Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
Eat it! HOW about rat burgers, rat tail pasta or baby rat keema for dinner? It may become a reality in Bihar if the state government pursues its latest obsession with rats. The state plans to promote rat meat as a source of protein that
By Prasenjit Chowdhury The world's population has continued to grow while its food production has not. The prognosis by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen that India might actually become two countries in economic terms, one with all the pomp and
By Devinder Sharma Outsourcing food production will leave behind a trail of hunger and food scarcity for the native populations. At the 150th commemoration of the Irish Famine held at Cork, Ireland, I vividly recall the mayor of the city tell the audience:
This paper describes the principal activities of food supply and distribution systems and suggests planning criteria for managing the physical and spatial dimensions of the city in order to improve the quantity, quality, variety and safety of food, and to help low-income urban populations to access it. The aim of …
In the follow-up to the 4SSF Conference, fishworker organizations must capitalize on the positive experiences of social movements and civil society organizations (CSOs) engaged in the struggle for food sovereignty.
The following Statement by civil society organizations at Bangkok sought to correct the neglect of small-scale and indigenous fisheries, so as to avert impending disaster and conflict.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of United Nations has recently issued a report which reveals that currently there are 75 million (7.5 crore) people in the world who have fallen victim to famine and if the current crisis of price rise persists this count may reach the total of …
S. Rajendran Bangalore: The State Government has introduced a hi-tech rationing system which will ensure the timely supply of foodgrains to people living below the poverty line and simultaneously prevent black-marketing and circulation of bogus ration cards. What has prompted the Yeddyurappa Government to launch this novel measure is the …
Biofuel will provide jobs to farmers The newest buzz across the globe is to popularise bio-fuel to replace greenhouse gas emitting fossil fuel. Amidst arguments that biofuel
BY SUDHIR K. SINGH BHOPAL With state polls just 38 days away, Opposition leader Jamuna Devi drew spurious comfort from a report released as part of the 2008 Global Hunger Index which sought to compare Madhya Pradesh
Ranchi, Oct. 16: The Jharkhand adviser to N.C. Saxena, Supreme Court commissioner for food security, would send his report on the alleged hunger death of eight Birhors in Chatra district to the apex court on Friday.
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: Punjab, the granary of India, ranks below countries like Honduras and Vietnam in terms of hunger levels while Madhya Pradesh has the most severe level of hunger in the country, followed by Jharkhand and Bihar, says a report prepared by U.S.-based International Food Policy Research Institute …
