Tag: Nfsa

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

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has ordered Collectors of six districts in the State to identify as many as 83,948 ineligible beneficiaries under National Food Security Act (NFSA) and accommodate eligible applicants. In a letter, the Food and Civil Supplies department has asked ‘in case of necessity to enroll genuine beneficiaries under NFSA, it should be […]

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

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister for Consumer Affairs Ramvilas Paswan on Friday held the State government responsible for not initiating any action against the ineligible beneficiaries, who have fraudulently obtained ration cards under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) in Odisha. Accusing the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD governmentof being soft towards such people allegedly belonging to the ruling […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday requested Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ramvilas Paswan to increase the State’s rice quota under National Food Security Act (NFSA). Official sources said, Odisha Food and Civil Supplies Minister Sanjay Dasburma raised the issue during a discussion with Paswan who arrived here on a two-day […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Wednesday asked the Centre to release the pending quota of food-grains under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) for the period from November 2015 to January 2016. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said the Centre released less food grains than the requirements of […]

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 […]

Opposition Congress will file a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Odisha High Court soon over alleged violation of rules in the distribution of cards under the the National Food Security Act (NFSA). This was announced by Congress chief whip Tara Prasad Bahinipati on Sunday here

Bhubaneswar: In a face saving measure, the Odisha government, already hit by a major ration card scam in the State, cancelled ration cards of 1420 ineligible persons in Balasore district on Friday. With the number of ineligible persons in the NFSA beneficiary list is reportedly rising in other districts also, the respective administrations are likely […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Kishan Kumar ordered an investigation into irregularities in ration card distribution, the Ganjam Collector on Friday asked officials to register cases against six persons, including four government officials. The order followed allegations made by district Congress committee that ration cards have been issued against these ‘ineligible’ […]

Irregularities in the NFSA beneficiary list is fast snowballing into a major controversy with the names of ineligible elected people’s representatives cropping up in this connection almost on an hourly basis

Bhubaneswar: Food grains will be distributed to beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) in 16 districts of Odisha from Monday. As many as two crore two lakh twenty-three thousand one hundred nine beneficiaries will be benefitted in the second phase implementation of the NFSA. A total of fifty three lakh four thousand eight […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday slammed the ruling-Biju Janata Dal (BJD) for announcing its own food security scheme at a time when the general elections are round the corner and labelled it as a move guided by political interests. Addressing a presser at the party headquarters here today, State […]

The BJP's Odisha unit on Sunday launched a poster campaign against the BJD-led state government for "hijacking" the National Food Security Act (NFSA) in the state

Bhubaneswar: While campaigning for their respective party candidates in the Panchayat polls in Odisha, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Odisha’s Higher Education minister Pradeep Panigrahi today accused each other of fraud and corruption. Panigrahi accused Pradhan of having the record of being a “coal thief” before 2000, Pradhan raised question on […]