-Scroll.in A welfare scheme is not the space for technological experiments. In a state with poor nutrition, the government should act against corruption and exclusion. Ration dealers were siphoning off more than half of the grain entitlement of ration cardholders. That is what residents of several villages in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district noted at a recent public hearing on the functioning of the public distribution system in the area. The statements of participants...
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Rice price may go up by Rs 5/kg due to 5% GST
-The New Indian Express Based on the recommendation of the GST Council, the Centre has issued notifications bringing essential commodities including rice and maize under 5% GST slab from July 18. MADURAI: The decision of the Union government to levy 5% Goods and Services Tax (GST) on packaged food may increase the price of rice by a minimum of Rs 3 to Rs 5 per kg from Monday, Tamil Nadu rice mills...
More »Why the American Argument Against India's Food Subsidies Is Deceptive at Best -Biswajit Dhar
-TheWire.in India is being targeted using a deeply flawed methodology that the WTO has prescribed for estimating subsidies arising from market price support. On July 1, a dozen US Congressmen wrote a letter to President Joe Biden, asking him to hold India to account for its decades-long violation of commitments made to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Their contention was that India had been providing minimum support prices to its farmers in violation...
More »Government buys 2.5 lakh tonnes of onion for buffer stock
-The New Indian Express Onion production is estimated to have risen to 31.70 million tonnes in 2021-22 from 26.64 million tonnes in the previous year, according to the government data. NEW DELHI: The government has procured 2.5 lakh tonnes of onion from farmers to create buffer stocks for 2022-23 and will intervene in the market in case of rise in retail prices of onion. Onion production is estimated to have risen to 31.70...
More »Wholesale price inflation eases to 15.18% in June but stays in double digits, 15 months on
-Moneycontrol.com Food inflation rose to 12.41 percent in June from 10.89 percent, with the food index rising 1.3 percent month-on-month India's inflation based on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) declined to 15.18 percent in June, according to data released by the commerce ministry on July 14. The WPI inflation was 15.88 percent in May, the highest in at least three decades. In June 2021, it stood at 12.07 percent. Another month of double-digit wholesale...
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