Food Security

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the I2U2 virtual Summit, in New Delhi on July 14, 2022. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | I2U2 focus right: Unite on food security, clean energy

UAE will invest $2 billion to develop integrated food parks in India

16 Jul 2022 1:26 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the UN ‘High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, Land degradation and Drought’, through video conferencing, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

India to restore 26 million acres of degarded land, says PM Modi

'Sadly, land degradation affects over two-thirds of the world today,' Modi said

15 Jun 2021 6:59 AM

A vendor waits for customers at a Friday market in Chennai (Arun SANKAR / AFP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Pay heed to shadow pandemic of hunger

Globally, there is a red alert about the shadow pandemic of hunger in the time of COVID-19

03 Dec 2020 9:56 AM

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar at the press briefing. (PTI)

Union Cabinet formally extends free ration under PMGKAY till November this year

The minister said that the scheme will benefit more than 80 crore people in the country.

09 Jul 2020 1:52 AM

Prime Minister pitches for ration card unity of India

Today's address to the nation was an attempt by the PM to put speed on his next project of bringing India under one welfare umbrella.

30 Jun 2020 8:25 PM

Our last mile delivery stood out, Nirmala Sitharaman said, and promised that programmes will be accelerated and red tape will be reduced. (Photo: File | ANI)

Budget 2019: Programmes to be accelerated, red tape reduced in 'New India': FM

NDA in its first term set the ball rolling for 'New India' with strident commitment to fiscal consolidation, said Sitharaman.

05 Jul 2019 12:33 PM

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (Photo: PTI)

State provides food security to 90 per cent people: Mamata Banerjee

Mamata said that we also provide rice and wheat through PDS to the families of tea garden workers and to the Toto tribe in north Bengal.

01 Sep 2018 2:38 AM

Tobacco acreage and production in the country have started declining as the government is encouraging farmers in ten states like Andhra Pradesh to shift to alternative crops in a big way, a senior government official said on Monday.

Tobacco area, output decline as farmers shift to other crops

The tobacco area has declined by 14.56 per cent to 3.99 lakh hectares in 2016-17 from 4.67 lakh hectares in 2014-15.

13 Aug 2018 2:29 PM

The crisis is so bad that those who hope to win the race for the last water reserves are drilling deeper and deeper into the ground leading to a precipitous drop in water tables across India by an average of 0.3 metres per year and by as much as four metres in some place — the world’s fastest rate of groundwater decline.

India’s arid lands, thirsty crops

India’s water crisis stems from a thorny mix of economic, geographic and political factors.

13 Jun 2018 1:20 AM

China plans more Forest Cities which will have rooftop gardens.

Leafy towns can firefight urban heat: Urban farming boosts nutritional security

It is time we graduated from food security to nutritional security.

09 Apr 2018 2:21 AM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Social stigma stops families to procure outside help

Here is what new research found.

02 Mar 2018 12:25 PM

India not blamed for stonewalling WTO talks for first time: Suresh Prabhu

As regards the food security issue, the minister said that India was keen to have a permanent solution.

17 Dec 2017 6:36 PM

'The aim was to bring like-minded nations together and explain to them the country's position as well as concerns over issues of common interest,' Suresh Prabhu said. (Photo: File)

Pushing for food security, Suresh Prabhu aims to call WTO member's meeting

India has been keenly pushing agriculture issues at the WTO.

17 Dec 2017 6:19 PM

The closing of air and land crossing has implications for the food supply chain in Qatar that imports food from neighbouring countries. (Photo: File/Representational)

Gulf crisis: Qataris stock food in advance fearing shortage of food

Though Qatar is 1 of the wealthiest countries in the world, it relies heavily on imported food from Saudi Arabia, UAE among other places.

06 Jun 2017 3:39 PM

Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan.

Focus on nutritional security of 23 cr PDS members: Paswan

Food Ministry has chalked out plans for supplying fortified wheat and rice flour via PDS.

15 May 2017 6:32 PM

A file picture shows Bangladeshi workers sieving rice in a village near Dhaka. (Photo: AFP)

Bangladesh caught between food and fuel needs

Plans to turn grain into ethanol to make fuel; could hurt food security, say experts.

02 May 2017 5:22 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PIB Twitter)

Modi wants 'Give It Up' LPG campaign for food subsidy

Govt is overburdened with a huge overall subsidy bill of Rs 2.4 lakh crore projected in Budget 2017.

25 Apr 2017 1:01 PM

Display subsidy from Centre, states: Paswan to PDS outlets

Directive from Paswan aims to end confusion and promote transparency in disbursal of subsidy amount.

24 Apr 2017 3:08 PM

In India, foodgrains are highly subsidised.

Govt to launch Rs 6,000-cr 'SAMPADA' for food processing

Programme aims to integrate current and new schemes aimed at reducing food wastage and doubling farmers' income.

12 Apr 2017 5:17 PM

Foodgrains are highly subsidised in India under Food Security Act.

Aadhaar now mandatory for buying PDS foodgrains

Earlier, it was essential not compulsory to produce Aadhaar card for buying wheat, rice and kerosene at PDS shops.

09 Feb 2017 5:36 PM

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