Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
NEW DELHI: Punjab lost rice worth Rs 450 crore, more than that of neighbour Haryana, between 2003 and 2008 as the state's procurement far exceeded storage capacity, leading to loss of moisture in the food grain, says a CAG report. "Storage loss in rice observed between 2003-04 and 2007-08 in …
BHUBANESWAR: A large number of food rights activists staged a protest outside the godown of the Food Corporation of India in Rourkela on Sunday demanding equitable distribution of food grains and universalisation and decentralisation of the public distribution system (PDS). More than 1,500 activists, academicians and those involved in various …
Chandigarh: While people in some food grain deficit states were starving, thousands of tonne of wheat stocks were rotting in the open in the rains in Punjab. Punjab Mandi Board chairman Ajmer Singh Lakhowal making this startling finding told FE here on Tuesday that jointly Punjab and Haryana this year …
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Congress president Mohinder Singh Kaypee on Wednesday demanded a CBI inquiry into the rotting of thousands of tonnes of foodgrains in the State. In a statement, he attributed
Chandigarh, 27 July: Antiquated food storage methods and technologies have been costing India dearly. The chairman of the Food Corporation of India (FCI), Mr Siraj Hussain, admits that food grains worth Rs 50,000 crore is wasted every year. This comes roughly to 20 per cent of the total food produced …
New Delhi: Over 11,700 tonne of foodgrain worth Rs 6.86 crore were found "damaged" in government godowns, food and agriculture minister Sharad Pawar informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. The FCI (Food Corporation of India) has taken penal action against the officials responsible, he added. "Reports have been received about …
Even as the Opposition rocked Parliament over price rise, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said wastage of even a single foodgrain in a poverty-ridden country is a
Govt Admits To EGoM: 61,000 Tonnes Destroyed Due To Poor Storage New Delhi: The government admitted to the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) on food and prices that 61,000 tonnes of foodgrain had rotted in its granaries as it was kept with poor protection for too long. The EGoM headed …
Antiquated food storage methods and technologies have been costing India dearly. The chairman of the Food Corporation of India (FCI), Siraj Hussain, admits that food worth Rs 50,000 crore is wasted every year. This comes roughly to 20 per cent of the total food produced by the country. Though this …
SANJEEB MUKHERJEE New Delhi: To augment storage facilities for food grain storage, the central government plans to tweak its existing seven-year guarantee scheme. The move will encourage more private participation in storage and warehousing. In a meeting of Food Corporation of India (FCI)
LUCKNOW: On one hand, there is crippling price rise, on the other, criminal wastage of foodgrains and other agricultural produce continues in Uttar Pradesh. Despite being an agrarian economy, the state government has done precious little to put its warehouse and cold storage mechanism in order. And with over 30% …
The goal of food for all can be achieved only through greater and integrated attention to production, procurement, preservation and public distribution. The President, in her address to Parliament on June 4, 2009, announced:
Fatehgarh Sahib: Lakhs of rotten wheat bags in open godowns of different villages of Fatehgarh Sahib are emanating unbearable stench after recent rains. Villagers of Ranwan, near Khamano, and Kotla Bhaika in Sirhind are suffering due to the lakhs of rotten paddy and wheat bags lying in open godowns for …
New Delhi: The National Advisory Council (NAC) may be talking of April 2011 rollout of the food security Bill, but lack of storage capacity of foodgrain could thwart the programme before it gets launched. Seized of the matter, the agriculture ministry has submitted a proposal to the Prime Minister Manmohan …
Udaipur: At a time when Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in Rajasthan is struggling to provide foodgrain to thousands of families living below the poverty line, hundreds of tonnes of wheat and peas continue to rot because of FCI
Shimla, July 2 Improper storage and negligence continues to damage foodgrain stock of the Food Corporation of India (FCI). In fact, it had about 14,000 tonnes of totally damaged rice, wheat and paddy, which could not be issued for distribution at the start of the year. According to information obtained …
Komal Amit Gera / Chandigarh June 25, 2010, 0:07 IST At a time the country is facing high food inflation, its bread basket is sitting on colossal wheat stocks. The stocks, to the tune of 12 million tonnes, lying in godowns and open spaces in Punjab are giving sleepless nights …
