The Department of Food and Public Distribution has computerised the entire distribution process covering all 20.4 crore household ration cards, covering 80.6 crore beneficiaries, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution said on Wednesday.
Rajoana was awarded the death sentence for his involvement in the assassination of the then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh on August 31, 1995 at Chandigarh.
Centre hopes to surpass the direct tax target of Rs 22 lakh crore in the current fiscal year 2024-25, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman Ravi Agarwal said on Monday.
A delegation led by Maxim Titov, Deputy Minister of Russian Ministry of Agriculture met Nidhi Khare, Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs on Monday and discussed measures to enhance cooperation in the field of trade in pulses.
By integrating various service delivery portals, PRIs can simplify access, increase efficiency, and foster a modern, responsive rural governance framework, said Mr Vivek Bharadwaj, Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
"But at the same time institutionalised care is somewhat which is needed and required and as time goes by it would be needed in a much greater way," the Secretary said at 4th ASLI Ageing fest.
Speaking to the media he wondered, “Is he (Rao) extending an olive branch to the Congress or the BJP? Let him clarify. We ran two successful coalition governments in Delhi from 2004-2009 and then again in 2009-14.”
The special additional excise duty (SAED) on diesel was also halved to rupee one from Rs 2 per litre, according to government notification.
Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan reiterated that the Kerala government's claim that the Centre was responsible for the state's financial crisis is a blatant 'lie'.
Addressing the CPI(M)’s Palestine solidarity rally in Kozhikode, he said what is happening in Palestine is not a war between two factions, but an attempt to wipe out an entire people
