Page 5 - Foodgrains

Free Covid-19 vaccines, food to cost an additional Rs 80,000 cr: Report

The government may not have to tap the bond market for the funds to finance free inoculation.

Centre extends free foodgrain scheme for 800 million till this Diwali

After today, extension, the additional subsidy requirement under PMGKAY-3 at the current rate should swell to over Rs 90,000 crore, including Rs 26,000 crore for the first two months

The farm factor

Agri sector did quite well in a pandemic year

Explained: How Delhi's foodgrain scheme is working on the ground

Registration and distribution bottlenecks put question marks on implementation

India's foodgrain output to rise 2.66% to record 305.43 MT in 2020-21: Govt

India's foodgrain production is estimated to rise 2.66 per cent to a new record of 305.43 million tonnes in the current crop year 2020-21, on better output of rice, wheat and pulses

States lift 39% of 3.96 mn tonnes grains under PMGKAY-3 in first 10 days

But they have distributed less than three per cent so far, data provided by the food ministry showed

Universaling PDS won't work here: UN World Food Programme India Head

In a Q&A, Bishow Parajuli explains not everyone in the country needs social protection

28 states/UTs start lifting grains for free distribution under PMGKAY

This is taking place under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY).

Subsidy bill nears Rs 6 trn in FY21 on extra free foodgrain distribution

On Monday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented revised numbers of major subsidies

How India's grain policies stoked Food Corporation of India's debt binge

In the past decade, FCI's expenses have risen as the guaranteed price for common rice has climbed by 73% and for wheat by 64%

States, UT lift 18.68 mn tonnes of foodgrains under free food scheme

The scheme was extended by five months in July

After hiking fertiliser, Centre may now review food subsidy outlay

Of the Rs 1.15 trillion budgeted as food subsidy for the fiscal year, Rs 1.05 trillion was spent by October

Corporate HR exec starts Rice ATM to help the poor hit by Covid-19 pandemic

Moved by the economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Dosapati Ramu, a human resource executive in a corporate firm started a 'Rice ATM' to feed the poor and needy during the lockdown

India expected to harvest bumper kharif crop in FY21, may pull down prices

In foodgrains, rice production is estimated to be 102.36 million tonnes, which is 0.37 per cent more than 2019-20

If vendors included for foodgrain distribution, why not disabled: HC asks

The Delhi High Court said if cobblers, street vendors and domestic help can be included as categories for disbursal of subsidised foodgrains under the food security law, then why not disabled persons

Management of foodgrain surplus key challenge for India: RBI report

India has now reached a stage in which surplus foodgrain management has become a major challenge, the Reserve Bank of India said in its annual report

States distributed free grains to 251,000 migrant worlers so far: Govt

States and Union Territories have so far distributed free foodgrains to 2.51 lakh migrant workers against the target of 8 crore under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Scheme

Paswan pushes for setting up grain storage units on railways' surplus land

Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday held a meeting with his railways counterpart Piyush Goyal and pushed for fast-tracking a proposal to set up grain storage facilities

Raj govt to provide free foodgrains till Nov under food security scheme

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said the benificiaries will be given five kg of wheat per person and one kg of gram per family under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana as well as the NFSA

11 states, UTs didn't distribute foodgrains in July under PMGKAY: Paswan

As a result, free foodgrains have been able to reach only about 62 per cent of the total 810 million beneficiaries during last month through ration shops, Paswan said