Tag: Nfsa

The total beneficiaries comprise those receiving benefits under the National Food Security Scheme and State Food Security Scheme.

The Odisha Food and Supplies Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain on Monday demanded allocation of 100 per cent rice to Odisha under the National Food Security Act (NFSA).

The Odisha government on Friday extended the distribution of free rice to beneficiaries covered under the State-run Food Security Scheme (SFSS) for six more months.

Residents of other states working in Odisha will be able to buy items at ration shops in the coastal state and ration cardholders of the state who are outside Odisha will be able to purchase essential commodities at public distribution shops there

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government will implement its own Food Security Act to cover nearly 34.44 lakh people who have been left out under the National Food Security Act (NFSA). The new Act will be launched on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on October 2, 2018, announced Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik through a video message on Saturday. […]

Nayagarh: Failing to arrange money for the treatment of her ailing husband, a woman from Bhapur block of Nayagarh district in Odisha mortgaged her ration card issued under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) to raise funds. The woman, identified as wife of one Chaitanya Naik of Badashara village, kept her ration card as mortgage […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday wrote to  Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s seeking his help to enhance the number of beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 in the state by 34.44 lakh, in view of the growth in population. In the letter, Patnaik has sought inclusion of additional 34.44 lakh beneficiaries under […]

Bhubaneswar: The State Food Commission has directed district collectors to delist ghost beneficiaries and include eligible ones in the list at the earliest. Though two years have passed since formulation of the National Food Security Act, 65,079 eligible families are yet to receive the ration card. Around 1,00,813 families have applied to get a ration […]

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to fulfil its promises made in the poll manifesto during 2014 general elections, the ruling party is mulling to bring a State-level food security act on basis of 2011 census data. The Food Supplies department has sent a proposal to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on formulation of a State food security […]

Bhubaneswar: The State’s Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare minister Surya Narayan Patro today said traders have been asked to sell packaged food items with new rates pasted on them as the Goods and Sales Tax (GST) has come into effect. Talking to media, the minister said, “Action will be taken against traders if they are […]

Bhubaneswar: Citing the growth in the State’s population in past six years and higher density of SC/ST populace, Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Surya Narayan Patro today urged the Centre to increase the upper ceiling of beneficiaries for Odisha under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) by 15 lakh individuals. In a letter to […]

Dhenkanal: More than 200 NFSA ration cards issued in the names of beneficiaries of Kenojhar district were found lying unattended on roadside near the mini stadium in Dhenkanal on Sunday. After locals traced the ration cards, some BJP leaders of Dhenkanal gathered the important documents lying scattered. BJP leader Ramchandra Patra said, “Some women were […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha continues to receive more than required wheat despite revision in rice quota under National Food Security Act (NFSA). Data from November 2015 till February 2017 revealed that Odisha has received 99, 961 metric tonne less than required rice from the centre under NFSA. On the other hand, the State received 70, 322 metric […]

Bhubaneswar: Members cutting across party lines in the State Assembly today expressed their grave concern over gross irregularities in the distribution of ration card. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, BJD member Padmanav Behera asked the Food Supply and Consumer Welfare department to state about the steps it has taken so far to distribute ration […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Food Supplies Minister Sanjay Dasburma met the Union Food minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday and urged to increase the Central allocation of rice meant for SC-ST hostels in the State. Citing that there are currently, 5,47,380 inmates in SC-ST hostels along with 11,775 boarders in welfare institutions for which 8,387.32 tonnes of […]