Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 17:36
The eldest woman in households in Punjab will now be considered the head of family in the new ration cards, a spokesman for the food and supplies department said.
Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 20:18
Cracking the whip on bogus ration card holders, the Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra government to stop supply of food grains and other commodities to them.
Last Updated: Thursday, July 25, 2013, 19:30
Karnataka Minister of State for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Dinesh Gundurao informed the Assembly today steps would be taken to issue ration cards to new applicants in three months.
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 21:31
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to hold a meeting on Tuesday to discuss supply of about 15 million tonnes of extra foodgrains to ration card holders that will help the government to create more storage space for new crops before monsoon.
Last Updated: Sunday, April 1, 2012, 19:57
Karnataka`s Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department has wasted Rs 54.53 crore.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 12, 2012, 09:15
A fake ration card issued in the name of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, enlisting names of her two children as Rahul and Priyanka, was found in Maharashtra`s Thane district.
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 13, 2011, 15:22
Madhya Pradesh government has announced to launch a campaign against the ineligible ration card holders, so that their ration cards are withdrawn and issued only to the eligible ones.
Last Updated: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 14:24
Over one lakh ration card holders are not getting their due supplies because of faulty database entries in the computers of Delhi Government which the Central Information Commission described as "scandalous".
Last Updated: Monday, August 23, 2010, 17:37
Government has said from September ration card will not be accepted as an identity proof for getting a new mobile phone connection in Maharashtra.
Last Updated: Saturday, August 21, 2010, 21:11
Maharashtra Government on Saturday said it will conduct a combined data collection survey for unique national identity and biometric ration cards to save time and duplication.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 21:55
In a bid to strengthen the public distribution system (PDS), the Orissa government today introduced multi model bio-metric ration card in Rayagada district.
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 19:03
Pulling up the Delhi Govt for not issuing ration cards to slum dwellers who missed the last date for applying for a new one, the CIC has asked it to look into this policy and take corrective action.
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