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Live news updates: The Centre on Saturday said it has sufficient foodgrain stocks to meet the requirements under the food security law and other welfare schemes. The government is also regularly monitoring the prices of essential commodities. "Government of India has sufficient foodgrain stocks under central pool to meet the requirement of NFSA and its other welfare schemes as well as for additional allocation of PMGKAY," an official statement said.
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Govt says it has sufficient foodgrain stocks to meet requirements of welfare schemes
The Centre on Saturday said it has sufficient food grain stocks to meet the requirements under the food security law and other welfare schemes.
The government is also regularly monitoring the prices of essential commodities.
"Government of India has sufficient foodgrain stocks under central pool to meet the requirement of NFSA and its other welfare schemes as well as for additional allocation of PMGKAY," an official statement said.
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"You (industry) can imagine, with this kind of growth, how many opportunities will be available for the Indian industry," the Defence Minister said while addressing FICCI's 95th Annual Convention & AGM here.
He further underlined that to increase the participation of domestic industry, the government has reserved a certain portion of defence capital acquisition for domestic procurement.
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The government, he said, is also working to provide market access to the domestic industry to make them Aatmanirbhar.
Topics : BJP Bharatiya Janata Party Narendra Modi Bilawal Bhutto GST GST Council Congress Indian National Congress Rahul Gandhi Jawaharlal Nehru China
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First Published: Dec 17 2022 | 7:52 AM IST
