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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Fix what is broken
The business of pretend-government must go The high corridors of the nation are abuzz with talk about how much food should be given to the country
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BPL figures shown to SC challenge Centre food supply
As the National Advisory Council has recommended broadening of the subsidised food supply by extending it beyond the below poverty line (BPL), the vast difference in the Centre and states
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Interest groups lobby Sonia over food law
<p>Ahead of the crucial National Advisory Council (NAC) meeting on October 23, public interest groups have sought the intervention of its chairperson Sonia Gandhi to make the proposed National Food Security Act “comprehensive and meaningful”. The NAC has been debating various scenarios to cover the maximum number of beneficiaries under the proposed law.
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Foodgrain position comfortable: Pawar
Decision on minimum support prices for rabi crops to be taken today Asks Rajasthan to start procurement of bajra National Food Security Act in the pipeline Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar addresses the media in Jaipur. JAIPUR: Union Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday described the foodgrain stocks in the Central pool as
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SC questions criteria for poverty
Expresses shock over method to determine level Suggests prosecution of people holding bogus ration cards The Supreme Court today expressed shock over the criteria for determining the poverty level of people, observing that even an income of two dollars a day per person was not much these days. A Bench comprising Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma made the remark upon being informed by
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Agri ministers of 12 states to discuss food scenario
National conference of agriculture, animal husbandry and food-civil supplies ministers of 12 states would begin in Jaipur on Tuesday.
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Govt blocking food bill: NAC member
National Advisory Council member N.C. Saxena has accused the government of
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Ration at doorstep may reach 50 more villages this month
Pune Ration at your doorstep project has proved a hit in Pune district, with nearly 44 villages benefiting from this system. State Food and Civil Supply Minister Anil Deshmukh had launched the scheme under a novel initiative of revamping Public Distribution System (PDS) in the state. The government had earlier received flak for the poor flow of PDS.
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Finally, PAU-201 issue resolved
FCI to pick up rice for PDS, to pay upgrade charges; one-time relaxation of norms allowed With the Centre agreeing to pay upgrade charges for the rice and relaxing the norms, the PAU-201 issue has been resolved.
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Food ministry objects to NAC proposals on APL grain prices
Nistula Hebbar New Delhi: The food ministry seems all set to spike some of the more ambitious proposals made by the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC), because it sees some of them as being too liberal and not taking into account existing systems of procurement and distribution. One of the major issues which seems to have held up the Food Security Bill is the issue of different