Last Updated: Wednesday, December 10, 2014, 18:59
The food law, passed by Parliament in September last year, has so far been rolled out only in 11 states and Union Territories. Remaining 25 states/UTs have not yet implemented the scheme.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 22, 2013, 21:27
The government will provide extra 3.1 million tonne foodgrain to states under the food security programme at Above Poverty Line (APL) rate that will cost the exchequer nearly Rs 5,100 crore annually.
Last Updated: Thursday, May 16, 2013, 22:05
The government on Thursday decided to allocate additional 6 million tonne of subsidised foodgrain this fiscal to 10.5 crore families above poverty line (APL) via PDS, entailing a subsidy of about 9,500 crore.
Last Updated: Thursday, October 4, 2012, 18:29
The Uttarakhand government on Thursday said above poverty line families would also get 10 kg rice every month at subsidised rates.
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Last Updated: Sunday, February 19, 2012, 22:55
A total of 30,000 government employees have changed their Below Poverty Line (BPL) cards to Above Poverty Line (APL) cards in the state.
Last Updated: Friday, July 15, 2011, 15:33
Rice quota under APL category would be enhanced for Arunachal Pradesh at the earliest, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution K V Thomas has said.
Last Updated: Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 16:37
The government is likely to give a legal right to food to both priority and general categories of the population under the proposed National Food Security Act, as suggested by the Sonia Gandhi-led NAC.
Last Updated: Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 19:30
Orissa assembly was adjourned briefly for 30 minutes after pandemonium over non-issue of ration cards to families identified as above poverty line (APL) in the Kalahandi -Bolangir-Koraput (KBK) region.
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 22:14
The government today said it will provide an additional 30 lakh tonnes of wheat and rice through ration shops to families above poverty line and export three lakh tonnes of foodgrain to Nepal and Bangladesh.
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 16:54
The government on Wednesday said that it has not yet made up its mind on the Supreme Court`s suggestion to discontinue providing subsidised foodgrains to families above poverty line.
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