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>
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Food and Civil Supplies Minister C Divakaran has said that Kerala is the only state in the country to have a transparent and fully computerised system to implement the entire gamut of operations from procurement to distribution of foodgrains.
Smita Gupta NEW DELHI: The National Advisory Council (NAC) met the Food Ministry halfway on Wednesday, when it recommended extension of universal food entitlements to one-fourth of either the poorest districts or the poorest blocks in the country.
New Delhi: Inadequate supply of foodgrain has forced the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC) to settle for a pruned National Food Security Act, at least for the time being.
Akshaya Mukul & Nitin Sethi | TNN
New Delhi: Just a day before the National Advisory Council (NAC) meets to discuss the universalisation of public distribution system (PDS) under the proposed food security act, the Prime Minister's chief economic advisor, C Rangarajan has suggested a compromise formula for making the proposed Bill workable.
Right to Food Movement, a network of NGOs favouring a food security law, said the NAC should address issues of abundance of food and efficiency of a public distribution system before finalising the draft on food security Bill.
NEW DELHI: On the eve of a decision on the draft food security law by the Sonia Gandhi headed National Advisory Council, the government unveiled a blueprint for a complete revamp of the public distribution system, or PDS.
NEW DELHI: The Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, C. Rangarajan, on Tuesday suggested that people Above the Poverty Line (APL) could be considered for the mandatory food security scheme by limiting the subsidised foodgrains entitlement of Below the Poverty line (BPL) beneficiaries to 30 kg per month per family (instead of 35 kg).