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SC refuses to pass any direction on plea to set up community kitchens

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to pass any direction on a plea seeking formulation of a scheme on setting up of community kitchens to combat hunger and malnutrition, observing that the National Food Security Act (NFSA) and other welfare schemes are being implemented by the Centre and states. A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal said it was open to states and union territories to ensure implementation of alternative welfare schemes. "The National Food Security Act and other welfare schemes are being implemented by the Union of India and the states to ensure access to adequate quantity of food at affordable prices to people. We do not propose to issue any further direction in this regard. "We have not examined whether the concept of community kitchens is better or wiser alternative available to states to achieve the objective of NFSA. Rather, we would leave it open to states and union territories to ensure implementation of alternative welfare schemes," the benc

Delhi's state food commission not constituted as mandated: Officials

Delhi has not constituted a state food commission and not framed a grievance redressal mechanism as mandated by the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013, Raj Niwas officials said on Monday. There was no immediate reaction from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in the capital on the issue. Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has approved the draft of the Delhi Grievance Redressal Rules pending since 2013 and slammed the city government for the "delay", the officials said. "Delhi has not constituted a state food commission and not framed a grievance redressal mechanism as mandated by the NFS Act, 2013 even after 10 years. The mechanism and the commission meant to look into critical aspects of transparent and corruption-free implementation of the TPDS (Targeted Public Distribution System) under the NFSA was even ordered to be put in place by the Supreme Court and the high court way back in 2017, within the deadline in 2017 itself," a senior official said. However, despite the apex ..

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Free grain under NFSA: States to save on food bill, lose political mileage

Food subsidies are a major portion of subsidies provided by states

Centre extends free food grain scheme till Dec at a cost of Rs 45k cr

Move to cost the exchequer additional Rs 44,762 crore

Odisha ranks No 1 in NFSA 2022 ranking, becomes role model for world

Odisha's transformational food security story is going to be a role model for the world as the state, which was known for its hunger issues in the pre-2000 era, has been ranked No. 1 in India

UP, Gujarat ask Centre to restore wheat quota under two food schemes

States raise matter in central government's meeting on food security, say beneficiaries complaining

Centre extends free foodgrain programme for six months until Sept

Govt will spend another Rs 80,000 cr in the next six months, till September, 2022 on Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana

Budget 2022: Farmers in need of a new deal, says ICRIER's Ashok Gulati

'Much of the agricultural policies in the past have focused on production', said Gulati

Govt buys 291 lakh tonnes of paddy for Rs 57,032 cr so far in 2021-22

A quantity of 290.98 lakh tonnes of paddy has been procured in KMS 2021-22 till November 30

Pandemic relief: Centre extends 5 kg ration scheme under PMGKAY till March

The Centre will incur an additional expenditure of around Rs 53,344.52 crore because of the extension

Centre opposes Delhi govt's doorstep ration delivery scheme in HC

The Centre said the fair price shops are an integral part of the NFSA and the state has to fall into the architecture of the law

No proposal to hike PDS prices of foodgrains under NFSA: Goyal

The government currently has no proposal to hike the prices of foodgrains sold through ration shops under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), Goyal said

Can FCI's subsidy wipe-out serve as a base for deeper food subsidy reforms?

If clearing of FCI's outstanding dues and loans does not spur further reforms, they will once again reach current levels in the next 4-5 years, say experts

1 mn more families in Gujarat to get food grains at low cost under NFSA

At present, 3.5 crore people are getting food grains under the NFSA in the state

How can govt say Food Security Act has no link to poverty alleviation: HC

Delhi HC asked the Centre how it can say that the National Food Security Act has no link with poverty alleviation as the object behind the statute was to ensure food security for the poor

So far nearly 94% of allocated free grains distributed in Apr, May and Jun

Number likely to go up as distribution of June month quota is still on

Covid-19 crisis and India's ration story: Mounting stocks and hungry mouths

At the all-India level, applying the 67% ratio to a projected population of 1,372 million for 2020, PDS coverage today would be 922 million, instead of around 800 million

Budget 2020: Borrowings by FCI will rise 24% to Rs 1.36 trillion

This includes loans from NSSF at Rs 1.36 trillion