Ram Vilas Paswan

Identification of beneficiaries in Fair Price Shops (FSPs) is done primarily on the basis of Aadhaar authentication through electronic Point of Sale (ePoS) mechanism.

The proposal comes amid tests conducted by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) on drinking water, which found water quality in Mumbai as per standard but poor in many state capitals, including Delhi.

The case was filed by a person named M Raju Nayyar, who claims to be a social worker, in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Surya Kant Tiwary who posted the matter for hearing on December 12.

Under the initiative, eligible beneficiaries would be able to avail their entitled food grains under the National Food Security Act from any Fair Price Shop (FPS) in the country using the same ration card.

The department of consumer affairs will issue a notification by January 15, 2020, for making gold hallmarking mandatory.

Onion prices are ruling at Rs 70-80 per kg in retail markets across major cities.

The all-India average retail price of onion stood at Rs 60.38 per kg on November 15, compared with Rs 22.84 per kg on the same date last year.

India is currently importing onion from Afghanistan, Turkey, Iran and Egypt

"The government has taken a decision to import one lakh tonnes of onion to control prices," Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said in a tweet.

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), under the Consumer Affairs Ministry, is the administrative authority for hallmarking.

The 'Consumer App' is available for free in two languages including English and Hindi. It can be downloaded on Android and iOS platforms.

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), a national body that makes quality standards for products and services, has framed quality standard for tap water as well.

For months, several party leaders have suggested the possibility of RJD joining hands with JD(U). Tejashwi Yadav has now rejected this

Paswan, whose Lok Janshakti Party is an NDA constituent in Bihar, also asserted that there was no dispute over leadership of the coalition in the state and dismissed the recent murmurs for replacing Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with a BJP face as just the views expressed by some individuals.

The minister was speaking at a conference with state food secretaries on food security issues.

A decision in this regard was taken at the inter-ministerial committee meeting chaired by Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan.

The septuagenarian had started off as a member of the Bihar legislative assembly in the 1960s and shot to fame in the 1977 post-Emergency Lok Sabha polls when he won Hajipur seat by over four lakh votes, then a record margin.

The LJP's parliamentary board passed a resolution to this effect at a meeting, which was attended by its six newly-elected Lok Sabha MPs, the board's chairman and Ram Vilas Paswan's son Chirag Paswan told reporters.

Earlier this month, Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Yadav rebuffed Modi's assertion of belonging to an 'ati pichhada' (most backward) caste and called him a 'fake OBC'.

Even though Paswan could never expand his base beyond Bihar, mainly due to the Paswan-Jatav conflict, he is known to correctly predict the political wind and switch sides at the last time