The smugglers reportedly transport the rice to the neighboring state by bribing officials of civil supplies, revenue and police departments every month.
By Nandini Nayak India’s food subsidy programmes have the capacity to respond to increased demand. Thoughtful adjustment would reap large-scale benefits. Covid-19 lockdowns aggravated food deprivation in India. The pandemic also revealed opportunities to expand the country’s food subsidy programmes. India’s Public Distribution System (PDS) offers subsidised foodgrains to eligible households. Public pressure during Covid-19 […]
Adilabad: Sleuths of a Task Force team seized 480 quintals of Public Distribution System (PDS) being illegally diverted from Telangana to Maharashtra at Neradigonda mandal centre on Saturday night. Two drivers and two others were arrested for their alleged involvement in the crime. Task Force Inspector E Chandramouli said that the accused were Madaveni Narsaiah […]
The urgency of reforms in this crucial area of public policy was felt during the migrant crisis that hit the country in the immediate aftermath of the hasty nationwide lockdown last year
During the course of interrogations, Balaram and Dhanaraj admitted to shipping the subsidised rice from Warangal to Gondiya district of the neighboring Maharashtra
Hyderabad: The Cabinet sub-committee headed by Civil Supplies Minister Gangula Kamalakar will meet on June 14 to finalise the guidelines to be followed for giving ration cards and strengthening of public distribution system apart from discussing problems of ration dealers. In a statement, Kamalakar said the Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao instructed the department to […]
State Ration Dealers Welfare Association is considering going on a one-day strike against what they termed as the government's attitude in resolving the technical glitch in the e-PoS machines