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Friday, May 16, 2025
TopicPublic distribution system

Topic: Public distribution system

Haryana is caught in a paradox. 3rd in per capita income, yet 75% there live below poverty line

Haryana's revised BPL criteria, expanding the scope for families to qualify as BPL, has sparked debate, with govt data showing 2.10 cr residents classified as impoverished.

NHRC discusses challenges, solutions for PDS with aim to ensure food security

A core group meeting was organised by the NHRC on the right to food with a focus on the PDS. The meeting was chaired by NHRC Member Vijaya Bharati Sayani.

India’s ailing discom sector needs a saviour: start-ups

Distribution sector reform in India is crucial for renewable energy adoption and industrial development.

Congress attacks Haryana Family ID scheme as Khattar govt says 8L found ineligible for ration-card benefits

Haryana's Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) or Family ID is a flagship e-governance scheme introduced by Khattar govt. Haryana says even UP is 'studying' the scheme to replicate it.

Food subsidies are no cure for rural distress. Why the money’s better spent on other options

Self-selecting programme like employment guarantee scheme, and investing more in public health care, school education and job-oriented training will be far more beneficial.

10% in Telangana, 5.4% in Kerala — why some states are feeling inflation heat more than others

Food prices, reopening of economy & resurgent demand are fuelling inflation, but robust public distribution system is likely helping some states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu keep prices down.

I protest against govt policies, not PM, says Modi’s brother as he plans August Delhi agitation

Prahlad Modi says he and elder brother Narendra Modi have not met in the past eight years, since the latter became prime minister.

Delhi govt ready to make whatever changes Centre wants in ration scheme, says Kejriwal

In a letter to PM Modi, the Delhi CM requested permission for implementing the scheme that he claimed was being stonewalled by the Centre days before its launch.

‘If pizza delivery allowed, why not ration’, asks Kejriwal, alleges Centre stalled Delhi scheme

While the Delhi govt accused the Centre of stalling it's scheme of doorstep delivery of ration, the Centre said that it only advised the state to do so without tampering with the NFSA.

Delhi’s poor still wait for Kejriwal’s promised free ration, 2 months into 2nd Covid wave

On 4 May, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal announced free ration for all card holders, and later extended the benefit to those without cards too. But the scheme is yet to reach both sections.

On Camera

India’s troubles on eastern front are growing. China’s domination in Myanmar goes unchallenged

After the showdown on its western front and the global ripples that followed, India’s plate is full. The last thing it needs is to leave its eastern flank vulnerable to proxy wars.

Northeast set for economic take-off with Rs 1.12 lakh cr in investment commitments from Tata, Reliance

Driving this wave of interest is the upcoming Rising North-East Investors Summit in New Delhi, organised by the Ministry for Development of the North Eastern Region.

Op Sindoor was trailer, says Rajnath, questions IMF bailout to Pakistan—’no less than terror funding’

Speaking at Bhuj Air Force Station in Gujarat, Singh praised the IAF’s role in Operation Sindoor and said India’s security doctrine had fundamentally shifted.

What is Asim Munir thinking?

Kashmir’s return to normalcy, for Pakistan Army Chief Gen Asim Munir, had to be reversed. Pahalgam wasn’t plotted in the week between the speech. It must have taken several weeks, if not months of planning.