Page 3 - Food Grains

Raw jute crisis: Govt may have to spend Rs 2,000 cr more to procure bags

Raw jute prices going haywire in the ongoing 2020-21 season may put an additional burden of Rs 2000 crore on the govt exchequer for procuring environment-friendly jute bags for food grain packaging

Govt to provide 5 kg extra food grains free to 800 mn in May and June

Scheme on the lines of PMGKAY-1 will cost the exchequer addl Rs 26,000 crore in FY22

All 20 FCI regional offices asked to implement vehicle tracking system

FCI has been asked to install a vehicle tracking system in all its 20 regional offices to track the trucks moving subsidised foodgrains

E-payment of MSP will not affect 'arthiyas' of Punjab, Haryana: Govt

In Punjab and Haryana, the Centre and state agencies procure their quota of foodgrain largely through a network of mandis and middlemen

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Centre's Garib Kalyan Scheme and the reality of a burgeoning subsidy bill

While govt would have saved Rs 18,000 cr by distributing 33 mn tonnes of grains that would otherwise have gone waste, its subsidy payout amounts to Rs 45,000 cr

1 mn more families in Gujarat to get food grains at low cost under NFSA

At present, 3.5 crore people are getting food grains under the NFSA in the state

So far nearly 94% of allocated free grains distributed in Apr, May and Jun

Number likely to go up as distribution of June month quota is still on

Garib Kalyan Yojana to clear FCI's bulging stocks, but may hurt finances

FCI already had an outstanding unpaid loan of around Rs 254,000 crore from National Small Savings Fund (NSSF) as on March 31, 2020

Chhattisgarh sets food grain production target at 9.5 mn tonnes for 2020-21

This is 3% above the output achieved in the previous crop season

India to export 90,000 tonnes of surplus wheat to Afghanistan, Lebanon

. According to the second government estimate, the country is set to harvest a record wheat production of 106.21 million tonne in the 2019-20 crop year on the back of good rains

Covid-19 impact: Punjab govt clears 20 mn metric tonnes of grain stock

In order to ensure food availability to the poor amid Covid lockdown, the Centre is giving an increased allocation of 5 kg food grains per person and one kg of pulses per household

Covid-19: Home Secy writes to states to ensure supply of essential goods

The Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla also urged for steps to be taken to prevent hoarding and black marketing

Covid-19 relief: FM announces Rs 1.7 trn plan for poor, migrant workers

Package announced includes both food security and cash transfer components

Coronavirus: Gujarat govt asks APMCs to resume grain supply operations

APMCs had earlier voluntarily discontinued auctions of grains and pulses at the markets since these were non-perishables

Food grain may be brought under GST, tax mechanism likely to be rejigged

Through this route, registered entities can pay GST on behalf of unregistered players

India to produce record food grains in FY17, says Agriculture ministry

Slightly higher than the previous estimate of 271.98 million tonnes

Record 272 mt of food grains to be produced in 2016-17

Wheat production is likely to rise by 4.7% from a year ago period