Food Minister KV Thomas has ordered a probe into rotting wheat having been distributed in the Public Distribution System in Palwal, Haryana. On May 22, CNN-IBN's story showed how 80,000 sacks of wheat lay rotting and almost abandoned in Ghugera, Haryana. The report also said that rotting wheat had been distributed to BPL card holders systematically. Thomas told CNN IBN, "Nothing has been damaged, I assure you, and we are ...
09:42 AM, May 24, 2012
Food Minister KV Thomas has ordered a probe into rotting wheat having been distributed in the Public Distribution System in Palwal, Haryana. On May 22, CNN-IBN's story showed how 80,000 sacks of wheat lay rotting and almost abandoned in Ghugera, Haryana. The report also said that rotting wheat had been distributed to BPL card holders systematically. Thomas told CNN IBN, "Nothing has been damaged, I assure you, and we are...
09:42 AM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: The ban on export of onions was lifted on Tuesday after an EGOM meeting but food minister K V Thomas has said that this was a political decision, emphasising that in a federal structure interests of the states have to be kept in mind. "It is always a political decision. There is a political angle to many decisions but we will look into the administrative angle. Interest of...
07:54 AM, Sep 21, 2011
Two days after CNN-IBN's report on the grain rot, Food minister KV Thomas takes responsibility and promises action. ...
08:56 AM, Aug 11, 2011
