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 …
Rice stocked in the godowns of Jharkhand State Food Corporation have been rotting since the launch of MGNREGS seven years ago. Official documents accessed by The Indian Express reveal that as on June 6, 1,037 metric tonnes of rice stacked in more than 10,000 sacks were found rotting in two …
Other States Too Face Similar Woes, Send SOS To Centre New Delhi: Massive procurement of wheat has posed serious storage problem for various states, who are now urging the Centre to intervene to help them tide over the crisis. Latest figures show that Madhya Pradesh is fast catching up with …
States appear lukewarm to bail out the Centre grappling with the “problem of plenty”, as there is no response to the food ministry’s proposal for advance lifting of foodgrains. Even though Union minister of state for food K.V. Thomas had proposed to the states to lift foodgrains in advance for …
Bhubaneswar: Appreciating Odisha's supply chain management under public distribution system, the Centre on Saturday assured the state government that FCI would procure 50,000 metric tons of surplus rice from godowns next month. The assurance was given by Union food and public distribution secretary B C Gupta who reviewed the PDS …
Bhubaneswar: Alleging tardy procurement of surplus rice by FCI from Odisha, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday sought prime minister's intervention for moving at least one lakh MT rice from the state every month. Despite request by the state and my food minister's meeting with union food minister, FCI has …
New Delhi With no political consensus as yet to allow the foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail, India needs to undertake structural reforms urgently to curb food inflation that surged to a 15-month high of 10.49% in April on dearer vegetables and protein-based products. Economists said these reforms should …
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has rejected the food ministry’s suggestion that 25 per cent of wages under the rural employment guarantee programme be paid in foodgrains. Food minister K V Thomas had written to Ramesh early April, suggesting that part of the wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National …
Food Minister K V Thomas on Monday said the problem of foodgrain storage was due to procurement exceeding targets because of record production and encouraging purchase policy, and assured the state governments all help in providing jute bags to overcome the “problem of plenty”. In the Rajya Sabha, he proposed …
New Delhi: Food Corporation of India (FCI) has warned that unless the government can distribute 750 lakh tonnes of food grain, there will be no storage space for the bumper harvest being currently procured, the food ministry told Rajya Sabha on Monday. The crisis of plenty has been engaging the …
New Delhi With the grain stocks held with Food Corporation of India (FCI) and other state government owned agencies crossing a record level, the food ministry has proposed additional allocation of grain to BPL and APL families for dealing with storage crunch. Under the proposal sent to finance ministry, the …
It is a good news that Punjab no longer cheers for. The state is headed for a record wheat harvest of over 120 lakh tonnes this Rabi season surpassing all previous milestones. It is almost 10 lakh tonnes higher than the previous record of 110 lakh tonnes. The high production …
New Delhi As part of its plan to create two-million-tonne-capacity silos for storing grain across the country, the government has approved creation of silos in 10 states with the capacities ranging from 4 lakh tonne to 50,000 tonne. The state-level committees on silos are identifying suitable locations, which would be …
The requirement of foodgrains for public distribution system and other welfare scheme is about 61 million tonnes which is 30 per cent of the nation's grain output, the Rajya Sabha was informed today. The Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Minister, Mr K.V. Thomas, said during Question Hour that as …
‘Raise PDS Allocation Or Wheat Will Go Waste Due to Lack Of Storage Facilities’ India could see unprecedented levels of foodgrain rotting this year in government godowns unless the central government increases the amount of grains it distributes to the poor through PDS across the country, the Food Corporation of …
The International Rice Research Institute recently said that the rice wasted in the Philippines ever year could feed several million people. Citing a study done by Food and Agriculture Organisation, the IRRI in its publication ‘Rice Today’ said the Philippines, the world’s biggest rice importer for several years, wasted rice …
BHAWANIPATNA: The revamped public distribution system (PDS) has already been implemented in Kalahandi. Even as the new system aims at curbing pilferage in the PDS, questions are being raised over its effective implementation. Last year, the State Government had decided to do away with the storage-agent system from October 1 …
Growing population and rise in income level will lead to increase in demand of high-value agriculture (HVA) produce that includes fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, milk, fish and value-added food products. The annual growth rate in domestic demands for fruits and vegetables is estimated at 3.34% and 3.03% respectively. The required …
KOLKATA, 2 MARCH: The state food department will set up rice mills on the public-private partnership (PPP) model at 158 blocks of the state. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has initiated the process to avoid any further problem in rice procurement. The crop production was high this year, but due to …
Raja Ramanna Centre of Advanced Technology ( RRCAT) has developed electronic beams for preservation of vegetables and fruits for longer period. Soon, an electronic radiation centre would be set up in Choithram Mandi as part of the pilot project. This information was given by RRCAT Director Dr P D Gupta …
To form special purpose vehicle with Fresh & Healthy Enterprises, an arm of ConCor The Union agriculture ministry has drawn up plans to invest in cold chain infrastructure for fruits in the upcoming financial year. India produces 230 million tonne of vegetables and fruits a year but around 25% of …
