PDS Grains

Will free food grain scheme affect Centre's fiscal planning?

The pandemic made the govt to launch Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana to provide free food grains to the poor. It has now been scrapped. What will be its impact?

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Cabinet approves extra spending of Rs 67,266.44 crore for five months; earlier extra amount of Rs 26,602 crore was estimated for May and June, 2021

Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices calls for comprehensive review of the PM-ASHA scheme for oilseeds, pulses procurement

These states include Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Goa, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh.

The issue assumes importance after the starvation death of a girl in UP and information given to Parliamentary standing committee on labour that migrant workers without ration cards didn't get food

Govt also brings back subsidy to states for PDS distribution of sugar to poorest families

Beneficiaries without an Aadhaar id will have to enrol themselves by June this year

NFSA aims to abolish APL and BPL criteria and uniformly provides 5 kg of wheat or rice to all beneficiaries every month at a subsidised rate of Rs 1-3 per kg