The government which introduced amendments to the landmark Food Security Bill in the Lok Sabha Thursday could not get it passed as opposition stalled proceedings in the House over killing of......
The government on Friday said no state in the country has recorded any incidents of deaths due to starvation during the last three years. "No incident of starvation death has been reported by any......
The state of Bihar will now monitor the public distribution system (PDS) through laptops to check corruption and to provide help to those living below poverty line (BPL), to get their monthly quota......
The Supreme Courton Tuesdaypulled up the Centre for limiting the number of below poverty line (PDS) people in a state to 36 per cent of its population as per the Planning Commission's......
The government is considering re-introducing the scheme to provide inexpensive cooking oil to the population below the poverty line through ration shops in the 2009-10 Budget, which will be......
The Centre has begun consulting states on implementing its Rs 3 per kg rice/wheat scheme for the poor, but discussions got stuck on what would be the basis for defining the beneficiaries. The......