrink to ₹134.4 lakh...

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 council says it wants to deliver “modernised, sustainable services that meet peoples’ personali...