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Topic: ration scheme

ED raids Trinamool Congress leader Shahjahan Sheikh’s home again in ration distribution scam case

Earlier this month a team of ED officers were assaulted by a mob when they tried to enter the residence of the absconding TMC leader in connection to the probe in the alleged multi-crore scam.

‘Manipur absent’ from list of places to visit & ‘row over rice’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

In first cabinet meeting, UP CM Yogi Adityanath extends free ration scheme by another 3 months

The programme, which was supposed to expire in March, will benefit a total of 15 crore people, Adithyanath said.

Delhi govt to extend free ration supply until May 2022, CM Arvind Kejriwal says

Kejriwal's remarks came a day after Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said the Centre had no proposal to extend distribution of free ration through the PMGKAY beyond 30 November.

Govt to distribute free ration without ration card as long as policy permits, says Delhi HC

During the hearing, the court also remarked that distribution of free ration should be made conditional upon the recipients being vaccinated.

Ration schemes since Independence did not fully benefit poor due to inefficiency: PM Modi

PM Modi during a virtual interaction with PM-GKAY beneficiaries in Gujarat further said since 2014, the govt has made the ration system more effective for poor with new technologies.

SubscriberWrites: How Right to Food is more entitlement than a fundamental right

According to Shaunak Desai, food, education, and healthcare are entitlements that an individual needs to obtain for himself.

SC directs states, UTs to implement ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ scheme by 31 July

The court also directed the Centre to keep allocating food grains to the states, UTs for distribution among migrant workers for free till the pandemic situation exists.

Cabinet approves extension of PMGKAY free ration scheme for 5 months until November

PMGKAY was reintroduced for two months until June in order to minimise the economic hardships being faced by the poor PDS beneficiaries during the second wave of the Covid pandemic.

SC directs states, UTs to implement ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ scheme

The top court also asked Centre how migrant workers without ration cards will avail free food grain under the 'Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana' till November 2021.

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India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.