The Maharashtra government has embarked on an ambitious plan to issue computerised, barcode-based ration cards within the next eight months in a bid to overhaul the operations of the Public Distribution System. Spanco Telesystems and Solutions Ltd, a leading systems integration and business process outsourcing companies has bagged from the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection department to execute this plan.
Party sources said apart from the Railway and General Budget, the government wanted to initiate some key legislation during the session to send a political message to voters. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal has also planned to hold a meeting of the secretaries of different ministries to know each ministry's priority agenda. "We have to set the government's agenda accordingly," Bansal said.
The development came against the backdrop of the ruling party accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party of trying to poach its MLAs to topple the Kamal Nath-led government, which enjoys a wafer thin majority in the House, and imminent expansion of the state Cabinet.
A press release by the IIM says that the seminar is expected to see representation from from Punjab, U.P, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Tripura, and Assam.
The matter is now expected to be raised with the PMO.
A Central team will survey flood-affected areas of Bihar on Monday and Tuesday. The team will comprise the joint secretaries of six Union ministries -- home, agriculture, finance, health & rehabilitation, civil supplies & food and social welfare. The team will assess the damage and submit a report to the Prime Minister's Office by the end of this week.
In a startling discovery, the police have found that two gangsters owing allegiance to gangster-turned-MLA Arun Gawli were members of the Union Food and Civil Supplies Ministry's Task Force on Food Processing, prompting them to start an enquiry into the matter.
'Let us all keep calm and face this medical emergency unitedly.' 'Our top priority is to fight the pandemic and win this war.'
The Election Commission has expressed "displeasure" over 'hate speech' made by an Assam Cabinet minister and inflammatory statement made by a sitting MP while campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections.
Among the three Deputy Chief Ministers are Govind Karjol, who has also been given the charge of PWD and Social welfare; Ashwath Narayan the portfolio of Higher Education, IT & BT, Science and Technology; and Laxman Savadi with Transport department.
Speaking to reporters after a Cabinet meeting, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said the Civil Supplies Corporation and Horticulture Corporation would get Rs 65 crore (Rs 650 million) and Rs 15 crore (Rs 150 million) respectively, while the balance amount would go to the Consumer Federation and other state agencies.
A day after the Central Bureau of Investigation gave a clean chit to independent MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya in Deputy Superintendent of Police Zia-ul-Haq's murder case, the former Uttar Pradesh minister met Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav fuelling speculations about his re-induction as minister in the government.
The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday said that all consignments of relief material for tsumani victims in the state should be sent to Joint Commissioner (Relief) A Chatteree.
NCP minister is leaving for New Delhi to meet three fence-sitters; the cops stop him; he thinks the CM doesn't trust him and quits. The government in now in trouble.
However police said they were investigating the reason behind his suicide.
The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday said that all consignments of relief material for tsumani victims in the state should be sent to Joint Commissioner (Relief) A Chatteree.
The canteens would come up in and around industrial areas, hospitals, educational institutions and commercial hubs.
The Tripura government decided to ration petrol, diesel and cooking gas from Thursday as the state remained cut off from the rest of the country for the fourth consecutive day due to landslides triggered by heavy rains on the vital NH 44.
Raja Bhiayya's resignation from the ministerial job was accepted by UP Governor T V Rajeswar on Sunday.
Customers can now WhatsApp their complaints on 9869691666 or dial 022-22886666 between 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. to register their complaints.
There's a virtual blackout in the Valley with few workable mobile phones and internet connections and prohibitory orders in place.
State Food, Civil supplies and Consumer Affairs minister has rushed to New Delhi to take up the matter and explain the gravity of the situation in view of the reduction of rice quota with the Centre on Monday.
'I... will continue the indefinite strike till the ministers -- Kailash Vijayvargiya, Kailash Chawla and Gaurishankar Shejwar -- are removed," he said.
On October five a court had issued a arrest warrant against Taslimuddin on a complaint filed by a dealer of an automobile company.
Arvind Kejriwal will retain key portfolios in his cabinet, which is expected to be a small one.
Several petrol pumps in Kolkata and south Bengal went dry with the strike by oil tankers entering the third day today as industry officials sought the intervention of the state government to end the impasse.
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated that social distancing and staying indoors were the only ways to deal with the fast-spreading coronavirus, pictures and videos of people standing in circles and squares to buy essential items like groceries and milk in many states went viral.
The transfers were effected keeping in mind the demands of ministers, an official said, adding the conflict between them was resulting in inefficiency of work.
He said the officials of his department, despite facing various hardships due to the unrest in the Valley, worked day and night to provide foodgrain to the consumers.
Four persons, including son of a state minister, have been booked for allegedly eve-teasing girls in Rajasthan's Alwar district, police said on Thursday.
Kamal Nath said that the Bharatiya Janata Party was perturbed as its "corruption over its 15-year rule is going to be exposed"
The party also plans to raise a number of issues ranging from drought and floods to toning up the public distribution system in the monsoon session of Parliament.
The controversy over the quality of mineral water surfaced again in the Rajya Sabha on Friday with deputy chairperson Najma Heptullah asking the government to clarify the exact position
Mansa Ram and Parkash Chaudhary resigned in protest over the issues to tickets to BJP candidates for the upcoming assembly election.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and justices L N Rao and Dinesh Maheshwari said it was only going into the aspect of security of the two women and would not like to entertain any other prayer made in the petition.
The most experienced administrator in the country seems to have sat back and allowed bureaucrats and policemen to manage the lockdown, observes Jyoti Punwani.
Most key rabi-producing states of north India, such as Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, have staggered their procurement to enable farmers to come in batches, so that there is no overcrowding. The Centre has also set up a call centre to coordinate the inter-state movement of farm commodities.
Supporting the food security ordinance, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said his government is taking steps for its implementation but felt bringing it after discussion in Parliament would have been a better option.
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