Union Food Ministry

All states allowed to begin paddy procurement: Food Ministry

September 28, 2020

All states allowed to begin paddy procurement: Food Ministry

The process in Kerala began on September 21 and in Punjab and Haryana from September 26.

August 20, 2020
Efforts on to roll out 'One Nation, One Ration Card' pan-India by March: Food Ministry

Under the NFSA, the Centre provides 5 kg of foodgrains per person per month to about 80 crore beneficiaries at a highly subsidised price of Rs 2-3 per kg.
August 22, 2018
Free rice for the flood-affected? Kerala yet to get any word from Centre

The union food department had allotted 89,540 tons of rice to Kerala to feed its population which has survived the worst flood in a century.