In a day-long operation, the Food Cell police and District Civil Supply officials unearthed over 2,000 litres of kerosene stored in four places, including private godowns here on Tuesday. Seven persons were held while two others are absconding. Collector C. Kamaraj had directed the officials to keep a close vigil on the movement of essential commodities from various godowns to ration shops. “The government is keen on ensuring that the...
More »SEARCH RESULT
Total Matching Records found : 1393
PM tells SC to lay off policy issues
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday virtually ticked off the Supreme Court, saying that it "should not get into policy formation". The trigger for this rebuke was the apex court's anger at grains rotting in FCI and government godowns, and its direction to agriculture minister Sharad Pawar to distribute grains for free to families living below the poverty line. Talking to a group of editors on Monday morning, Singh said...
More »Foodgrains order will hit farmers, impact food security: Govt to SC by Krishnadas Rajagopal
The Union Food Ministry today told the Supreme Court that its suggestion on limiting food procurement to available storage facilities, if put to action, would hit the poor farmer and “drastically impact food security of the nation”. In a 19-page affidavit, C Vishwanath, joint secretary in the Ministry, said: “If Food Corporation of India (FCI) and state government agencies that do the work of procurement were to limit procurement only to...
More »Food Corporation of India sees Food Rights Day visitors by Akshay Deshmane
The office of Food Corporation of India’s (FCI) manager in Reay Road had some unlikely visitors on Monday morning. Slum dwellers and campaigners affiliated to the Right to Food Campaign staged protests at the office against the state government’s apathy in distributing food to the poor. They also observed the Food Rights Day for the city’s poor, declared by the Movement for Peace and Justice (MPJ), Mumbai division, and Rationing Kruti...
More »PDS: State for review of court order
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State government will seek a review of the Supreme Court order restricting distribution of foodgrains under the public distribution system (PDS) to families living below the poverty line. Speaking to the media after a meeting of the Cabinet on Thursday, Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan said that besides filing a review petition before the court, Kerala would ask the Centre to take measures for retaining the statutory universal rationing system....
More »
