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 …
Ahead of enacting the ambitious National Food Security Law, the government on Thursday approved setting up of a national centre for cold chain development and allocated a one-time grant of `25 crore as corpus fund. The Union Cabinet at its meeting here, which was chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, …
Post-harvest loan to be offered at 7% for using warehouses The finance ministry has launched a concessional loan scheme for farmers to prevent distress sale of agricultural produce. Farmers who park their produce at warehouses will be able to avail short-term post harvest loan at 7% as against the prevailing …
Horticultural development had not been a priority until recent years in India. It was later in the post 1993 period that focused attention was given to horticulture development through an enhancement of plan allocation and knowledge-based technology. Despite of this decade being a period of “golden revolution” productivity of the …
In poor countries, most governments implement policies aiming to stabilize the prices of staple foods, which often include storage and trade measures insulating their domestic market from the world market. It is of crucial importance to understand the precise motivations and efficiency of those interventions, because they can have consequences …
A draft of the proposed Nepal Food Safety Act has envisioned establishment of an independent food safety authority which will implement life, food and consumer rights as fundamental rights. The draft prepared by the Consumers Right Protection Forum (CRPF) has urged setting up an authority with financial and administrative independence. …
Facing a glut of potatoes owing to two bumper crops in Punjab and neighbouring states, the farmers here, not being able to find buyers or good rates, have started dumping their crop by the side of the roads. With their produce getting just Rs 1.5 per kg to Rs 3 …
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday strongly defended his government’s decision to allow 51% foreign direct investment in the multi-brand retail sector saying the move would benefit the country and help create jobs. Addressing a Youth Congress meet, Singh said the decision to open up the sector would …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday formally implemented one of the major recommendations of Justice Wadhwa Committee, the abolition of Storage Agent chain in order to streamline the Public Distribution System and avoid irregularities and corruption. The food supplies and consumer welfare department abolished the age-old Storage Agent system in …
As paddy procurement season is set to commence on Saturday (October 1), Punjab and Haryana are looking to procure 168 lakh tonne of paddy for the central pool in the Kharif Marketing season (KMS) 2011-12, which will be 9 per cent more than the last season’s crop lifting. Punjab, which …
GUWAHATI, Sept 29 – Stating that the Centre has laid special emphasis on the Northeast, the Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Prof KV Thomas today informed that the proposal for construction of storage godown totalling capacity 5.4 lakh tonnes, at an estimated cost of …
The Government has announced a time bound action plan to set the second phase of Green Revolution in motion. This will involve increasing the production of pulses and oilseeds in the eastern region with the help of high-yielding seeds. This was decided in a review meeting held at the Prime …
EGoM nod expected shortly for new food storage policy with thrust on public-pvt partnership The government is ready with a blueprint to build grain silos through public-private partnerships to meet the procurement and storage requirement under the food security bill. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee-headed empowered group of ministers is expected …
Indian importers are suffering huge losses as the Chinese apple has taken a hit in the domestic market, despite a lean crop, due to quality concerns. With the pre-harvest assessment indicating a poor crop in Himachal with an expected production of less than two crore boxes, 40 per cent of …
A House panel has called for lifting the ban on wheat and premium non-basmati rice exports at the earliest. This, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce said, is an immediate solution to the food grain glut in the country. However, while lifting the ban, the Government should also keep in …
Initiating a new era in food safety, the Food Safety and Standards Act of 2006 will come into force across the country from Friday making it at par with the international standards. It will ensure improved quality of food for the consumers and censure misleading claims and advertisement by those …
The Right to Food Campaign on Tuesday appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to set aside the government draft of the Food Security Bill which “minimises government's obligations, restricts people's entitlements and is devoid of any accountability”. Rejecting the government's draft Bill, the Campaign gave a national call for action. …
Chennai The much-touted National Food Security Bill aimed at providing foodgrains at subsidised price to the poor may be be introduced in Parliament by December this year said, K V Thomas, Union minister of state for consumer affairs and food. The empowered group of ministers had approved the draft Bill …
