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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Centre to spend extra Rs 93,868 crore for running PMGKAY-3 in FY22

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

Govt must allocate more foodgrains under PDS to clear bulging stocks: CACP

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

PDS reforms done, 9 states get govt nod to raise Rs 23.5K cr from markets

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

How many people actually fall under India's public distribution system?

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

Cabinet approves 6,000-cr mega agro-processing scheme

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

Centre makes Aadhaar card mandatory for availing foodgrain under PDS

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

TN, Kerala to get PDS grains from Centre at MSP rates

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