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  Centre says stoppage of rice and wheat supply to States is aimed at controlling inflation The move is likely to hit some States, particularly Karnataka, which has promised free rice to its citizens under the ‘Anna Bhagya’ scheme Under the scheme, the Karnataka Government has promised to provide 10 kg of food grains/rice to every member of a Below Poverty Line (BPL) household and Antyodaya card holders every month.  | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak Amid a political slugfest over the discontinuation of the sale of rice and wheat from the Central pool to State governments, the Government on Thursday said the decision was not “deliberate” and was only aimed at controlling retail inflation in food grains. The Centre, in a notification sent to the States on June 13, stopped the sale of rice and wheat from the Central pool under the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS) to State governments. The move is likely to hit some States, particularly Karnataka, which has promised free rice to its citi...

  Explained | The Centre-state tussle over the Open Market Sale Scheme While the Centre maintains that the main objective of excluding states from the OMSS is to curb inflation, Opposition-ruled states including Karnataka have accused it of playing “politics” Gurugram: A labourer piles up wheat grain at a Grain Market, in Gurugram, Sunday, April 23, 2023. (PTI Photo)(PTI04_23_2023_000228B) | Photo Credit: - The story so far : States have been  looking at alternative ways  of procuring wheat and rice in the aftermath of the Food Corporation of India’s (FCI) quantity restrictions followed by the  refusal to allow states  to procure the two food grains through its Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS). On Wednesday, June 28, the Congress government in Karnataka announced that being unable to procure enough rice in the market at a reasonable cost in time to meet the needs of its free good grain distribution scheme for BPL families- the Anna Bhagya scheme, it had  deci...

[Mission 2024] INSIGHTS DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS + PIB SUMMARY 4 October 2023 InstaLinks :   help you think beyond the issue but relevant to the issue from UPSC prelims and Mains exam point of view. These linkages provided in this ‘hint’ format help you frame possible questions ina your mind that might arise(or an examiner might imagine) from each current event. InstaLinks also connect every issue to their static or theoretical background. This helps you study a topic holistically and add new dimensions to every current event to help you think analytically Table of Contents: GS Paper 3: GS Paper 4: Content for Mains Enrichment Facts for Prelims (FFP) 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics (Seeing electrons in brief flashes of light) GS Paper 3   Syllabus: Science and Technology   Context:   The 2023  Nobel Prize in Physics  was awarded to  Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L’Huillier  for their groundbreaking experiments that have allowed scien...