Tag: Food Subsidy
Cabinet approves continuation of supply of free fortified rice up to December 2028
The central government has decided to continue supplying free fortified rice under...
Fifth consecutive time: India invokes peace clause for rice in WTO
India has once again invoked the Peace Clause of the World Trade Organization (WTO)...
Union Budget 2023-24: Will certain subsidies remain or go?
The government may cut fertilizer subsidies to lower the budget deficit after having...
Food subsidy critical for achieving SDGs
The decision to merge PMGKAY, which started 28 months back owing to Covid-19, with...
Centre rolls out free grain distribution to 81.35 cr NFSA beneficiaries
The government rolled out from New Year free food grain distribution to 81.35 crore...
Whirlwind of free foodgrains deprives the poor of subsidized foodgrains; each family to suffer burden of about Rs 650 per month
The free foodgrains provided under the PMGKAY will now be available under NFSA....
Rs 80,000 cr and 244 LMT foodgrains for PM-GKAY during Apr-Sep 2022
This allocation of 244 LMT of foodgrains for PM-GKAY Phase VI is over and above...
Food and fertilizer subsidies may cross Rs 5 lakh crore this year; cut in Budget likely
When Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Budget in Parliament on Feb...
Reforms mean controlling input costs; food subsidy goes to run ration shops, not pocketed by farmers
There is a strong disappointment amongst those who feel that the repeal of the three...
