Raipur, July 18 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh Assembly witnessed one of its most dramatic and marathon sessions as the Congress moved a no-confidence motion against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government led by Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai. The debate, which began at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, July 17, 2026, stretched into the early hours of the next day, finally concluding at 2:45 a.m. on Saturday, July 18, 2026. After more than 14 hours of heated exchanges, the motion was defeated by voice v…
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New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The Union government has unveiled the draft National Food Security (Amendment) Bill, 2026, inviting public comments as part of its consultation process to address long-standing inequities in foodgrain entitlements under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013, particularly for households covered under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY).Under the NFSA, while AAY households constitute the poorest of the poor and are legally entitled to receive 35 kg of foodgrains per fami…
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the continuation of the “Scheme for Assistance in Ration Transport and Handling-Income with Automation in PDS” (SARTHAK PDS) as an umbrella scheme for the next five years with an outlay of Rs 25,530 crore as the Centre’s share.The CCEA has also decided to revise the norms of Central assistance for meeting expenditure incurred by states and UTs on intra-state m…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Delhi BJP legislator Harish Khurana on Tuesday urged Chief Minister Rekha Gupta to release a white paper on ration distribution over the past 10 years, claiming the exercise was required to expose the irregularities under the previous Arvind Kejriwal government.Khurana also mounted a strong attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over faulting the ongoing ration card verification drive, accusing the Opposition party of running a decade-long racket that deprived genuine benefi…