Food Subsidy

Budget 2019: Govt to spend 6.5% more on food subsidies in FY20; hike may not be adequate to cover cost of food welfare programme

The government is set to earmark about 1.8 trillion rupees ($25.28 billion) for food subsidies next fiscal year

India is attempting the biggest universal basic income experiment in history

Elon Musk & Mark Zuckerberg are two big names that endorse the idea of a basic income.

Parliamentary panel asks government to contain rising food subsidy bill

The food subsidy is estimated to be Rs 1,38,123 crore in the 2018-19 fiscal as against the actual expenditure of Rs 1,04,901 crore in 2017-18.

Higher MSP not to impact fiscal deficit target, says union minister Arun Jaitley

Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said the government's fiscal deficit target would not be breached on account of higher MSP for 14 crops as large provisioning for food subsidy has already been made in the Budget for current fiscal

JAM trinity of Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and mobile has helped govt save over Rs 64,000 cr subsidy: Narendra Modi

JAM trinity of Jan Dhan accounts, mobile numbers and Aadhaar has helped save $10 billion toward subsidy, says Narendra Modi

Evaluating direct cash transfers Part-II: Correct the mistakes and go ahead, junking PDS reforms wholesale is no solution

Currently, the burden of transitioning to the direct cash transfer system is on the poorest. The burden of change should be on the administration

CAG report on Food Corporation reveals loaders' use of proxy labour to earn lakhs continues unabated

CAG report says FCI unnecessarily spent Rs 237.65 cr due to non-rationalisation of labour, deployment of costlier labour at depots and non-pooling of labour

Many LPG consumers back in subsidy net: Will Modi's call to give up food subsidies appeal to more Indians?

Clearly, the “Give-it-up” appeal by PM Modi is slowly losing its charm – if prices rise further, more people could opt back for the subsidized cooking gas cylinder

LPG subsidy success: Modi govt's give-it-up campaign will now ask people to forego food subsidies

The Union food ministry has asked all the state governments to work on the Give-It-Up campaign under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS)

Govt makes Aadhaar mandatory for availing foodgrains from ration shops

The government said, subsidised foodgrains will not be sold to anyone not having Aadhaar after June 30.