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.
The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that protests and theatrics can never take place when a constitution bench is in midst of examining a constitutional question.
“There is fear in everyone and nobody wants to stick one’s neck out,” the court said as it was told that if police was not registering a case, then the complainant can approach the police.
The contention of the Central government was that the compensation, determined in 1989, was arrived at on the basis of assumptions of truth unrelated to realities.
Ram Sethu is a chain of limestone shoals between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, off the south-eastern coast of Tamil Nadu, and Mannar Island, off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka.
On October 21, the bench directed the Centre to file an affidavit on or before October 31. It had listed the matter for further hearing on November 14.
