TNI Bureau: The political campaigning in Bihar has intensified further with political leaders resorting to personal attacks. Nitish Kumar, who used to maintain his cool, often loses temper. In a fresh development, a video clip showing LJP…
TNI Bureau: Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, who recently underwent heart surgery at a Delhi hospital breathed his last on Thursday. He was 74.
The eight-time Lok Sabha member and current Rajya Sabha MP, Paswan was the sitting Cabinet…
* 102 new COVID-19 cases in Odisha; 1 death in Cuttack. Odisha tally mounts to 978.
* A 75 year old patient of Cuttack suffering from severe comorbidities and chronic pulmonary disease was admitted to AIIMS Bhubaneswar Emergency and…
Union Minister for Consumer Affairs Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday accused the Odisha government of misleading people on subsidised rice given to the poor under the National Food Security Act (NFSA).
The state government’s claim of providing…
The Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution, Government of India is celebrating the National Consumer Day 2015 with the theme “Safe & Healthy Food: Combating Food Adulteration.” on 22nd…
Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) for foodgrains is being implemented on pilot basis in UTs of Chandigarh and Puducherry w.e.f. September 2015 under the ‘Cash Transfer of Food Subsidy Rules, 2015’, which was notified on 21-08-2015, under the…
The Government has approved creation of a buffer stock through procurement of about 50,000 ton pulses from the Kharif crop 2015-16 and one lakh ton out of arrivals of rabi crop of 2015-16.
The procurement will be done through Food…
The Central Government has given several incentives to sugar industry to help it resolve liquidity problems and expeditiously clear cane price due of farmers during 2014-15. Here are the major measures taken by the ministry to address the…