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To curb leakage and corruption in grain distribution at the ground level, the government implemented Aadhaar linkage to ration cards along with fingerprint and OTP-based authentication during distribution which ensures that only eligible beneficiaries receive the grains, while all duplicate or fraudulent ration cards are deactivated from the ...
Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana, previously Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana (RGJAY), is a Universal health care scheme run by the Government of Maharashtra for the poor people of the state of Maharashtra who holds one of the 4 cards issued by the government; Antyodaya card, Annapurna card, yellow ration card or orange ration card.
The Ministry of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection is a ministry of the Government of Maharashtra. The ministry is responsible for consumer protection and regulating food and civil supply issues in Maharashtra. [2] The Ministry is headed by a cabinet level minister.
With the help of e-Ration service, applicants can obtain ration cards and check their costs and food grain availability online. This will help end the corrupt practice of holding back rations and ensure cards reach the needy. Aadhaar card holders can apply for e-ration cards.
The Indian minister of agriculture Sharad Pawar meets representatives of the All India Fair Price Shop Dealer's Federation in 2004.. The Public Distribution System (PDS) is a food security system that was established by the Government of India under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution to distribute food and non-food items to India's poor at subsidised rates.
The Ministry of Food and Drug Administration is a ministry of the Government of Maharashtra. The ministry is responsible for consumer protection and regulating food and drug related issues in Maharashtra [1] [3] [4] The Ministry is headed by a cabinet level minister. Narhari Zirwal is current Minister of Food and Drugs Administration. [5]
Under the scheme, 1 crore of the poorest among the poor (BPL, below poverty line) families covered under the targeted public distribution system are identified. Issue of ration cards following the recognition of Antyodaya families; unique quota cards to be recognised and "Antyodaya Ration Card" must be given to the Antyodaya families.
The intent of the National Food Security Bill is spelled out in the Lok Sabha committee report, The National Food Security Bill, 2011, Twenty Seventh Report, which states, "Food security means availability of sufficient foodgrains to meet the domestic demand as well as access, at the individual level, to adequate quantities of food at affordable prices."