The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The scheme aims to provide 30 kg rice every month to families under BPL at subsidised rate of Re 1 per kg via PDS The first populous scheme of the Karnataka government, Anna Bhagya rice scheme, as promised in its election manifesto, will be launched tomorrow in Mysore district benefiting …
With the Delhi Government vying to be the first to launch a food security scheme next month, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday issued directions to the department and agencies concerned to make all necessary preparations. The scheme is set to launch in the Capital on August 20 to coincide …
The state will launch food security on August 20, birth anniversary of late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi celebrated as Sadbhawna Diwas The Delhi government has become the first in India to announce it would launch the food security programme, as cleared by the Union Cabinet in the form of an …
President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday signed the ordinance on the National Food Security Bill, which paves the way for the implementation of the proposed legislation that envisages providing 5 kg of highly subsidised foodgrains to 67% of the population. The president gave his nod to the ordinance, which was received …
While Opposition parties criticised the Cabinet's decision of taking the ordinance route for the implementation of National Food Security Bill, agricultural experts and industry associations have asked the government to fix leakages in the Public Distribution System (PDS) and investment in improving production, storage and transportation of food grains before …
The National Food Security Ordinance, 2013 notified by the Union government entitles 67% of the population to receive subsidised grains from government every month. An Ordinance to provide for food and nutritional security in human life cycle approach, by ensuring access to adequate quantify of quality food at affordable prices …
Cabinet unanimously approves scheme's rollout for 67% of population The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, in a year that will see six states going to polls, has chosen the ordinance route to launch its ambitious food security programme for almost two-thirds of the country’s population. The Cabinet, which had last …
Setting aside all opposition, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to promulgate an ordinance on the National Food Security Bill that seeks to give legal rights to 67 per cent of the population over subsidised grains every month. The beneficiaries will be identified by the States, which will …
More Delhiites will now be covered under the Delhi Government’s food security net. The Cabinet on Wednesday liberalised the eligibility criteria for its food security scheme, the Dilli Annshree Yojana. Under the new norms, all families whose head has been residing in Delhi from January 1, 2010, and whose annual …
Preparing for the 2014 General Elections, the Congress-led UPA today decided to take the ordinance route to provide India’s two-third population the right to food at subsidised rates. Opposition parties, primarily the BJP and the Left, wanted National Food Security Bill, Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s pet project, to be discussed …
However, some believe this will only push the annual food subsidy higher To operationalize the government’s ambitious National Food Security Law, the Food Corporation of India (FCI) has embarked on a massive recruitment drive. Officials said by the end of 2013-14 financial year, the Corporation will have 11,000 new staff …
The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) conducts nationwide household consumer expenditure surveys at regular intervals as part of its “rounds”, each round normally of a year’s duration. The NSS surveys are conducted through household interviews from a random sample of households selected through a scientific design and cover practically the …
The State government is planning to provide sugar and wheat to Above Poverty Line (APL) ration cardholders under the Public Distribution System (PDS), Food and Civil Supplies Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said on Monday. Rao told reporters that the department is working on details to supply wheat and sugar. If …
Ignoring concerns expressed by allies and civil society groups, the United Progressive Alliance government is all set to push for an ordinance on the Food Security Bill. The revised Bill along with Food Ministry’s 81 amendments will be tabled for approval in the Union Cabinet meeting on Thursday. Food Minister …
The UPA Government plans to call a special session of Parliament to pass the Food Security Bill after the Cabinet on Thursday deferred a proposal to pass an ordinance for implementing the same. The Food Security Bill, which the Government considers will be a game changer, aims to provide legal …
State officials are apprehensive of targeted coverage and allocations The National Food Security Bill, which is again in news these days, may be generating much excitement in most parts of the country, but not in Tamil Nadu. The reason: a more comprehensive model in the form of universal public distribution …
The world produces 4 billion tonnes of food every year, enough to feed its 7 billion people. Yet, every seventh person on earth sleeps hungry. Is it only because we waste 30-50 percent of our food? Or do 2.6 million children die of malnutrition every year because another 40 million …
With substantial opposition to short cuts in passage, regular Parliament discussion in coming session seems the route The government was neither likely to promulgate an ordinance nor convene a special session of Parliament to discuss its ambitious social security scheme, the National Food Security Bill (NFSB), those in the know …
This study conducted by Accountability Initiative found several inefficiencies and widespread irregularities in implementation of the flagship Mid-Day Meal scheme in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. This study attempts to fill this gap in the context of the Mid Day Meal scheme (MDM). It employs a unique method to track fund …
Social Inclusion of Internal Migrants in India aims to provide an overview of existing innovative practices that increase the inclusion of internal migrants in society and act as a living document that would inspire and assist professionals and governments officials in their attempts to facilitate the social inclusion of migrants. …
