Food supply and consumer affairs department, on the instruction of CM Hemant Soren, conducted surprise inspections at over 1,400 PDS shops across Jharkhand on Sunday...

'Technology formed the base of One Nation One Ration and JAM (Jan Dhan Yojana, Aadhaar and Mobile number) trinity helped reach benefits to the poor'...

Along with ration cards, they also availed 5kg of rice free of cost per head...

Decision, would cost state exchequer minimum of additional Rs 12 crore annually...

Exercise aimed at purging the public distribution system...

Rice is given to poor persons under NFSA at Rs 3 per kg and wheat at Rs 2 per kg...

SC's order comes as a relief — though temporary — for Mamata Banerjee government...

Mamata govt's scheme nullified by Calcutta High Court ...

'State Government has transgressed limit of delegation by obliging Fair Price Shop dealers to distribute rations to beneficiaries at their doorstep in absence of any authority' ...

Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana was started in April 2020 to help the poor whose livelihoods were shuttered by nationwide Covid lockdown...