PDS Foodgrains

Inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh has streamlined its public distribution system by digitalising it to provide subsidised foodgrains to 15 crore people, which has helped the state save Rs 1,200 crore annually, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday. In his inaugural address at the G20 Digital Economy Working Group (DEWG), Adityanath said, "Today the result is that we are providing foodgrains to 15 crore people through the public distribution system and by using technology, we are also saving Rs 1,200 crore annually." As part of India's presidency of the G20, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is hosting the first Digital Economy Working Group (DEWG) meeting in Lucknow from February 13-15. The DEWG, originally called DETF, was formed in 2017 as part of the German G20 presidency with the aim of promoting the implementation of a secure, interconnected, and inclusive digital economy. With the global digital economy estimated to b

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As on September 16, FCI has approximately 22.45 million tonnes of rice and 24.09 million tonnes of wheat in the central pool

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Union Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey on Friday stressed the need to create awareness about the benefit of fortified rice to boost demand

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The Arvind Kejriwal government on Sunday said it has provided food grains to over 4.5 lakh people who did not have ration card under a new scheme in the national capital. Starting from June 5, the scheme allows those who don't have a ration card to avail five kilogram of food grains by showing their Aadhaar card. "The scheme caters to people who do not possess ration cards, including unorganised workers, migrant workers, building and construction workers, and domestic helpers. More than 4.5 lakh people have been aided up until now through this scheme," the Delhi government said in a statement. Under the scheme, the beneficiaries receive four kg of wheat and one kg of rice each. It added that 5,000 metric tonne ration has been provided to the people and another 5,000 metric tonne will be reaching the distribution centres. A total of 280 Delhi government schools, one in every municipal ward, have been designated for distribution of food grains. "We assure you that things will be fu

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5 kg per person per month to be provided to nearly 800 mn beneficiaries free of cost, says govt

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

Currently, the scheme isn't all-embracing as it is based on 2011 census data, and leaves out 100 million people without ration cards

Centre says 6.7 million new ration card holders added after lockdown for free grain

As a result, free foodgrains have been able to reach only about 62 per cent of the total 810 million beneficiaries during last month through ration shops, Paswan said

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The massive build-up could also pose a grave storage challenge as the monsoon keeps advancing.

The opposition party also demanded that the Centre pays all pending dues to states to enable them to fight the outbreak, besides giving each of them special packages.

The proposal is to extend one kg sugar supplies to additional 16.29 crore beneficiary families, would cost Rs 4,727 crore to the exchequer

Subsidised foodgrains cost the exchequer about Rs 1.4 lakh crore annually