Food Subsidy

The two Union Territories will become the first in India to fully digitise PMGKAY food subsidy delivery through Digital Rupee tokens under the new system.

The Centre tells Parliament that states and Union Territories have identified 790.8 million beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act against the intended coverage of 813.5 million people

Tamil Nadu and Kerala have opposed the Centre's proposal to revise AAY foodgrain entitlement, saying it would reduce monthly rations for the poorest households

India's food subsidy may rise to ₹2.5 trillion in FY27 as higher MSP and robust procurement increase costs, even as the Centre tightens fiscal controls

As Odisha battles procurement protests and Kerala defends bonuses, mounting rice stocks intensify questions over subsidy-fuelled paddy expansion

The government has lifted wheat stocking restrictions imposed in May 2025 after private stocks rose sharply and prices softened, though weekly reporting and monitoring will continue

VB G RAM G gets Rs 95,692 crore in Fy-27; MGNREGA Rs 30,000 to clear pending dues and smoothen transition

Higher food subsidy in FY26 RE reflects Budget support for OMSS rice sales and ethanol blending, easing FCI's borrowing burden beyond PMGKAY costs

The Centre may raise FY27 food subsidy by around 7% to around ₹2.17 trillion as grain procurement and welfare distribution costs rise under the PMGKAY free foodgrain scheme

The campaign is being successfully conducted in Jaipur to encourage ineligible individuals receiving benefits under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) to remove their names voluntarily

The government has been offloading some foodgrains in the open market at lower rates instead of giving it away for free through the PDS, besides implementing operational efficiencies

All you need to know about government subsidies and what to expect in the upcoming Union Budget 2025, scheduled to be tabled on February 1 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Monday launched sales of tomatoes at a subsidised rate of Rs 60 per kg in Delhi-NCR as part of the government's efforts to stabilise prices and provide relief to the common man. The National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India Ltd (NCCF) vans will provide tomatoes at a subsidised rate. The tomatoes will be sold in Delhi along with Noida and Gurugram, according to an official statement. The Centre undertook the market intervention initiative to stabilise rising tomato prices in the retail market. While addressing the media during the flagging-off ceremony, Joshi said the Department of Consumer Affairs has decided to launch this initiative to check the surge of tomato prices in major cities, especially Delhi. "From today onwards subsidised tomatoes will be sold for Rs 60 per kg," he said. Vegetable vendors are selling tomatoes at Rs 70-100 per kg in the national capital, depending on the quality and locations. Joshi said th

The Budget is anticipated to be unveiled in the third week of July. The NDA 3.0 administration might strengthen specific welfare-oriented schemes, prioritising fiscal prudence

The data also shows that the government's external financing of the deficit has reached 148 per cent of the Revised Estimate till February 2024

Food and fertiliser subsidies account for about one-ninth of India's total budget spending of Rs 45 trillion during the current fiscal year that ends on March 31

The ongoing financial year's food subsidy has already surpassed the allocated Rs 1.97 trillion in Budget 2023-24

The subsidy outgo for FY24 was planned at Rs 4.03 trillion, but it could rise up to Rs 4.53 trillion

In October, the price of pulses, which accounts for a nine per cent share in the total cost of a veg thali, increased by 19 per cent year-on-year. This kept the thali cost from falling further, CRISIL

Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday launched the sale of subsidised chana dal at Rs 60 per kg under a brand name 'Bharat Dal' to provide pulses at an affordable rate to consumers. Chana dal is being sold in Delhi-NCR through the retail outlets of National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED). It will also be available at retail stores of NCCF, Kendriya Bhandar and Mother Dairy's Safal. According to an official statement, Goyal launched the "sale of subsidised chana dal under the brand name 'Bharat Dal' at the rate of Rs 60 per kg for one kg pack and Rs 55 per kg for 30 kg pack." The introduction of 'Bharat Dal is a major step taken by the Central Government towards making pulses available to consumers at affordable prices by converting chana stock of the government into chana dal, it added. The milling and packaging of the chana dal is undertaken by NAFED for distribution through its retail outlets in Delhi-NCR and also through the outle