Ahead of polls, FCI plans to deliver foodgrains in bags with PM Modi’s photo

Ahead of polls, FCI plans to deliver foodgrains in bags with PM Modi’s photo

Under the PMGKAY, free foodgrains are to be provided to about 81.35 crore beneficiaries of Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) and Priority Households (PHH). Photo: Special Arrangement In the run-up to the 2024 general election expected to be held between April and May, the Central government is ensuring that the brand of Prime Minister Narendra Modi … Read more

States look for alternative ways to buy foodgrains as Centre restricts open market sale scheme

States look for alternative ways to buy foodgrains as Centre restricts open market sale scheme

Workers scatter wheat for drying in Amritsar. File | Photo Credit: PTI Even as the Union Food Ministry maintained that its recent decision to reduce the quantity of foodgrains a bidder can purchase under the Open Market Sale Scheme (Domestic) is to curb inflation, several States ruled by Opposition parties have started taking steps to … Read more

Summer crop area marginally down YoY

Summer crop area marginally down YoY

The sowing of summer crops is marginally down at 69.20 lakh hectares this year against 70.30 lakh hectares a year ago, according to the latest data released by the agriculture ministry. The sowing area under pulses and coarse cereals is higher year-on-year, while the acreage of rice and oilseeds is lower. About 19.61 lakh ha … Read more

Centre expects record production of foodgrains in 2022-23

Centre expects record production of foodgrains in 2022-23

Workers sift wheat before filling in sacks at the market yard of the Agriculture Product Marketing Committee (APMC) on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, May 16, 2022. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare released on Tuesday the second advance estimate of the production of major crops. The Centre expects a … Read more

Provided free foodgrains to 80 crore poor people, no one went hungry during pandemic: Finance Minister Sitharaman

Provided free foodgrains to 80 crore poor people, no one went hungry during pandemic: Finance Minister Sitharaman

Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman | Photo Credit: AP The government ensured that no one went hungry during the pandemic by providing free foodgrains to 80 crore poor people, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on February 1. Also Read | Union Budget 2023-24 live updates In times of global challenges, G-20 presidency gives an opportunity … Read more

PMGKAY: Wheat allocation to be cut, rice to go up for beneficiaries

PMGKAY: Wheat allocation to be cut, rice to go up for beneficiaries

The government will increase allocation of rice and decrease that of wheat to beneficiaries under its free grains programme as part of efforts to ensure availability of wheat in the domestic market amid a forecast of reduced crop yield this year. Under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY), 800 million poor people are … Read more

Govt revises OMSS policy; restores transportation charges: Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey

Govt revises OMSS policy; restores transportation charges: Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey

The government has revised the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS) of foodgrains for bulk consumers and private traders by restoring transportation charges that were waived last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said on Saturday. Under the OMSS policy, the government allows state-run Food Corporation of India (FCI) to sell foodgrains, … Read more

Why Modi’s roll back of three farm laws may not be enough to pacify protesting farmers

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprise move to scrap three contentious farm laws may not be enough to stem a yearlong protest movement by farmers, with the two sides yet to close the gap on another crucial issue — guaranteed prices for crops. The protesters plan to march to the capital New Delhi on Monday, … Read more