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 government on Tuesday said the Planning Commission will give revised estimates of families living below poverty line within a month for effective implementation of targeted PDS and other welfare schemes.
Amiti Sen & Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI THE lack of consensus between the states and Centre over the households that will qualify for subsidised food under the proposed food security act could further delay the United Progressive Alliance government
KOHIMA, April 19: The Nagaland Government envisages implementing the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) to ensure food security for the poor. The distribution system benefits identified poor families under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) and other population living below poverty line.
Rising temperatures and inadequate rainfall in India is stagnating grain output, threatening food security in the world
Devika Banerji / New Delhi April 20, 2010, 1:20 IST The empowered group of ministers (EGoM) will decide on the final poverty estimates to be used for the Food Security Bill, though the hurdle of building a consensus within states is yet to be overcome.
SRIRAM RAGHAVAN
The Planning Commission has adopted the Tendulkar committee
A move that may help check the rotting of wheat and paddy stock kept in the open due to paucity of covered space in Punjab and Haryana, the Food Corporation of India has decided to create 112 lakh metric tonne of additional storage capacity in these two states.
Arjun Sengupta
It was an election promise of the Congress Party. Then, when the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance came back to power, it was part of its 100-day agenda. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh even declared,