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>
The standing committee on finance on inflation and price rise has said that the government should prepare a comprehensive food pricing and management policy in view of spiralling food prices.
M.S. Swaminathan, the father of green revolution in India and a Rajya Sabha member, is in Copenhagen, along with four other members of Parliament, to keep track of India's negotiations on climate change.
In the new year, the Food and Civil Supplies department (FCS) of the state government will start its ambitious
Gavin Wall Hunger is not only due to a lack of production; it is also a result of human-made policy choices. Efforts to reduce hunger will require a review of the way society is organised, its economic and social policies, the functioning of institutions and the allocation of resources.
Laws cannot do what market reform can
These regulations may be called the Food safety and standards (milk and milk products) amendment regulation, 2009. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
The 20th century witnessed unprecedented growth in agricultural productivity spurred by technological change and predicated on the commitments of governments to invest in agricultural research and development (R&D) and supporting sectors. In developing agricultural areas, spectacular growth occurred most visibly in the locus of the rice- and wheat-based
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 91 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (34 of 2006), the Central Government hereby makes the rules. These rules may be called the Food Safety and Standards Rules, 2009. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official Gazette.
The Draft Food Safety and Standards Regulations, 2009 have been prepared in consultation with various stake holders and after through deliberations in a series of meetings in the Food Safety Standards Authority of India. These Rules include qualification of the enforcement
Manufacturers say move will force them to fully depend on imports. Harish Damodaran Vanaspati makers are apprehensive over a proposed regulation seeking to limit the Trans Fatty Acids (TFA) content in their product to 10 per cent by early next year and to 5 per cent over the subsequent three years.