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 …
Dr Manjit S. Kang, Vice-Chancellor, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana According to the World Food Summit of 1996, food security is the situation "when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life." Improper and inadequate grain storage results in 5 …
Yoginder K Alagh Under ideal conditions, grain storage options in India are built up from the buffer stock strategies. These, in turn, are derived from fluctuations in grain output and the need to ride through, say, two bad years. To the needs of the required buffer are added the demands …
Chief Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu has said the government should consider allowing export of essential foodgrains like wheat rather than let these rot due to lack of storage capacities and distribution channels. He also said overhauling the public distribution system should be a top priority for the government.
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: In the wake of the concern expressed by the Supreme Court at foodgrains rotting, the Union government on Thursday decided to release an additional 2.5 million tonnes of rice and wheat to the States for distribution to the poor under the Targeted Public Distribution System. The …
The government on Tuesday assured the Lok Sabha that it would honour the decision of the Supreme Court on free distribution of foodgrains to the poor. Replying to an impromptu debate initiated by Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj on the issue, agriculture and food minister Sharad Pawar said,
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: The Union government will respect the Supreme Court's decision on free distribution of grain to the poor, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Union government to inform it of the steps taken to preserve the remaining grain procured. Hearing a petition filed by the People's Union for Civil Liberties relating to the streamlining of the PDS, a Bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak …
Sale of organic foods is one of the fastest growing market segments within the global food industry. People often buy organic food because they believe organic farms produce more nutritious and better tasting food from healthier soils. Here we tested if there are significant differences in fruit and soil quality …
End government dominance in food procurement and stocks Business Standard / New Delhi August 20, 2010, 0:59 IST The Union government has been widely criticised for letting foodgrain rot in its godowns, while food prices soar and millions remain underfed. In its defence the government has spoken about the fiscal …
The government today said it was not possible to implement the Supreme Court order which asked the Centre to distribute foodgrain for free to the poor instead of allowing it to rot due to lack of storage facility. Sharad Pawar
To Check Wastage, Suggests Increase In Storage Facilities & Hike In Allocation To BPLTIMES NEWS NETWORKNew Delhi: The Centre on Thursday agreed that foodgrains were rotting due to record procurement in the last three years without matching storage facility prompting the Supreme Court to suggest free distribution of food grains …
The government is using the proposed National Food Security Act as an excuse not to distribute grain to the needy even as tonnes rot away in its warehousesNitin Sethi | TNN At a time when some of the poorest belts of India are suffering from a monsoon failure the government, …
J. VenkatesanNew Delhi: To deal with the problem of foodgrains rotting in godowns, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre to consider distributing them at
The Supreme Court today directed the central government to ensure free distribution of food grain to people below the poverty line (BPL) instead of allowing the surplus stock to rot in the godowns of Food Corporation of India (FCI).There are an estimated 65.2 million families covered by the BPL category …
P. SainathThe NREGS is restricted. The PDS is targeted. Only exploitation is universal.The rotting of lakhs of tonnes of foodgrain in open yards, while shocking, is hardly new or surprising. Remember the rural poor marching on godowns in Andhra Pradesh in 2001 in similar circumstances? The Supreme Court was quite …
R. Krishna KumarMYSORE: Renowned food scientist and former Director of Central Food Technological Research Institute H.A.B. Parpia has called for effective food storage measures to prevent losses and ensure food for all.Promoting food loss prevention measures indefatigably since the last 55 years, Dr. Parpia underlined its imperatives if nutritional security …
