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>
Despite being listed for consideration in the Lok Sabha tomorrow and day after, the Food Security Bill is unlikely to be passed on 20 August, the birth anniversary of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
State govt says the ordinance will lead to lower entitlement of foodgrains from the current 35 kg to 25 kg The Gujarat government has alleged that the Centre's National Food Security Ordinance (NFSO), which awaits Parliament approval is fraught with inconsistencies and will neither fulfill the nutritional needs nor will it supplement hunger. Incidentally, this is the issue which Chief Minister Narendra Modi raised in his speech on Independence Day.
Cost of additional food grains a bone of contention Even as the National Food Security Bill is pending in Parliament, the Centre has conveyed to certain States that their foodgrain allocation would decline in spite of the mandatory 75 per cent rural and 50 per cent urban populations being covered under the proposed new law.
Weeks after the death of 23 children in the mid-day meal tragedy in Bihar, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in his Independence Day speech on Thursday said the scheme will be reformed and “concrete measures”
Slogan-shouting TDP members disrupt Lok Sabha; Opposition leader Sushma Swaraj asks them to stage protest outside House The Lok Sabha on Tuesday made an attempt to discuss the ambitious National Food Security Bill but the debate was disrupted by Telugu Desam Party (TDP) members who shouted slogans in the well.
Will study the system, figure out innovative ways to distribute food subsidy As the government gets ready to implement the ambitious National Food Security Ordinance, India’s first-ever independent evaluation office has started evaluating the targeted public distribution system to find innovative ways to distribute the food subsidy.
In pursuance of the instructions issued by the group of ministers in its meeting held on July 30 regarding implementation of the National Food Security ordinance following the decision of the Central Cabinet
Amidst protest from Opposition parties such as the BJP and AIADMK, the government on Wednesday introduced the National Food Security Bill, 2013, in the Lok Sabha. Food minister KV Thomas, while introducing
Cheaper subsidy plan could soon breach global trade rules; India and others in G-33 bloc hope for break on this at Bali meet The recently promulgated National Food Security Ordinance (NFSO) might breach the global trading rules on agriculture under the World Trade Organization (WTO) if there is diversion of the subsidised foodgrain for export.
Scheme will be launched in December, will benefit 75% rural and 50% urban dwellers The Maharashtra government would launch the United Progressive Alliance’s ambitious food security scheme from December in the state. Of the state's 112 million population, 70 million beneficiaries would be covered under the scheme.