CCEA approves sale of wheat by FCI under Open Market Sale Scheme

Thursday, August 21, 2008, 17:29 [IST]

New Delhi, August 21 : The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday gave its approval for sale of wheat under Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS).

The Committee said OMSS of wheat will be undertaken only after ensuring that the norms fixed by the Government for buffer and strategic reserve are met.

The quantity to be released under OMSS, timing of intervention and the locations will be taken by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

The Government will allocate wheat to State, Union Territories (UT) Governments for distribution to retail consumers under OMSS. For bulk consumers, the sale will be made by Food Corporation of India (FCI) through a process of open tendering.

ANI

Topics: national, new delhi

Other articles published on August 21, 2008

NHRC recommends to upgrade health care facilities

Sunday, March 11, 2007,12:51 [IST]

New Delhi, Mar 11: Emphasising the need to upgrade healthcare facilities at ''all levels'', the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has made a slew of recommendations, including introduction of public private partnership, for ensuring that the masses have access to healthcare.The suggestions include recognising courses for Nurse Practitioners, introduction of public private partnership with a regulatory mechanism, Medical council to have inbuilt compulsory rural attachment, proper drug procurement mechanism, intervention of health and labour departments and industry in checking Silicosis and.....

Nat conference on cyber security to from March 8

Friday, March 2, 2007,14:22 [IST]

Bangalore, Mar 2: In the backdrop of increasing incidents of Cyber Crimes, a three-day National Conference on Cyber Security will be held here from March 8.Mr Iqbal Ahmed, the Co-Chairman, Organising Committee of the Conference, speaking to newspersons here today said that the ITU-APT Foundation, CSI, IEEE, STPI and Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeeth would be jointly organising the conference to be attended by eminent cryptologists, cryptanalysts and officials from Ministry of Information and Technology.He said that with the.....

Limitless Updates

India News

News Archives

Question Sonia in Bofors case: Fernandes

Monday, February 26, 2007,16:17 [IST]

New Delhi, Feb 26: Describing the recovery agents employed by the Multinational Banks (MNBs) as thugs, hooligans and gangsters, the Supreme Court today held that this country is governed by the ''rule of law'' and the banks cannot employ goondas to take possession of property or vehicles by force.A bench comprising Justices A R Laxmanan and Altamas Kabir, while disposing of the petition of 75-year-old widow Prakash Kaur from Kanpur, described these recovery agents as modern day Shylocks who.....