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MP farmers face problems of plenty and shortage

Farmers are an unhappy lot as the shortage of jute bags to stock the foodgrain has nullified their a...

Ramesh disapproves of MNREGA payment through foodgrains

A proposal for giving foodgrains as part payment of wages under the rural job scheme is being consid...

‘Mismatch between procurement, storage of grains’

Amid vociferous protests by the Opposition on the plight of farmers due to lack of storage for recor...

Ruling NDA members create din in Bihar House

As the din continued in the house, Speaker Uday Narayan Choudhury adjourned the issue for reply next...

`Food Bill must have strong safeguards`

Former NAC member Jean Dreze has written to the Prime Minister suggesting that the proposed Food Bil...

HC says no to Anna`s PIL on liquor production from foodgrains

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has refused to hear a PIL filed by anti-corruption crusad...

HC says no to Anna`s PIL on liquor production from foodgrains

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court here has refused to hear a PIL filed by anti-corruption ...

UP govt moves SC against HC order on foodgrains

Uttar Pradesh govt has moved the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the Allahabad HC order directing a ...

CBI raids in multi-crore foodgrains scam in UP

CBI conducted raids at several places here, including the house and office of a local BSP leader, in...

PM panel suggests Smart card for subsidised foodgrains

Under the smart card-based PDS, all existing ration cards would be replaced with bio-metric fe...

NAC finalizes basic frame for food security bill

The food security bill aims to make differential legal entitlement of foodgrains to 75 per cent hou...

Centre`s affidavit in SC makes no mention of free foodgrains

The Centre on Thursday appeared unwilling to commit to free distribution of foodgrains to the poor...

Warehouses full with foodgrains: Pawar

Stock of foodgrains in government godowns was "practically double" the buffer norms, Food Minister...

High growth not ensuring enough food for urban poor: Reddy

The country`s high economic growth is not ensuring availability of enough foodgrains for the urban p...

Govt to raise storage capacity to curb rotting

The government has decided to increase the storage capacity by 17 million tonnes over the next five ...

UP, Gujarat top in utilising mid-day meal foodgrains

Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, Orissa and Himachal Pradesh are among the front-ranking states ...

SC directive on foodgrains is an order: Karat

The Centre has to comply with the Supreme Court`s directive on providing free foodgrains to the po...

Do not get into policy formulation: PM to Supreme Court

PM Manmohan Singh said how can foodgrains be distributed free to an estimated 37 percent of the popu...

Uproar in LS over rotting foodgrains, House adjourns twice

The issue of rotting foodgrains and the Supreme Court order directing the government to distribute...

Rpt on rotting of foodgrains `exaggerated`: Pawar

Government on Friday termed as "quite exaggerated" reports on rotting of foodgrains and said a maste...

New warehouses being set up for storing foodgrains: Pawar

A day after the Supreme Court asked the government to deal with the problem of foodgrains rotting in...

Rotting of foodgrains `shameful`, says Pawar

Admitting that rotting of foodgrains was "shameful", government on Tuesday said aggressive measure...

Over four tons of foodgrains rotted in FCI godowns’

Over four tons of wheat and rice have rotted in the godowns of Food Corporation of India in Bihar`s ...

Crime to waste foodgrains says SC

SC has said it was a crime to waste even a single grain in the country where "people are starving".

‘More people to get foodgrains via PDS from Oct 2’

The government will provide from October 2 subsidised wheat and rice to additional 1.5 crore poor ...

Cheap foodgrains to all not feasible: Govt

Government Monday rejected the Opposition demand for universalisation of the PDS, stating cheap food...

Paswan slams Nitish Govt on foodgrains, PMGSY

Accusing Nitish Govt of `failing` to ensure offtake of foodgrains for BPL families and utilising fu...

Montek for 35kg foodgrains every month to poor

Planning Commission chief Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Tuesday said that the poor should get 35 kg of ...

Court stays grant disbursal to units making wine from foodgrains

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday stayed the disbursal of subsidy/grant to industrial units making ...

Govt sees low rice, cane output, imports loom

India`s summer-sown crop output is set to shrink by more than initial forecasts after its worst mons...

World foodgrains production likely to dip by 2.5 pc in 2009-10

The world foodgrains production is expected to be lower by 2.5 per cent to 1,748 million tonnes in ...

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