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>
New Delhi: The policy standoff between the Supreme Court and the Centre over food security is likely to deepen on Monday, with the latter set to either sidestep, brush aside or even openly disagree with the court
Madhya Pradesh model offers a way forward The delay in the National Advisory Council (NAC) finalising its proposals for food security legislation seems to stem from the realisation that legislation is easy, execution is difficult.
Yoginder K Alagh This has been the food security week with the NAC and the courts getting into the last lap. The fact that a food security system will be set up is accepted by all and this column has always stood by that. A nation, growing the way India is and with its resource base, has no business accepting stark hunger as a given. Three issues have been raised. The first is coverage.
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: In the wake of the concern expressed by the Supreme Court at foodgrains rotting, the Union government on Thursday decided to release an additional 2.5 million tonnes of rice and wheat to the States for distribution to the poor under the Targeted Public Distribution System. The grain will be sold at Below the Poverty Line (BPL) rates in the next six months. It was a
Responding to the Supreme Court order on rotting foodgrain, the government on Thursday decided to release an additional 2.5 million tonnes of foodgrain to the states for distribution among the poor. The additional release of foodgrain, however, will be only for the next six months.
Distribution Aimed At Helping UPA Overcome
Nitin Sethi | TNN New Delhi: The SC commissioners and the UPA government don
Rapped by the Supreme Court for letting foodgrain rot, the government is considering options to ease pressure on Food Corporation of India (FCI) godowns by targeted distribution of additional stock at cheaper rates. An empowered Group of Ministers (eGoM), headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, will meet on Thursday to approve the Centre's counter-affidavit in the Supreme Court on creation
How will the proposed National Food Security Act impact livelihoods, cropping patterns and productivity?
The government on Tuesday assured the Lok Sabha that it would honour the decision of the Supreme Court on free distribution of foodgrains to the poor. Replying to an impromptu debate initiated by Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj on the issue, agriculture and food minister Sharad Pawar said,