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food grain news

Everything you need to know about millets

Millets have, for long, been recognized as a superfood for their many health benefits.
Published on Jan 23, 2024 11:27 pm IST

BJP mocks Rahul Gandhi's tweet on rates of food grains: ‘Tur & Arhar are same'

Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla.
Published on Jun 28, 2023 11:20 pm IST

Recycling our poop to grow food more sustainably

Researchers say we shouldn't just dump our business in the toilets and forget it. They suggest using it to grow food.
Published on May 13, 2023 03:34 pm IST

Women prisoners in Thane and Kalyan jail battle depression as they cannot meet kin

Adharwadi jail in Kalyan.
Updated on Dec 06, 2020 09:42 am IST

Centre makes packaging of food grains, sugar in jute bags mandatory

Union minister Prakash Javadekar addressing a press conference at National Media Centre in New Delhi on Thursday.
Updated on Oct 30, 2020 01:26 am IST

Madhya Pradesh to celebrate ‘Anna utsav’ on eve of PM Modi’s birthday

Earlier, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had informed PM Modi that he intended to hold the programme on the eve of his birthday.
Updated on Sept 14, 2020 04:25 pm IST

Smart ration cards distributed in Mohali

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Published on Sept 12, 2020 11:30 pm IST

Centre’s rural spending doubles amid Covid-19 pandemic

Workers at a construction site in Seoni, MP, on May 19.
Updated on Jul 10, 2020 05:54 am IST

Modi government doubles down on farm liberalisation

The economy grew 3.1% in the March quarter, an 11-year-low, pulling down full-year economic growth to 4.2% in the year ended March 31, compared with 6.1% in the previous fiscal.
Updated on Jun 04, 2020 06:33 am IST

Atmanirbhar Bharat package for food grains to migrants gets cabinet nod

The cabinet also approved additional funding of up to 3 lakh crore at a concessional rate of 9.25 per cent through the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) for the MSME sector hit hard by the coronavirus crisis. (HT photo)
Updated on May 20, 2020 05:19 pm IST

One nation, one ration card: It will give a cushion to migrant workers

Migrant workers at Mulund, Mumbai, April 28, 2020
Published on Apr 29, 2020 06:00 pm IST

Consider enacting 1 nation, 1 ration card: SC to Centre

Migrant workers carrying their luggage walk towards their villages in Guwahati on Tuesday.
Updated on Apr 29, 2020 01:12 am IST

Social distancing is a luxurious myth in Pune slums

A spot check by HT on Monday to congested slum areas like Tadiwala road, Patil Estate, Lakshminagar and Lumbininagar revealed that social distancing is not a realistic expectation here.
Updated on Apr 29, 2020 04:45 pm IST

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel looks to distribute food grains as part of MNREGA wages

**EDS: (TO GO WITH STORY DCM25)** Nagpur: Undated photo of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. Baghel has invited investors to seize business opportunities in the state and said his government is aiming to turn it into an investment hub. (PTI Photo)(PTI12_22_2019_000154B)
Updated on Apr 23, 2020 07:26 pm IST

UP chief minister transfers 1,000 each to over 4 lakh daily wagers

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath made a token transfer of 1000 through direct benefit transfer (DBT) to bank account of each of the worker.
Updated on Apr 11, 2020 10:20 am IST

Day after ‘threat’ from Cong MLA, arhtiya body chief removed

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Updated on Dec 08, 2019 12:35 am IST

MGNREGA can revive Rural India | Opinion

An improved MGNREGA can serve as the vehicle for delivering a rural stimulus
Updated on Oct 15, 2019 08:17 pm IST

Ludhiana teachers pool money to feed govt school kids under midday meal scheme

The midday meal scheme was launched in government schools to increase enrolment and retention, among kids from poor families.
Updated on Oct 11, 2019 10:45 pm IST

Villagers lay siege to West Singhbhum DC office, allege denial of PDS ration

Villagers of Ulirajabasa, Bada Bankua, Onkolkuti in Kuntpani Block and Sonua’s Podahat also alleged they were yet to get ration for a few months during past years. Image used for representational purpose only.
Updated on Aug 28, 2019 08:23 am IST

Why rural India can’t afford to buy biscuits

A sharp drop in Parle’s biscuit sales means the company may have to slash production, which may result in layoffs of 8,000-10,000 people, Mayank Shah, category head at Parle, said. (Pradeep Gaur/ Mint File Photo )
Updated on Aug 23, 2019 03:01 pm IST

Kalyan taluka doles out Rs15k, foodgrains for flood-affected

The flooded flower market in Kalyan, India, on Monday. August 5 .2019
Updated on Aug 15, 2019 03:20 pm IST

8% grain stock unused after linking ration card with Aadhaar in Maharashtra

Since the state has fewer beneficiaries, the stock released by the Centre is not fully utilised.
Updated on Jul 24, 2019 04:34 am IST

Concerns over storage space in Punjab after good wheat harvest

Women harvesting wheat crop at a village near in Amritsar
Updated on Apr 22, 2019 11:47 pm IST

Viability, not production growth, is the biggest crisis facing farmers

A farmer who wants to practice subsistence farming is less vulnerable to loss from sudden crash in prices than the one who actually wants to exploit the commercial route to success
Updated on Dec 06, 2018 05:27 pm IST

Don’t blame farmers for being unreasonable

Sugar mills, which are supposed to pay farmers, blame the non-payment on unsold sugar stocks and fall in sugar prices
Published on Sept 14, 2018 01:24 pm IST

Activists slam move to transfer money instead of grains to poor

Activists and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have criticised the state’s decision to replace distribution of food grains to the underprivileged through public distribution system (PDS) with direct benefit transfer (DBT) of subsidy (in cash) into their accounts.
Updated on Aug 28, 2018 07:06 am IST

MU, colleges join hands to help flood-ravaged Kerala

Students of Jai Hind pack essentials for distribution at a relief campo in Kerala
Published on Aug 27, 2018 12:02 am IST

Fake Aadhaar cards used multiple times to withdraw ration

Officials said that they came across 69 Aadhaar cards which were allegedly used to withdraw ration via 16,598 ration cards in Ghaziabad.
Published on Aug 26, 2018 04:42 am IST

Identify, sack tainted cops, lekhpals: Yogi

Yogi issued the instructions in a meeting at Circuit House where he reviewed development projects, law and order in the region.
Published on May 21, 2018 01:14 pm IST

No farmer will be left to suffer: Punjab minister

Punjab food and civil supplies minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu .
Updated on May 03, 2018 09:53 pm IST