Food waste index report 2024
<p>The world wasted an estimated 19 per cent of the food produced globally in 2022, or about 1.05 billion metric tons, according to this new report by the UNEP.</p>
<p>The world wasted an estimated 19 per cent of the food produced globally in 2022, or about 1.05 billion metric tons, according to this new report by the UNEP.</p>
Ahead of a crucial meeting, on the coming Monday, of a group of ministers to finalise the Food Security Bill, a consensus is emerging on a dual system of subsidy. This is that families below the poverty line (BPL) be given food subsidy through direct cash transfer.
While the record wheat harvest this year appears to be staring at an open sky in the wake of massive shortage in storage facilities, Food Minister K V Thomas has decided to hold consultation on controlling waste of food at social functions, ahead of monsoons.
New Delhi: Raising their voice against the Delhi Government
India will not ban food imports from Japan immediately as no item has yet tested positive for radioactive contamination.
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has pulled up the state government for its failure to ensure the supply of quality ration to the people. In its annual report, the CAG said there was no testing laboratory or trained manpower for conducting quality inspection of the foodgrains supplied through the Public Distribution System (PDS) in the state.
Climbing food prices across Asia, especially India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Laos, might slow down by at least five years the region
The Centre will come up with a
There have been or at least expectations of a real bumper crop in the country this year (July 2010-June 2011). One feels this is the time for structural change in the food distribution system in the country, with a structural change in the distribution of food grains to the needy.
Jalandhar, March 31 Government agencies will enter various grain markets tomorrow to start the procurement of wheat. The state government has set up more than 1,600 purchase centres in the urban and rural areas to facilitate the procurement process.
Food inflation for the week ending March 19 came down to single digit at 9.5 per cent from 10.05 per cent a week ago as prices of cereals, wheat, vegetables, onions and egg, meat and fish eased. According to data released by the government today, food articles showed a decline of 0.50 per cent during the week with prices of cereals declining by -0.23 per cent while that of wheat falling by -1.4