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 real purpose of the draft Food Security Bill is to replace a universal system of public food distribution with a targeted system.
Govt Agrees To Provide 35Kg Of Foodgrain Every Month To 8.5Cr BPL Families
Various estimates of the extra cost to the government for an improved food security Bill are doing the rounds, but many agree the Union government
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) today launched eight new programmes. The launch of the programmes was announced by professor M.S. Swaminathan, chair for sustainable development, IGNOU, while launching his book,
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: The Right to Food Campaign on Tuesday expressed its disappointment with the
INFANTS and children below two years and in particular infants below six months should be included as a vulnerable group in the Food Security Act, according to a group of civil society organisations.
The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on Food Security, headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, is likely to meet on Friday to assess the prospects of the ongoing wheat procurement and deliberate the outlook for the forthcoming rice crop.
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.
Union health min ister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday informed Parliament that Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, would come into force in the next three to four months. The new Act makes adulteration an offence punishable with life imprisonment and also provides for penalty on manufacturers of adulterated food items up to Rs 10 lakhs.
The government has said foodgrain was not wasted in the godowns of Food Corporation of India (FCI) due to lack of proper storage, transportation and upkeep during the last three years. However, it admitted that some quantity of foodgrains with the Food Corporation of India in the Central Pool was damaged and had become non-issuable due to reasons like cyclones and floods.