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Thursday, December 4, 2025
TopicPublic distribution system

Topic: Public distribution system

This Manipur village floats between non-existence and a hard reality, made worse by Covid

Champu Khangpok village was struck off the electoral records in the 1980s, making its residents encroachers and limiting their already meagre access to govt welfare systems.

After water ATMs, Karnataka now plans 24×7 rice ATMs for ration card holders to end queues

Rice ATMs will dispense fixed amount of grains, with the govt planning to allow access to these machines through smart card or a biometric system instead of coins.

‘Solely dependent on ration’ but Lucknow’s poor yet to get the promised free grains, pulses

Free ration of 5 kg rice or wheat & 1 kg pulses promised by Modi govt for PDS beneficiaries after lockdown still not available in Lucknow.

Modi govt’s Gareeb Kalyan: Does India have the ability to deliver amid Covid-19 lockdown?

Finance Minister has announced a three-month relief package worth Rs 1.7 lakh crore for India’s urban & rural poor to help them during the coronavirus lockdown.

PM Modi’s brother Prahlad to be at head of protest to strengthen public distribution system

Prahlad Modi, vice-president of All India Fair Price Shop Dealers’ Federation, will sit on an 11-day protest starting next week at Delhi's Jantar Mantar.

Zeroing in on five myths

When you speak nonsense, you are told to get your head examined. But there are times when you do not even need to do...

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Why Bihar migrates has a 500-year old answer — from Mughal taxpayers to peasant warriors

Migration in North India isn’t just due to lack of development today. It was shaped by the evolution of labour markets under Sher Shah, Mughals, and the East India Company.

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

From nuclear cooperation to defence, trade to oil, what is expected from Putin’s two-day India visit

New Delhi is interested in firming up bilateral agreements for increased trade, mobility, upgrade of Su-30 MKI fighters and the increased range of BrahMos supersonic missiles.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.