Scheme will be launched in December, will benefit 75% rural and 50% urban dwellers

The Maharashtra government would launch the United Progressive Alliance’s ambitious food security scheme from December in the state. Of the state's 112 million population, 70 million beneficiaries would be covered under the scheme.

Scheme will be launched in December, will benefit 75% rural and 50% urban dwellers

About 70 million of the 112 million residents of Maharashtra will be covered under the UPA's ambitious food security scheme, when the state launches the programme in December. The state government proposes to replace the yellow, white and saffron ration cards currently in use under the public distribution scheme with bar-coded smart cards that bear the photograph of the family head.

Due to the flash floods, vast agriculture land in the hill areas had been washed away, while those in the plains had also been damaged.

The Southern Regional Agriculture Ministry has made arrangements to enhance agricultural crop cultivation projects in the region.

Milk production in India – world’s largest milk producer – has increased by about 25 million tonnes in the last five years.

This is what chairman of Anand-headquartered National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) Amrita Patel said on Wednesday while delivering her keynote address at the India Dairy Summit 2013.

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