 | Health department of Odisha turns down appeal for BSKY inclusionThe Health department has clarified that the benefits given to beneficiaries under the health assurance scheme has been generalised and no specialisation has been earmarked for any category. |
 | Free rice should reach actual beneficiaries: Pradhan urges Odisha govtIn comparison, the state government will spend Rs 185 crore for people covered under the state food security scheme, he added. |
 | Gehlot welcomes SC's observation on National Food Security ActHe said the Rajasthan government has been demanding that the Centre expand the scope of the NFSA on the basis of the current population. |
 | Tamil Nadu: 2.5 lakh people with AAY cards found ineligibleGovt downgrades them to NPHH category and replaces them with eligible families |
 | Dinakar demands CBI probe into rice exportsThe Civil Supplies Corporation has already borrowed Rs 31,000 crore for the purpose, he explained. |
 | UP govt decides to do away with free distribution of ration through PDSIn UP, the total beneficiary units of family ration card holders are 14.97 crore and units of Antyodaya card holders are 1.31 crore. |
 | AP stood third in implementation of National Food Security Act: CentreShe further said Odisha and Uttar Pradesh bagged the first two places and the rank was decided based on the functioning of the civil supplies system in the States and Union Territories. |
 | Migrants and farmers play vital role in nation building, can't ignore them: SCThe bench said no citizen in the country should die of hunger. |
 | NFSA-2022 rankings: Odisha tops country in ensuring food securityOfficial sources said that since implementation of NFSA in the State in 2015, Odisha has followed it up with a robust end-to-end computerization of TPDS operations. |
| Andhra Pradesh ranks third in implementing National Food Security Act among general category statesUnion Minister Piyush Goyal explained that under the Act the Centre provided highly subsidised food grains to approximately 80 crore people - five kilogram to a person every month at Rs 1-3 per kg. |
 | Telangana at 14th spot in Food Security Act implementationTelangana has been placed at 14th spot in the National Food Security Act implementation rankings in the comprehensive country-level index with 0.743 index score. |
| Odisha claims pending food subsidy bill against non-submission of UCs26 districts have not submitted utilisation certificates for the last four financial years |
