Ram Vilas Paswan  

 In the passing away of senior politician Ram Vilas Paswan, India has lost a true leader who championed the causes of the less privileged

The Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan held a press conference on 7th January to brief media about the overall availability and prices of Onions across the nation along with the imported quantities so far. Paswan said that the Union Government has decided to offer Onions to State Governments at the landing price in Mumbai ranging from Rs. 49 to Rs. 58 per Kg.

Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has said that from June 1 2020, the 'One Nation, One Ration Card' scheme will be implemented nationwide. 
During the Question Hour in Lok Sabha on 3rd December Paswan gave this information. He said that at present the facility of Point of Sale POS machines for ration cards has been started in 14 states. It will be started in other states soon. This would be made available after biometric/Aadhaar authentication on ePoS (electronic Point of Sale) devices.
 

Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan also instructed Bureau of India Standards officials to write letters to all states including Delhi and also to concerned officials from various ministries to create a consensus among them regarding making the standards set for drinking water mandatory.

Lok Janshakti Party MP from Bihar's Samastipur Ramchandra Paswan breathed his last at 1.24 pm at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi on Sunday (July 21).
 

 Ram Vilas Paswan, who has been elected to the Rajya Sabha for the second time in his political career that began as a Sanyukt Socialist Party MLA in the 1960s, took oath in Hindi.

The RJD of Lalu Prasad Yadav is fighting the lowest number of seats since the inception of the party. The participation of Yadav in election campaign is quite laid back and lacklustre, giving the NDA a clear advantage in the Lok Sabha election in Bihar. 
 

Lok Janshakti Party president and BJP ally Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday accused Misa Bharti and Manoj Jha of using "indecent and unparliamentary" language against him during a debate in Parliament on the bill for reservation for the general category poor