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The public distribution system (PDS) has been one of the main policy instruments of the Government of India (GoI) to … that at an all-India level, 46.7 per cent or 25.9 MMTs of the off-taken grain did not reach the intended PDS beneficiaries … in 2011-12. The percent share of total leakage increased with states where greater percent of India's poor resided (five …
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The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 combines and expands the scope of some existing food-based welfare schemes. It will be distributing raw rations, meal(s) and/or cash. Approximately 81.35 crore persons or 16.57 crore households are to benefit under the targeted public distribution...
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and Korea, or now emerging economies like China and India. The type of support, of course, varies widely across countries …. The Government of India (GoI) has supported agriculture through budgetary provisions as well as through revenues foregone … and a sizeable portion of budgetary support goes towards fertiliser subsidy. Fertiliser subsidy in India has succeeded in …
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, when India celebrates 75 years of her independence. This is a grand vision for ushering in a sort of revolution in clean … energy in India in the next six years. In a country that generates more than 60 percent of its power by burning coal, and … country has just touched 8000 MW by July end, 2016, and no country in the world has such an ambitious target as India has set …
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Farmers in India are exposed to large agriculture risks due to vagaries of nature. One of the most effective mechanisms … Solution (CBS) and crop insurance is need of the hour giving information on real time basis. India's prowess in Information …
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