NFSA

One Nation One Ration Card ensures that National Food Security Act beneficiaries can lift their entitled foodgrain from any Fair Price Shop, anywhere in India using existing ration card

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Food subsidies are a major portion of subsidies provided by states

Move to cost the exchequer additional Rs 44,762 crore

Odisha's transformational food security story is going to be a role model for the world as the state, which was known for its hunger issues in the pre-2000 era, has been ranked No. 1 in India

States raise matter in central government's meeting on food security, say beneficiaries complaining

Govt will spend another Rs 80,000 cr in the next six months, till September, 2022 on Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana

'Much of the agricultural policies in the past have focused on production', said Gulati

A quantity of 290.98 lakh tonnes of paddy has been procured in KMS 2021-22 till November 30

The Centre will incur an additional expenditure of around Rs 53,344.52 crore because of the extension

The Centre said the fair price shops are an integral part of the NFSA and the state has to fall into the architecture of the law

The government currently has no proposal to hike the prices of foodgrains sold through ration shops under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), Goyal said

If clearing of FCI's outstanding dues and loans does not spur further reforms, they will once again reach current levels in the next 4-5 years, say experts

At present, 3.5 crore people are getting food grains under the NFSA in the state

Delhi HC asked the Centre how it can say that the National Food Security Act has no link with poverty alleviation as the object behind the statute was to ensure food security for the poor

Number likely to go up as distribution of June month quota is still on

At the all-India level, applying the 67% ratio to a projected population of 1,372 million for 2020, PDS coverage today would be 922 million, instead of around 800 million

This includes loans from NSSF at Rs 1.36 trillion

The NFSA, which came into force from July 5, 2013, has been rolled out in 33 regions so far