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>
Food Supply
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Food safety for whom?: corporate wealth vs peoples health
<p>School children in the US were served 200,000 kilos of meat contaminated with a deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria before the nation's second largest meat packer issued a recall in 2009. A year earlier, six babies died and 300,000 others got horribly sick with kidney problems in China when one of the country's top dairy producers knowingly allowed an industrial chemical into its milk supply.
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MGNREGA, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan linked through UID
Madhya Pradesh is the only State in the country, which has linked MGNREGA, Treasury, Food Coupon, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and the like with Unique Identity Number (UID) card.
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MP links Aadhaar to food scheme
Madhya Pradesh has become the first state to link Aadhaar, the 12-digit number issued by UIDAI, to the subsidised foodgrain scheme. The state government thinks the new arrangement will totally eliminate fake beneficiaries of the subsidised foodgrain scheme. MP has cancelled lakhs of bogus ration cards over the last couple of years that were proving to be a drain on the public distribution sy
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Listening to India
<p>This document analyses and highlights the views and suggestions included in reports arising out of the Planning Commissions consultations with diverse stakeholders and also seeks to bring forth similarities and differences on key issues by comparing and contrasting the suggestions of ten core forums that submitted their views to the Planning Commission.</p>
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Thomas, Montek talk PDS reform, food bill
New Delhi With the aim to reduce loopholes in the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS), minister for food and civil supplies KV Thomas on Monday held discussion with Planning Commission officials for modernisation of food distribution system. Montek Singh Ahuluwalia, deputy chairman of the Planning Commission heads a working group on PDS reform.
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Double fortified salt mandatory in midday meal
Government to promote its use to tackle anaemia The Union government will promote the use of iron fortified iodised salt (double fortified salt) to battle anaemia, one of the major causes of malnutrition, particularly among women and children. To begin with, the Ministries dealing with food and nutrition programmes such as the Integrated Child Development Services and midday meal will make the
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Storage issues may spoil the food party
According to the third advance estimate, India
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SC questions Centre's food distribution policy
Warning the government about the serious consequences of its alleged "faulty" food distribution policy leading to creation of "two Indias of haves and have-nots,' the Supreme Court on Wednesday sought detailed affidavits form the Centre and deputy chairman of the Planning Commission that why its BPL figure of 36 per cent was much lower than those projected by almost all the states. Rejecting th
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GoM may moot dual system of food subsidy
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.