Gandhinagar, Feb 15 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday rejected the Congress’s claims that India’s recent trade agreements with the United States and the European Union would harm farmers, saying that “the government had ensured full protection for agriculture, dairy and fisheries in every pact”. In his address at a gathering in Gandhinagar after inaugurating the country’s first Central Bank Digital Currency-based Public Distribution System, Shah accused the Congress and its leader, …
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New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate India’s first Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)-based Public Distribution System (PDS) on Sunday at the Mahatma Mandir in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar.The initiative, undertaken by the Gujarat Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, introduces subsidy transfers through the Reserve Bank of India-authorised CBDC platform.The system has been developed by the Punjab National Bank and will provide beneficiaries with digi…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The Central government has decided to withdraw the wheat stock limit order, dated May 27, 2025, due to adequate availability of wheat and easing prices ahead of the upcoming festive season, according to an official statement issued on Thursday.”Sufficient wheat is available to meet the requirements of the public distribution system (PDS), other welfare schemes, and possible market interventions. The Department of Food and Public Distribution is maintaining a close watch o…
Chennai, Jan 18 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government has successfully delivered the Pongal gift to a vast majority of eligible households this year, with official data showing that 2.15 crore rice ration cardholders — about 97 per cent of the total 2.22 crore eligible families — have already received the benefit. Around 7.6 lakh cardholders across the state are yet to collect the Pongal package, largely due to beneficiaries travelling out of their home locations during the festival period.In a sta…
Chennai, Jan 3 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin will inaugurate the distribution of Pongal gift hampers on January 8 in Chennai, official sources said. With the launch of the annual welfare programme drawing closer, indications have emerged that the State government may soon announce whether a cash component will be provided along with the traditional Pongal gift package.Pongal, the harvest festival celebrated with great enthusiasm across Tamil Nadu, is marked by a series of cultura…
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Apex business chamber CII on Thursday proposed a four-pronged fiscal strategy ahead of the Union Budget 2026-27 that includes debt stability, fiscal transparency, revenue mobilisation and expenditure efficiency.According to a CII statement, at the core of the roadmap is adherence to the government’s debt glide path targeting 50 per cent (plus or minus 1 per cent) of GDP by FY31. Maintaining Central debt at roughly 54.5 per cent of GDP and the fiscal deficit at 4.2 per …
Chennai, Dec 22 (IANS) With the harvest festival of Pongal fast approaching, the Tamil Nadu government is preparing to launch its annual gift scheme, with official sources indicating that distribution through the Public Distribution System (PDS) could begin in the first week of January. The scheme, a hallmark of the State’s festive calendar, assumes added political significance this time as it precedes the 2026 Assembly elections. Senior officials in the Food and Civil Supplies Department conf…