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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HC quashes EC order banning subsidized rice
Kochi: A Kerala High Court division bench on Monday quashed the Election Commission
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Highest ever wheat yield may rot away
Lack Of Adequate Storage May Negate Gains New Delhi: With only a few days to go before farmers begin to harvest what is expected to be the country
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Court permits implementation of rice scheme
KOCHI: A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday set aside the orders of the Election Commission and the Chief Electoral Officer restraining the State government from implementing its decision to extend the rice-at-Rs.2-a-kg scheme to the families of above poverty line (APL) category subject to certain conditions. The Bench, comprising Chief Justice J. Chelameswar and Justice P.R.
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Why not a universal food security legislation?
<p>The National Advisory Council has given its final proposals on the proposed National Food Security Act. A government-appointed committee (the Rangarajan Committee) has also given its response to these proposals. Both these proposals agree on the desirability of a universal nfsa but finally propose targeting at the poor as defined by the Tendulkar Committee.
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Panchayats responsible for failure of cooked food scheme, claims minister
KOLKATA: The poor aged people, residing in 91 blocks across the districts of West Bengal, could not be brought under the state government's scheme to provide cooked food to them due to various reasons, including lack of initiative from panchayat authorities, Mr Anisur Rahman, state panchayat and rural development minister, told the Assembly today. He was answering a question raised by DSP MLA M
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Too bad to swallow
The National Advisory Council (NAC) has now sketched out the
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6,348 tons of stored foodgrain damaged in 2010-11: Thomas
New Delhi, 13 March: About 6,348 tons of foodgrain stored in various government outlets across the country were damaged primarily due to storage pest attack and leakages in godowns in 2010-11, a fact which does not go down well for the country's food security.
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EGoM to discuss Food Bill, sugar exports on March 17
Following differences between the Sonia Gandhi headed NAC and the Rangarajan Committee, an empowered group of ministers (eGoM) on food is scheduled to meet on March 17 to decide on the feasibility of providing legal entitlement of cheaper foodgrain to the poor. The PM
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The Mirage of Food Security
It is time for the National Advisory Council (NAC) to introspect whether its pious thoughts on food security square up to an economic reality check. There are three likely scenarios: (1) universal coverage at 35 kg/per month per family; (2) universal coverage with 25 kg per family per month; and (3) partial coverage (say, to 11 crore families) with 35 kg per family per month.