Food Ministry

Govt creating 50,000 tonne of onion buffer to curb price rise; wholesale price jumps by over 29% to Rs 11/kg

In the national capital, retail onion prices are ruling at Rs 20-25 per kg depending on the varieties, as per the trade data.

Govt may provide subsidised sugar to 16 crore additional families; mulls supply of extra grains under PDS

The food ministry's proposal to extend the scheme of providing sugar at a subsidised rate was discussed during the first Cabinet meeting of the new government

Govt approves Rs 5,500-crore package to sugar industry; to provide transport subsidy to mills for export

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the food ministry's proposal that seeks to address the surplus domestic stock of sugar

Govt receives 150 proposals from sugar mills to build ethanol capacity, says food ministry official

In June, the government had announced a soft loan of Rs 4,440 crore to mills for creating ethanol capacity and also promised to bear an interest subvention of Rs 1,332 crore over a period of five years including moratorium period of one year

MSP hike: Centre's bonanza means little to farmers as govt lacks storage and funds needed to buy most of the produce

The government announces MSP for most crops to set a benchmark, but state agencies mainly buy limited quantities of staples such as rice and wheat at those prices

Budget 2018: Food subsidy bill may swell by 10% to around Rs 1.60 lakh cr in fiscal 2019

The focus of the food ministry in the next fiscal would be on making ration shops portable within a district initially and later within a state.

Kashmir Unrest: Food ministry to distribute advance three-month rations

In the wake of "acute food shortage" in violence-hit Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Food Ministry on Friday assured the state authorities that it will provide advance three-month rations for public distribution in the valley.

Food ministry not keen to cut subsidy after BJP rout in Delhi polls

The eight-member panel -- which was set up in August 2014 under the chairmanship of BJP MP Shanta Kumar to recommend a complete overhaul of FCI -- had submitted its report last month.

CCEA approves norms for sugar mills to get interest-free loans

The entire interest burden on a loan of about Rs 6,600 crore, estimated at Rs 2,750 crore over the next five years, will be borne by the government from the Sugar Development Fund (SDF).

Govt lowers sugar output to 23 mln tonnes in 2012-13

At the beginning of the ongoing 2012-13 marketing year (October-September), the Food Ministry had pegged sugar output at 24 million tonnes, against 26.06 million tonnes last year.