Nearly 28% of cereals distributed to the 813 million beneficiaries of the National Food Security Act 2013 do not reach households they are meant to, according to a paper by Ashok Gulati, an economist with the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, or ICRIER, New Delhi.
The findings were based on national consumption data, underscoring the need to plug gaps in a supply chain spread across the country.
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1 Gets Death Penalty, 6 Life Term in '18 Hate Crime Case
A Telangana court on Monday sentenced a man to death and awarded life imprisonment to six others convicted for killing a 23-year-old Dalit man, allegedly at the behest of his father-in-law in a sensational case of hate crime in the Nalgonda district of Telangana, people aware of the matter said.
I am an offline person, not too interested in social media
While Sukhwinder Singh has a couple of Bollywood projects coming up, including songs in Baaghi 4 and a movie by filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj, the singer is enjoying his indie music journey too.
Pradhan, Stalin slug it out amid language row
Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday told Parliament that the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Tamil Nadu refused to implement the National Education Policy (NEP) for \"politics\", prompting a strong reaction from the party's president and chief minister MK Stalin, who accused the former of \"arrogance\" and asked him to \"control his tongue\".
'Shouldn't have taken place in any month': CM on Gulmarg event
Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said a probe was ordered into a controversial fashion show held in the Gulmarg area of Baramulla district on March 7, adding that his government would have never given permission for such an event in \"any month\".
PCB to Register Protest With ICC for Ignoring It at the CT Closing Ceremony Event
PCB is set to register its protest with ICC for ignoring its CEO and Champions Trophy tournament director Sumair Ahmed Syed during the event's closing ceremony in Dubai.
AI: CLOTHING, BAGS, RAGS CLOGGED LOOS ON CHICAGO FLIGHT THAT MADE U-TURN
Air India on Monday confirmed that flight AI126 from Chicago to Delhi on March 5 was forced to return to its departure point because multiple lavatories on the Boeing 777 jet became unusable and said that the problem was caused because people flushed down \"polythene bags, rags, and clothes\".
DELHI GOVT TO PRESENT BUDGET ON MARCH 25
The Delhi Police is grappling with a severe staffing shortage, with over 8,500 vacancies in its sanctioned strength of 94,257 personnel, according to the latest report from the parliamentary standing committee on home affairs.
'Polythene bags, clothes clogged toilets'
Air India cited its internal probe based on objects found by crews who discovered the objects in the aircraft's plumbing system
SC, Golden Forests and the perils of mega financial disputes
On April 8, the Supreme Court will hear the Golden Forests (India) Limited (GFIL) fraud case, armed with an amicus curiae report that may finally deliver justice to around 1.47 million investors defrauded by the company.
ED raids Baghel son's premises in liquor case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday raided several premises in Chhattisgarh, including that of Chaitanya Baghel, son of former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel, in its money laundering probe related to irregularities in the state's liquor industry, people familiar with the development said.
