PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

Put Electricity Amendment Bill in public domain: AIPEF

The draft bill is not available on the power ministry website, AIPEF Spokesperson V K Gupta said in a statement. According to the statement...

PM Modi likely to address two public rallies on February 22 in Assam

Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that Modi is likely to visit river island Majuli and Silapathar. “One of these pr...

GoM to decide bare minimum PSUs in strategic sectors: Tuhin Kanta Pandey, DIPAM secretary

The government’s focus will be on strategic divestment as its shareholding in most PSEs is close to 51%, leaving little room for minority s...

Government eliminates subsidy on kerosene via small price hikes

Industry sources said the government in 2016 allowed state-owned fuel retailers to raise the price of kerosene by 25 paise a litre every fo...

UP: Congress to distribute calendars chronicling Priyanka Gandhi's political journey

He said 10 lakh calendars have been sent to be distributed in every village and up to the ward level in cities. Instructions in this regard...

Andhra CM Jagan Reddy launches ration door delivery system, flags off 9260 Mobile Dispensing Units in Vijayawada

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy flagged-off the Mobile Dispensing Units (MDUs) in Vijayawada on January 21. These MDUs a...

View: India will play central role in equitable Covid-19 vaccine distribution across the world

The recent approval of COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use by India’s regulator paves the way for actual vaccination to begin. In fact, pre...

Kerala PSU produces 83,000 litres of sanitiser to distribute in schools

Classes for the 10th and 12th standards in government, aided and private sector schools reopened on the New Year day after nine months adhe...

Experts ponder if countries like India will be able to buy, distribute vaccines

The National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER) on Tuesday hosted a virtual discussion titled ‘The Challenge of Vaccinating a Bi...

Food & Consumer Affairs ministry completes herculean tasks in COVID times

The ministry's consumer affairs department too played its role efficiently by taking speedy measures on the regulatory front to ensure adeq...

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...

Adani Group says does not buy food grains from farmers; only manages storage for FCI

FCI buys food grains from farmers and stores them in silos built through a public-private partnership. While private players are paid a fee...

Maharashtra has chalked out plan for vaccine distribution, says State Health Minister Tope

The Serum Institute of India which is manufacturing 'Covishield' coronavirus vaccine has sought emergency use authorization from Drugs Cont...

Addressing farmers' apprehensions, keeping extant system of APMC, mandi intact: Piyush Goyal

"There are few apprehensions raised by farmers particularly from Punjab which we are addressing and are ready to address," he said at an ev...

Bharat Bandh has underscored need for repeal of farm laws: Amarinder Singh

Singh asked why the Centre could not heed the demands of the farmers, agitating across the country, to scrap these laws and hold fresh talk...

Farm laws protest: Centre calls Punjab farmers for second round of talks on December 3

In the first round of talks, agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar, food, railways and consumer affairs minister Piyush Goyal had detai...

Piyush Goyal gets additional charge of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution ministry

A Rashtrapati Bhavan communique on Friday said President Ram Nath Kovind, on the advice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, directed that Goya...