The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
This Report of the Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution deals with the Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in the Eighth Report (15th Lok Sabha) on the subject, “Food Subsidy and Its Utilisation” pertaining to the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public …
India has historically subsidized energy with the objective of protecting its consumers from international price volatility and providing energy access for its citizens, especially the poor. However, energy subsidies place a heavy burden on government budgets, while often failing to reach their targeted beneficiaries. This guide focuses on the scale …
This report has been prepared for submission to the Governor under Article 151 of the Constitution. The report contains findings on performance audit and audit of transactions in various departments including Public Works and Irrigation and Public Health Departments, audit of stores and stock, audit of autonomous bodies. The report …
Andhra Pradesh Government prepares the socio-economic survey report every year and places it before both the Houses of the state legislature along with budget documents on the day of budget presentation. This issue of socio-economic survey report pertains to the year 2011-12, which besides highlighting the overall performance of the …
‘Economic Survey of Maharashtra’ is prepared by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Planning Department every year for presentation in the Budget Session of the State Legislature. The present publication for the year 2011-12 is the 51st issue in the series. The information related to various socio-economic sectors of the …
Instead of giving medicines free only to its own certified poor, the government should subsidise essential drugs for everyone-----------The public distribution system and the employment guarantee scheme are the government’s flagship programmes to reduce poverty. They are also its most effective programmes to create wealth among those in or close …
Framework of corpus in nascent stage, to come up in 2012-13 Budget The government is planning to come up with a price protection fund to cushion the burden of food subsidy, which is expected to grow manifold under the new Food Security Bill. The proposed fund, under the ministry of …
The price of diesel could increase substantially if the government is to accept the Prime Minister Economic Advisory Council’s advice. “There is an overdue need to make some adjustments in the price of diesel, even if this is done in a phased fashion,” said the council in its Review of …
SHILLONG: Taking cognizance over malpractices prevailing in the Public Distribution System (PDS) in the State, the Government is planning to computerize the whole system to check the malaise. To achieve this objective, the State Government has already submitted a Detailed Project Report (DPR) amounting to Rs 43 crore for computerization …
The Tamil Nadu Government has urged the Centre to expedite financial assistance for its Rs 700 crore scheme to computerise the PDS with a view to increase efficiencies of operation. It also pleaded with the Centre to exempt the State from the purview of the proposed Food Security law and …
Reiterating his opposition to the proposed National Food Security Bill, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said it would be difficult to implement the law through existing Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS), which has a lot of loopholes. “Public distribution system involving the procurement, transportation, storage and distribution is extremely …
New Delhi Officials of the food, agriculture and finance ministries will meet the state and central ministers concerned in a bid to thrash out objections raised by the states over the proposed Food Security Bill. The two-day conference that begins on Wednesday will also take up the creation of additional …
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today said it will be difficult to implement the proposed Food Security Act with existing distribution system and suggested massive reforms. “I will be failing in my duty if I do not emphasise the fact that the Food Security Act will never succeed in achieving its …
New Delhi The 2012-13 Budget may not have to provide as big a jump in the food subsidy bill as expected earlier. This is because of a series of measures initiated by the government to cut wastage and improve efficiency, food minister KV Thomas has said. The measures that would …
In order to plug the pilferage of food items meant for distribution to people below the poverty line, the Supreme Court on Friday directed the Union food secretary to hasten the process of computerisation of entire PDS system. A bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Dipak Misra set a deadline …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday urged states and Union territories to hasten reforms in the public distribution system (PDS) for the effective implementation of the Food Security Bill. Inaugurating a two-day conference of chief secretaries of states and Union territories, the prime minister said, “I would urge you to …
The Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Assam has been publishing this annual report “Economic Survey, Assam” regularly with a view to focus the trends of performance based development of the State economy. In the current issues the report endeavor has been made to depict and analyze the latest economic situation …
This budget publication, viz. “Socio-Economic Review, Gujarat State, 2011-12” has been prepared by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, for presentation in the Budget Session of the State Assembly. This publication presents a profile of key socio-economic activities and achievements in different sectors of the state economy for the year …
The present report on “Level and Pattern of Household Consumer Expenditure in Delhi” is brought out by Directorate of Economics & Statistics on the basis of sample survey conducted under the NSS 66th Round (July 2009 – June 2010). This report contains valuable data on consumption levels and pattern of …
The NSS consumer expenditure survey (CES) aims at generating estimates of average household monthly per capita consumer expenditure (MPCE), its distribution over households and persons, and its break-up by commodity group, at national and State/UT level, and for different socio-economic groups. These indicators are amongst the most important measures of …
