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 UPA-II has used the Budget to again play politics with hunger. But it has paid no heed to the ticking time bomb of growing social tensions as 58 million Indians living off agriculture slide deeper
Chennai The food subsidies targeted at the poorest in the South Asia region would help them cope with the spike in cost of food staples like rice and wheat, although the price rise may push tens of millions people into extreme poverty, says a new report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) South Asia’s high population growth rates and a large number of people already living on or close to the extreme poverty line of $1.25 a day means it is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to food price shocks. Spending on food already accounts for half the total budget of low-income households.
Implementation of the National Food Security Bill will entail a subsidy of a whopping Rs 1.12 lakh crore, Food and Consumer Affairs Minister KV Thomas informed the Rajya Sabha today. Food subsidy as per 1993-94 poverty line and 2000 population census is Rs 88,976 crore and as per the 2011 census it would be Rs 197,096 crore, he said during Question Hour.
World food prices will drop this year as increase in unemployment in developing and developed countries slows growth in demand, the United Nations said. “We have started to see a decline in food prices,” Jose Graziano da Silva, director general of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation, said at a conference in Hanoi on Thursday. World economic expansion will slow to 3.3% this year from 3.8% in 2011, according to the International Monetary Fund.
New Delhi Food minister K V Thomas on Thursday ruled out clearance of food security Bill in the ongoing Budget session of Parliament, saying consultations are still on to sort out problems raised by states and that it can be taken up only in the next Monsoon session. “How can it come in the Budget session...Parliamentary Standing Committee is yet to submit its report,” Thomas said on the sidelines of a function of food and consumer affairs ministry here.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to Union of India and Uttar Pradesh government on an application seeking a direction to vacate the interim stay on the court monitored CBI investigation of foodgrain scam as directed by the Allahabad High Court A Bench of Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notice on an application filed by Vishwanath Chaturvedi, who was the petitioner before the High Court.
An additional investment of Rs 1,15,660 crore would be required to revitalise the agriculture sector and boost production to meet the foodgrains demand under the proposed Food law, Parliament was informed today. "To effectively implement the proposed Food Security Act, it is estimated that there should be an additional production of about 70-75 million tonnes of foodgrains," Minister of State for Agriculture Harish Rawat said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.
Dear Prime Minister, We welcome the tabling of a National Food Security Bill in the Lok Sabha as an important step towards the elimination of hunger and undernutrition in India. However, we feel that
After opposing the UPA government, in which her party is a partner, on the issues of foreign direct investment in retail, plan to set up National Counter-Terrorism Centre, and hike in prices of petroleum
With 230 million people under-nourished, the country awaits some comprehensive policy intervention from the government to tackle this haunting crisis. One of the most logical measures would be to provide