-The Times of India RAIPUR: In a move that will benefit an estimated seven lakh destitute of single-member ration cardholders in the state. Chhattisgarh government has decided to give 10kg free rice per month under public distribution system. Earlier, destitute were required to pay Rs 1 per kg. The order has already been implemented and officials concerned have started the verification process, said sources. According to circular issued by food, civil...
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GPS to be used to track trucks carrying PDS foodgrains
-PTI Delhi government will track the trucks carrying foodgrains with the help of Global Positioning System (GPS) and Radio-frequency identification (RFID) devices to curb the menace of diversion of rations meant for lakhs of families which are below the poverty line. Also, SMS will be sent to the ration card holders attached to that fair price shop (FPS) about the arrival of ration commodities. The system is likely to be functional in...
More »1.65 lakh bogus ration cards to be deactivated -Vishal Kant
-The Hindu New Delhi: The Delhi Government's Food and Civil Supplies Department has decided to deactivate around 1.65 lakh ration cards which have been found to be bogus. Disbursement of ration (subsidised food grains) was stopped to around 1.7 lakh card holders across the city from April this year suspecting that these cards might be bogus. After giving two months time to the card holders to prove their authenticity, the department has...
More »TN to have 360 more ‘Amma Unavagams’-L Renganathan
-The Hindu Chennai: In a fresh bid to widen access to low-cost quality food, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has ordered opening of 360 more "Amma Unavagams," the popular eateries, across Tamil Nadu. Among them 200 eateries would be set up in the Chennai Corporation limits. With this, the State would soon have 654 such canteens serving quality food at affordable rates. In expanding this welfare scheme which benefits the poor, daily wage earners,...
More »The loud cries of farmers' widows have been lost in the din of the Narendra Modi coronation-Devinder Sharma
-DNA In the midst of the euphoria in the capital markets, after a strong mandate for Narendra Modi, the loud cries of wailing farm widows have been lost in the noise and cacophony that followed. To my mind, this is the biggest policy paralysis that afflicts the country. So when I heard Modi speak at the Central Hall of Parliament the other day: "Ours will be a government that thinks, works and...
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