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Print Post-GST MRP On Products Or Go To Jail, Paswan Warns Companies

Manufacturers have been allowed to clear unsold stocks by September with new MRP printed on products.

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MRP, Other Info Of Products Sold Online Mandatory From 2018

Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has approved amendments to the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011, that will come into effect from January 1, 2018.

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‘Against 1 Hour, Cabinet Meetings 3-hr Long Under Modi’

Union Minister for Food & Public Distribution, Consumer Affairs and Lok Janshakti Party President Ram Vilas Paswan, in an exclusive interview with BW Businessworld, says strengthening the consumer is his priority in days to come

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Direct Selling Industry Gets A Boost On ‘Ease Of Doing Business’

New guidelines provide transparency, ease to consumers and pave road to establish a grievance redressal mechanism for consumers

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No Plans To Allow Extra Sugar Imports, Says Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan

India, the world's biggest sugar consumer, has no plans to allow extra imports of the sweetener as stocks held in mills will suffice, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said

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Display Foodgrain Subsidy At Ration Shops: Centre To States

State governments should display at PDS shops the foodgrain subsidy borne by both the Centre and states that will prevent the latter from hijacking the credit for selling highly-subsidised grains to the poor

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Govt Considering Reimposing Import Duty On Wheat, Says Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan

The government is considering bringing back import duty on wheat to protect farmers' interest after a bumper domestic crop, Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said

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India Has No Plan To Cut Sugar Import Tax For Now: Ram Vilas Paswan

India, the world's biggest sugar consumer, is not considering to cut import duty on the sweetener at least in the near term

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Government Agencies Will Not Import Wheat For Now, Says Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan

Government agencies will not import wheat at least in the near term, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Friday , as private players ramped up overseas purchases following a rally in local prices

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India's Food Security Programme To Cost Rs 1.4 Lakh Crore A Year, Says Ram Vilas Paswan

India's recently rolled out national food security welfare programme will cost the government Rs 1.4 trillion a year, food minister Ram Vilas Paswan said

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India Holding Talks With Brazil To Grow Pulses

The government has offered to give seeds for pulses besides sending a team of trained people to Brazil for helping in pulses cultivation

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Opposition Attacks Govt Over Rising Food Prices

TMC leader Derek O'Brien says the NDA government should be held responsible for the unchecked rise in prices of essential goods

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That Steaming Bowl Of Dal Has A New Beret

Much of the fire-fighting over the price and availability of pulses, obviously stems from a recognition of its worth as a primary source of protein in a country, where a vast swathe of the population are vegetarian

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Buffer Stock For Pulses Jacked Up To 20 Lakh Tonne From 8 Lakh Tonne

A high-level inter-ministerial meeting headed by Union finance minister Arun Jaitley took stock of the availability of pulses. The panel was informed that the production of pulses would shoot up to 20 million tonne this year, from 17 million tonne produced in 2015-16

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Government Sets Up Committee To Relook At Pulse MSP, Bonus

Trying out all possible ways to control pulse prices that have neared Rs 200 per kg, the Centre on Monday decided to set up a committee to relook at the minimum support price and bonus to promote pulse cultivation

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