Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan distributed the Hindi Pakhwada Awards, 2019 to the officials and employees of the Department of Consumer Affairs in Krishi Bhawan today. Shri Paswan congratulated all the winners...

Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan inaugurated the celebrations of ‘World Standard Day’ by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) on the theme “Video Standards create a global stage” in New Delhi today. The theme...

Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan today showcased the Bullet Resistant Jackets being made under the ‘Make in India’ initiative of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. The Jackets have been made using standard (IS...

The Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Shri Ram Vilas Paswan today made a clarion call for beginning a ‘Swachh PaniAbhiyaan’ or clean water mission in line with Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan’. Shri...

In order to fast-track consumer grievance redressal process and provide an effective forum for consumers to give their valuable suggestions to the Department on  consumer related issues, Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution...

The Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan held a review meeting on BIS laboratory activities today. Shri Paswan said  that there should be ‘One Nation One Standard’ and there should be coordination between...

Moments before code of conduct for Maharashtra Assembly elections were announced, Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray spoke at India Today Conclave in Mumbai on September 20. While the BJP and Shiv Sena have announced a pre-poll alliance for the elections, there...

The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind reached Ljubljana, Slovenia, yesterday (September 15, 2019) in the final leg of his visit to – Iceland, Switzerland and Slovenia.  This is the first ever presidential visit from India to Slovenia. Today (September...

Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan today chaired a meeting on the Standard formation process of Bureau of India Standard (BIS) and their enforcement with the senior officials from 14 Ministries. Wide ranging discussions...

Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan today met key stakeholders from Plastic bottle industry and senior government officials from various ministries to find suitable alternative for single use plastic. During the...

The Union Minister of Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan today announced a blanket ban on all types of single use plastic products in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and all its PSUs including...

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution held the Fifth National Consultation Meeting of State Ministers, Secretaries and other officials of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairsat VigyanBhawan in New Delhi today. Union Minister...

The Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Shri Ram Vilas Paswan today launched the National Lab Directorywhich is a one-stop-shop for all testing needs of the industries, academia, researchers and other stakeholders who need to...

The Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution  Ram Vilas Paswan today held wide ranging discussions on the rules and regulations to be formed under the New Consumer Protection Act, 2019 with several Members of Parliament (MPs)...

The Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan today critically and minutely examined the production, availability, consumption pattern, import and export of all pulses, oilseeds and Onions with senior officials from...

The Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, Shri Rajiv Kumar met the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan atKrishiBhawan in New Delhi today. The Vice Chairman discussed the ongoing Rice Fortification Pilot Scheme and...

The Consumer Protection Act 2019 will be more holistic and  stringent once the rules are framed to protect the interest of the Consumer ,stating this at a press conference today Union Minister for Consumer Affairs ,Food and Public distribution Shri...

In a major step towards achieving the objective of ‘One Nation One Ration Card’, the Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Shri Ram Vilas Paswan today inaugurated the inter-State portability in two clusters of adjoining States...

In the wake of twin murders of old couples in the city, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday promised a thorough investigation in  both cases and stringent action to ensure the safety of the elderly."Thorough investigation will be...

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Wednesday met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and invited her to his party's  campaign to shun Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and return to ballot papers for future elections.Claiming that...

Karnataka's Caretaker Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Wednesday said political instability would continue in the southern state even after the next government is formed due to uncertainty over its continuation and longevity."I have told all the senior officials...

The head of the Janata Dal (Secular)-Congress coalition, H.D. Kumaraswamy on Tuesday resigned as Karnataka Chief Minister an hour after losing the trust vote in the Assembly on the confidence motion he had moved on July 18 to prove majority, a Raj Bhavan...

Reiterating her demand for use of the ballot paper instead of the electronic voting machines (EVMs), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said here on Saturday electoral reforms were must for ensuring transparency...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday confirmed 25 people have been killed in the flood-affected eastern state.A day after conducting an aerial survey of the areas receiving heavy monsoon rain, the Chief Minister told the state Assembly that relief...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday marched on the streets of Kolkata with her Cabinet colleagues, school students, civil society representatives and sportspersons to spread awareness about water conservation.Banerjee walked a four-kilometre...

The Cooperation Minister, Punjab, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa met Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Union Minister for Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs Ram Vilas Paswan at New Delhi regarding issues concerning...

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackrey on Monday met UPA Chairperson and senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi here.According to Congress leaders, Thackrey met Gandhi at her residence here and their meeting lasted for over 30 minutes.Party leaders described...

AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said the Congress party's double standards have been exposed with the filing of a charge-sheet by the Congress-led Rajasthan government against Pehlu Khan, who was beaten to death by cow vigilantes in 2017.The Hyderabad...

Union Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution and Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJP) president, Ram Vilas Paswan, was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar on Friday, an official said.Paswan was declared elected after the deadline for the withdrawal...

The Chief Ministers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Friday began talks on a wide-range of inter-state issues arising out of Andhra Pradesh's bifurcation five years ago.Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao and his Andhra Pradesh counterpart Y.S....

The Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan met State Food Secretaries and State government officials along with officials of Food Corporation of India (FCI),Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) and State Warehousing...

Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday acceded to the request of Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to hold a joint meeting with the Union Finance Minister to resolve the Rs 31000 crore food...

Mothers from poor families sending their children to junior colleges in Andhra Pradesh will also get annual financial assistance of Rs 15,000 each under the proposed 'Amma Vodi' scheme.The scheme, to be implemented from January next year, was originally meant...

Amid protests by opposition parties and ignoring appeals by descendants of a noble family to save a heritage building, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Thursday laid the foundation stone for the new Secretariat and Legislature complexes.While...

Marking the 44th anniversary of the Emergency, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday called the previous tenure of the Narendra Modi government as "Super Emergency"."Today is the anniversary of the #Emergency declared in 1975. For the last five...

The much-publicised two-day village stay of Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy was cut short on Saturday due to heavy rains and inclement weather in north Karnataka, an official said.Heavy rains and inclement weather in the state's northern region...

Days after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee instructed party leaders to return to the public the cut money they took from them, angry local residents held demonstrations outside residences of several Trinamool Congress public representatives demanding...

Hundreds of people greeted Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on his visit to Chandraki village in Gurmitkal taluk in north Karnataka's Yadgir district for an overnight stay in a state-run school, an official said."A huge crowd welcomed Kumaraswamy when...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday refused to say anything over the deaths of 121 children caused by Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Muzaffarpur district.The Chief Minister has yet to break his silence over deaths of so many children from AES.Mediapersons...

The world's largest multi-stage, multi-purpose lift irrigation project Kaleshwaram was dedicated to the nation by Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Friday.The Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP), which promises to change the face of...

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Tuesday said that Union Minister of State for Home G. Kishan Reddy has become a joke by stating that Hyderabad is a "safe zone for terrorists"."People are laughing at him. He has become a joke," Rao said at a news...

A day after 12 Trinamool Congress councillors and an MLA switched over to the BJP, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday claimed she does not want to keep "thieves" in her party, and asked those who are planning to leave to do so immediately...

Hundreds of angry protesters staged a demonstration on Tuesday against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's visit to Muzaffarpur district, where 107 children have died due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES).The protest took place outside the state-run Sri Krishna...

The week-long junior doctors' strike across state-run hospitals in West Bengal was withdrawn on Monday shortly after a meeting between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and representatives of the agitating medics from various medical colleges."We withdraw our...

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Monday met his Andhra Pradesh counterpart Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy here and invited him for the inauguration of the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project on June 21.Rao, who arrived in Vijayawada in the afternoon, offered...

The week-long junior doctors' strike across state-run hospitals in West Bengal seemed headed for a resolution on Monday after a meeting between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and representatives of the agitating medics from various medical colleges, which...

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday proposed that natural calamities should be a criteria for according Special Category Status to states, while asking for Rs 5,228 crore aid in wake of the huge devastation caused by cyclone Fani to public infrastructure,...

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday again appealed to the agitating junior doctors in the state to end their strike, assuring them that her government would not invoke ESMA (Essential Services Maintenance Act) against them.She said the state government...

Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and now leader of opposition N. Chandrababu Naidu had to undergo frisking at Gannavaram Airport here late Friday.Naidu was also denied VIP access to the aircraft and had to travel in the bus along with common passengers.A...

Amid partial disruption in health services in West Bengal due to continuing agitation by junior doctors protesting attacks on their colleagues and demanding adequate security, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday accused "some political parties" of...

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao called on his Maharashtra counterpart Devendra Fadnavis in Mumbai and invited him for the inauguration of the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project on June 21.Rao flew to Mumbai to meet Fadnavis and personally invite...

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday said that he had asked Union Home Minister Amit Shah at their meeting here to "soften the Prime Minister's heart" on their demand for special category status to his state.He also said that he would...

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and raised the issue of special category status for his state as well as amicable settlement of all contentious issues with neighbouring Telangana.In his over 15-minute...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday fired a fresh salvo at "outsiders" saying those who are living in Bengal will have to learn to speak in Bengali."We have to bring 'Bangla' forward. When I go to Bihar, UP, Punjab, I speak in their language,...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday intensified her demand for the return of the ballot paper system in polling and said her party will start a movement with this demand on the July 21 Martyr's Day Rally.Accusing the BJP of programming the...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday launched the Mukhyamantri Vriddha Pension Yojna for poor people above 60 years of age in the state.Poor people above 60 years of age will get Rs 400 per month and those above 80 years will get Rs 500 per month. The...

The Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan today reviewed the functioning of National Consumer Helpline (NCH), a flagship project of the Department of Consumer Affairs. Shri Paswan reviewed the working of...

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought special category status for the state and central assistance of Rs 5,000 crore  following extensive damage caused by cyclone Fani.Patnaik told reporters after meeting...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday unveiled a bust of Bengali polymath Iswarchandra Vidyasagar at Kolkata's Hare School, 28 days after another bust of  the 19th century reformer was vandalised at a city college during BJP President...

Slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for "playing games" to create unrest in Darjeeling, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed on Monday that a section of her police force was not performing its duties properly in 3-4 districts and assured strong...