Tag: Food Commission

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Nagada needs more development: Odisha Food Commission

Jajpur: In his first visit to the non-descript Nagada village in the district which hogged headlines last year for the malnutrition deaths of 19 tribal children, Odisha Food Commission Chairman Ranglal Jamuda on Friday said that a lot of developmental works must be initiated by the State government for the economic upliftment of the locals. […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
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Rangalal Jamuda appointed State Food Commission chairperson

Bhubaneswar: The state government on Monday constituted a three-member State Food Commission with Rangalal Jamuda, a retired Odisha cadre IAS officer of 1981 batch and former Union secretary, Food Processing Industries, as its chairman. The two other members of the Commission are former CBI Special Judge Manoj Kumar Panda and former MLA Sipra Mallick, a […]

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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Search Committee meeting for Food Commission held

Bhubaneswar: The first meeting of the Search Committee for the setting up of Food Commission in the state was held at Secretariat here on Thursday. The meeting, which was held under the chairmanship of chief secretary Aditya Padhi, revealed that as many as 27 persons have applied for post of chairman of the commission. According […]

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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Ad for Food Commission recruitment raises questions

Bhubaneswar: A notification inviting application for the yet-to-be-constituted Food Commission in the state has raised a question whether it violates the guidelines issued under the National Food Security Act (NFSA). While the guidelines require appointment of one chairman and 5 members including a member-secretary, the notification published by the State government has invited applications for […]

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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Food Commission gets cabinet nod

Bhubaneswar: The state cabinet on Monday approved the proposal for formation of Food Commission in Odisha. Briefing newsmen after the meeting, chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi said the cabinet approved the Odisha Food Commission Rules for formation of Food Commission in the state. “Under the provisions of the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013, each […]

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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Food Commission likely to get cabinet nod today

Bhubaneswar: The State Cabinet in its meeting on Monday is likely to approve a proposal of the Food Supply and Consumer Welfare department on the constitution of Food Commission in the state, official sources said here on Sunday. The meeting, to be presided over by chief minister Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat here, is […]

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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1 1/2 months after notification, Food Commission yet to take shape

More than one and half months after the State government published the notification on the formation of the Food Commission, no decision has yet been taken on the chairman and members of the body

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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Ensure proper implementation of commission: Opp tells govt

Ahead of Odisha Cabinet’s meeting tomorrow, which is likely to approve proposals on formation of the Food Commission and Law Commission, Opposition on Thursday raised doubts over the effectiveness of the two proposed bodies

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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Notification on Food Commission in a week: Minister

The notification for setting up of the Food Commission in the State will be issued within a week following which the process for the recruitment of chairperson and members will start, Food minister Sanjay Dasburma said here on Saturday

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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Formation of Food Commission underway: Secy

Bhubaneswar: A day after the Opposition BJP and Congress threatened to drag the State government to court over irregularities in the implementation of NFSA in Odisha, the State government on Monday said it will complete the process of formation of Food Commission in Odisha soon. “We are in the process of framing rules for the […]

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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Food Commission reveals 2 lakh ghost PDS beneficiaries in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: At a time while the State government is launching schemes after schemes for the welfare of people, reports of ghost beneficiaries under the Public Distribution System (PDS) has triggered doubts over effective implementation of such welfare schemes. In a letter to all the district collectors, State Food Commissioner Ranglal Jamuda has cited his concerns […]

  • Friday, 18 June 2021
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