The scheme aims to provide 30 kg rice every month to families under BPL at subsidised rate of Re 1 per kg via PDS
The first populous scheme of the Karnataka government, Anna Bhagya rice scheme, as promised in its election manifesto, will be launched tomorrow in Mysore district benefiting nearly six lakh BPL card holders.
The state will launch food security on August 20, birth anniversary of late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi celebrated as Sadbhawna Diwas
The Delhi government has become the first in India to announce it would launch the food security programme, as cleared by the Union Cabinet in the form of an ordinance last week.
President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday signed the ordinance on the National Food Security Bill, which paves the way for the implementation of the proposed legislation that envisages providing 5 kg of
The National Food Security Ordinance, 2013 notified by the Union government entitles 67% of the population to receive subsidised grains from government every month. Read full text.
While Opposition parties criticised the Cabinet's decision of taking the ordinance route for the implementation of National Food Security Bill, agricultural experts and industry associations have a
Preparing for the 2014 General Elections, the Congress-led UPA today decided to take the ordinance route to provide India’s two-third population the right to food at subsidised rates.
Setting aside all opposition, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to promulgate an ordinance on the National Food Security Bill that seeks to give legal rights to 67 per cent of the
Cabinet unanimously approves scheme's rollout for 67% of population
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, in a year that will see six states going to polls, has chosen the ordinance route to launch its ambitious food security programme for almost two-thirds of the country’s population.
However, some believe this will only push the annual food subsidy higher
To operationalize the government’s ambitious National Food Security Law, the Food Corporation of India (FCI) has embarked on a massive recruitment drive. Officials said by the end of 2013-14 financial year, the Corporation will have 11,000 new staff on its rolls, which include hundreds in managerial positions.
