National Food Security Act Archives

According to the National Multidimensional Poverty Index by NITI Aayog, India has witnessed a steep decline in poverty headcount ration during the last nine years

Government of India claims 24.82 crore people escaped multidimensional poverty in...

Team PGurus - January 15, 2024 0

India logged a steep decline in population below the poverty line in last nine years, claims Niti Aayog The Government of India on Monday claimed...

CM Sarma asked DCs to keep a close watch on activities of Sub-Registrar and Deputy-Registrar offices under their jurisdiction

Law and Order

Assam CM Sarma asks district commissioners to go all out against...

PGurus Newsdesk - December 6, 2023 1

Assam CM Sarma reviews govt scheme, Mission Basundhara 2.0 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has directed the district commissioners to go all out against...

State cabinet approved spending Rs 167 cr to provide bicycles to 3.78 lakh Class 9 students enrolled in government and provincialized schools

Elections

Assam government to give bicycles to 3.78 lakh school students

PGurus Newsdesk - July 6, 2023 0

Over 3.78 lakh class 9 students to receive bicycles in Assam The Assam government has decided to provide bicycles to 3.78 lakh students studying in...

The scheme would also ensure effective and uniform implementation of the National Food Security Act

Agriculture

Centre to roll out new integrated food security scheme from today;...

PGurus Newsdesk - January 1, 2023 0

The new scheme aims to bring uniformity and clarity to food security under NFSA at the beneficiary level The rollout of the Centre's new integrated...

The minister said that out of the four indicators taken into account for the GHI, only one -- undernourishment -- is directly related to hunger

Politics

India says Global Hunger Index does not reflect India’s true picture...

Team PGurus - December 21, 2022 5

Winter Session: WCD Minister Smriti Irani rubbishes Global Hunger Index 2021 report The Global Hunger Index (GHI), which ranked India 107th among 121 countries in...

Govt has ensured that sufficient stock of foodgrains was available in the central pool to meet the requirements of all the welfare schemes across the country

Commerce

Centre says sufficient foodgrain stocks under central pool

PGurus Newsdesk - December 15, 2022 0

As on December 12, around 182 LMT of wheat was available in the central pool The Central government has said that it has sufficient foodgrain...

About 8.09 lakh beneficiaries covered under the scheme will be benefited from this move

Politics

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik extends free rice scheme for six more...

PGurus Newsdesk - April 1, 2022 0

Under the food security scheme, Odisha extends additional rice distribution for 6 more months On the occasion of Utkal Dibasa, the Odisha government has announced...