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Farm laws won’t be repealed, government tells farmers’ leaders
The Congress has been demanding the repeal of the three farm laws whose enactment has triggered a massive protest by farmers.
Farmer leaders were happy after December 3 meeting but did a u-turn on December 5: MoS Som Parkash
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said MSP will continue as earlier. We are ready to give a written assurance. There is no Act earlier too o...
Nine states unlock additional borrowing limit of Rs 23,523 crore via implementation of PDS reforms
As part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat package announced in May, the Centre had allowed the states to borrow an additional 2% of gross state dom...
Politics of stubble burning: Solving the problem requires us to rethink paddy farming and irrational subsidies
It’s time to address the stubble burning problem not with more government sops to paddy, but by encouraging farmers in Punjab and Haryana t...
Nearly two-month blockade by farmers cost Punjab industry Rs 30,000 crore
Appeals by Punjab CM to farmers to lift their rail blockade since Oct 1 in the interest of the state’s economy have fallen on deaf ears and...
Kohli is 'a very powerful guy in world cricket,' says former Australian skipper Mark Taylor
"I think he is a very powerful guy in world cricket, but I think he does a very good job to walk that fine line in being an aggressive cric...
Covid scarcity ground report: Death of an infant shows cruelty of starving in a country of food abundance
Governments across the world have failed to prevent a hunger crisis that is reaching monumental proportions. Globally, as many as 132 milli...
Sebi bans senior official of PDS Agro from securities mkt for 3 yrs
The regulator had also said that if the firm, its directors and promoters do not file any reply in 21 days or do not seek opportunity of he...
‘With 3 farm laws, Narendra Modi is killing farmers’, says Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi along with other party workers attended ‘Kisan Bachao Rally’ in Sangrur on October 05. Rahul Gandhi said, “Now...
Mumbai Indians beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 34 runs, thanks to Quinton de Kock's 39-ball-67
Pacers Sandeep Sharma and Siddarth Kaul took two wickets each for Sunrisers but were expensive, especially the latter who leaked 64 runs in...
PDS rice from Andhra Pradesh worth crores exported to Africa, Malaysia
The police busted one such gang recently. Investigators first detected that the rice, meant exclusively for those holding white ration card...
Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh get additional borrowing limit of Rs 7,376 crore
While UP has been permitted to borrow Rs 4,851 crore on account of One Nation One Ration Card System (ONORCS) reforms under the PDS, AP wil...
Supreme Court issues notice to Chhattisgarh government in multi-crore PDS scam
The apex court also sought response from the state government, its Economic Offences Wing/Anti-Corruption Bureau, Special Investigation Tea...
States should give doorstep delivery of PDS ration in flood-hit areas, says Ram Vilas Paswan
Floods have caused havoc in some states like Assam, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Kerala. Several parts of the country have receive...
Delhi government seeks to partner with private companies for home delivery of rations
The government of the National Capital Territory has held online meetings with some of the companies and written letters to the others, to ...
Delhi cabinet approves doorstep delivery of ration, announces CM Arvind Kejriwal
The scheme, which was approved at a meeting of the Delhi Cabinet, is expected to be rolled out in the next 6-7 months after completing tend...
Paswan blames states for 'not doing enough' in free distribution of pulses under PDS
"Distribution of pulses is the responsibility of the state governments.It has not been easy for us to get the raw pulses milled and transpo...
FCI supplies 3.51 lakh ton of PDS grains in North East region during lockdown
State-run Food Corporation of India (FCI) has supplied about 3.51 lakh tonne of foodgrains for distribution to the poor via ration shops in...
States can lift PDS grains for three months on credit: Finance Minister
"To ensure adequate supply of foodgrains to the public and financially assist the state govts, Department of Expenditure, has agreed to the...
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