Ration Shops

Withdrawal of cash pilot scheme in Jharkhand: More pilots needed with focus on convenience of beneficiaries

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.

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.

Government aims to computerise the PDS sector by March 2017, says Ram Vilas Paswan

Government aims to computerise the PDS sector to help check pilferages and plug leakages by installing electronic Point of Sale (ePoS) devices at all fair price shops across the country by March 2017.