Food For Poor

‘One nation, one ration card’ scheme to be launched on June 1, Centre tells Lok Sabha

Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan said the scheme will largely cover migrant labourers and daily wagers.

Scroll Staff
· Dec 03, 2019 · 05:12 pm
Centre asks states, UTs to roll out ‘one nation, one ration card’ scheme by June 30 next year

The new system will ensure that no poor people are deprived of foodgrains under the PDS system if they shift from one place to another, the food minister said.

Scroll Staff
· Jun 30, 2019 · 08:10 am
Centre asks states to deliver highly subsidised foodgrain to PDS beneficiaries’ homes

This directive comes three months after Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal rejected the Aam Aadmi Party government’s scheme of doorstep delivery of rations.

Scroll Staff
· Jun 29, 2018 · 10:23 pm

Aadhaar disruption: In Jharkhand’s poorest regions, hundreds of people are being denied foodgrain

At a public hearing in Latehar, poor farmers and vulnerable Adivasis tell stories of despair, hunger.

Anumeha Yadav
· Dec 09, 2017 · 07:30 am