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Bihar to provide biometric cards to PDS beneficiaries

In order check irregularities, Bihar has decided to introduce biometric cards in the Public Distribution System,officials said on Monday.Minister for Food and Consumer Protection Shyam Rajak said......

Look where rice meant for the poor goes

If you have ever wondered why India's public distribution system has failed to feed millions of its poor,here is some help.On Monday, the civil supplies department of the Tamil Nadu government......

Why India deserves a better Food Security Bill

'Any meaningful food security programme should aim at gradually reducing the number of hungry dependent on government support,' says Devinder Sharma. 'This is only possible if the government had......

Chinese boy recovers from 'incurable' bird flu

A four-year-old boy, who was infected with the deadly new H7N9 bird flu, surprised the Chinese health officials by recovering from the disease, believed to be incurable as there is no medicine to......

Invest in the poor, tax the rich

Most rich and upper-middle class Indians are greatly under-taxed. Worse, the government annually writes off over Rs 5 lakh crores through exemptions. This practice must be ended if the......

The real moral failure in the food security Bill debate

A widening food entitlement under the notoriously leaky public distribution system, rather than through direct cash transfers, is self-evidently a giant step backward in rationalising the provision......

Indian economy - A victim of two experiments?

India's monstrous public distribution system ensured that the government, and not private players, became a huge hoarder of food grains, writes M R Venkatesh. The Economic Survey 2012 provides......

Intel looks to modernise PDS retailing in Gujarat

Information technology solutions provider, Intel is looking to modernise retail outlets under public distribution system (PDS) in Gujarat. The company is eyeing to replicate its Karnataka's......

Efficient food distribution can save Rs 7,000 cr: Montek

Asking the states to streamline procurement, storage and distribution of foodgrains, Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said on Thursday with 10 per cent improvement in......

Now, Bihar to monitor PDS through laptop

The state of Bihar will now monitor the public distribution system (PDS) through laptops to check corruption and to provide help to those living below poverty line (BPL), to get their monthly quota......

People speak for food public distribution

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Q. How many Industries we have, e.g. Food Industry, Health care Industry, Automobile, Textile.. etc.. what all missed pl. complete it.
Sharmila Bose: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/how-many-industries-we-have-e.g.-food-industry-health-care-i/21832239/answers/

Q. What all Industries come under "Food Industry"?
Sharmila Bose: A. n an attempt to organize the vast amount of information about industry, economists have developed various classification systems. Each system...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-all-industries-come-under-food-industry/21829212/answers/21832271

Q. Whom to complain about substandard material supplied by PDS (Public Distribution System/Ration Shop). They sell sugar with 25% water and wheat flour with sand.
Ulf Nilsson: A. The food industry is the complex network of farmers and diverse businesses that together supply much of the food consumed by the world population....... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/whom-to-complain-about-substandard-material-supplied-by-pds-/21633295/answers/21829247

Q. On National Food security Law (NAC) is working on a draft Bill. The NAC has proposed a legal entitlement to subsidised foodgrains for 75 per cent of the country's total population.According to NAC's proposal, the government should provide 35 kg of foodgrains a month to "priority households" at a subsidised rate of Rs 1 per kg for millet, Rs 2 for wheat and Rs 3 for rice.For "general category" households, the NAC has suggested supplying 20 kg of foodgrains at a price not exceeding 50 per cent of the prevailing minimum support price - What implications it would ensure ?
Ulf Nilsson: A. if it is implemented in true sence my country will not face any KALAHANDI in future. However, for its total sucess GOI will again depend on states...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/on-national-food-security-law-nac-is-working-on-a-draft-bill/21633295/answers/20076828

Q. I recently heard that for LKG the admission fee is 1,50,000 Where our education is going what is the fate of middle class?
Venkatesaldevarajan: A. This is only because Govt. of any party in this country has forgotten its prime duty towards people and that is food, shelter,protection and...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/i-recently-heard-that-for-lkg-the-admission-fee-is-150000-wh/20076794/answers/20024346

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Food Public Distribution

News for Food Public Distribution

Bihar to provide biometric cards to PDS beneficiaries

Look where rice meant for the poor goes

Why India deserves a better Food Security Bill

Chinese boy recovers from 'incurable' bird flu

Invest in the poor, tax the rich

The real moral failure in the food security Bill debate

Indian economy - A victim of two experiments?

Intel looks to modernise PDS retailing in Gujarat

Efficient food distribution can save Rs 7,000 cr: Montek

Now, Bihar to monitor PDS through laptop

People speak for food public distribution

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