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24 Mar 2023

Govt Extends Deadline To Link Aadhaar With Ration Card Till June 30

Centre Govt extends deadline for linking ration card with Aadhaar to June 30, 2023. Ration card is an important document for Indian citizens to get subsidised items from PDS. If you haven't linked them, you can check the process both online and offline.

03 Jan 2023

GOOD NEWS: Modi govt's big decision, over 81 cr people to get THIS for free

Under the scheme, Government of India will provide free foodgrains to all NFSA beneficiaries i.e. Antyodaya Ann Yojana (AAY) households & Priority Household (PHH) persons for the next one year through the wide spread network of 5.33 lakhs Fair Price Shops across the country.

28 Jul 2021

1.29 crore ration cards cancelled, deleted across India: Govt tells Parliament

1.29 crore ration cards were cancelled, deleted across India Govt had informed the Parliament Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra top the list

07 Jul 2021

You may not get ration from fair price shops? Check big news on PDS card rules

80 crore Indians are benefitting from the National Food Security Act (NFSA). Many financially prosperous individuals are misusing the scheme. The department has also held several rounds of meetings with officials of the state governments.

Jharkhand starvation death

23 Oct 2017

Jharkhand starvation death: Ration-Aadhaar cards weren't linked due to PSU staff's negligence, says CM Raghubar Das

Citing that the girl was suffering from Malaria, he said, "There are more children in that family if there was no food how did they survive?"

Jharkhand starvation death

19 Oct 2017

Jharkhand starvation death: UIDAI says Aadhaar not needed for ration under PDS

The Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Thursday said that nobody can be denied rations under Public Distribution System (PDS) for lack of Aadhaar card.

09 Feb 2017

Government to make "Aadhar" compulsory to get ration from PDS shops

subsidised foodgrains

09 Feb 2017

Now, Aadhaar is mandatory for receiving subsidised foodgrains from PDS shops

The government on Thursday made the Aadhaar card compulsory for all those receiving subsidised foodgrains from public distribution system (PDS) shops.

17 Dec 2015

Applying for a ration card in Delhi? Here's how you can do it

Here's how an Above Poverty Line (APL) card can be obtained in Delhi.

14 Oct 2015

Nobody should be at disadvantageous position for want of Aadhar: SC

The Supreme Court on Wednesday took note of Centre's plea that Aadhar cards be allowed to be used "voluntarily" for welfare programmes other than PDS and LPG schemes and asked whether it can assure that nobody would be at a "disadvantageous" position for want of Aadhar.

18 Apr 2015

Ration shops in Mumbai to be linked with biometric system

The Maharashtra government has decided to link all ration shops in Mumbai and suburban Thane district with a biometric system by November with a view to check irregularities in the public distribution system (PDS).

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs

04 Mar 2015

PDS kerosene, LPG subsidy scheme extended till March 2015

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) Wednesday approved extension of the PDS Kerosene and Domestic LPG Subsidy Scheme and Freight Subsidy (for far-flung areas) Scheme for a further period of one year.

10 Dec 2014

Centre warns 25 States/UTs to implement food law by April

The food law, passed by Parliament in September last year, has so far been rolled out only in 11 states and Union Territories. Remaining 25 states/UTs have not yet implemented the scheme.

01 Dec 2014

Revenue losses on LPG, kerosene shrink by 21%

Losses on sale of subsidised LPG and kerosene have dropped by 21 percent to Rs 148 crore per day as international oil rates hit a five-year low.

Incomes Tax payers

09 Oct 2014

Govt to consider if tax payers should be out of PDS

Incomes Tax payers and ranking officials in government may be out of the ambit of the Public Distribution System if a thinking in the Central government gathers momentum.

Food Corporation of India

08 Sep 2014

FCI to invite suggestions on its restructuring

The high level committee, set up to recommend ways to restructure state-run FCI, Monday decided to invite suggestions from public and stakeholders, including private sector firms, on management of foodgrains.

24 Aug 2014

Centre mulls giving freedom to states to fix PDS rate of sugar

Amid demands from various states, the Food Ministry is mulling giving flexibility to state governments to fix the PDS rate of sugar, which has been kept unchanged at Rs 13.50 per kg since 2002.

10 Jul 2014

Union Budget 2014: Govt plans to restructure FCI for improving PDS

The government on Thursday said it will give priority to restructuring of state-run Food Corporation of India (FCI) for improving the public distribution system (PDS).

13 Jun 2014

Narendra Modi to meet ministers today on price rise issues

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting with his Council of Ministers on Friday to discuss about food prices , situation of monsoon in the country, among other issues.

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