-The Hindu Officials are still in the process of finding out requirements across the State Chennai: Nearly one month after the State government announced that breakfast will be provided in schools as part of noon meal scheme, officials are still figuring out the modalities of implementation, including the food variety and age group to be covered. “We are surveying the requirements across the State,” said a senior official from the Department of Social...
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In drought-hit Saurashtra, poor internet network can often mean no food rations -Aarefa Johari
-Scroll.in In this parched region of Gujarat, cattle are either starving to death or have been abandoned. Two months ago, Bhimabhai Chhaiya made a hopeful trip to the government ration shop near his village of Sumri in Gujarat’s Jamnagar district. After three consecutive years of poor rainfall, the cotton farmer was heavily in debt. Food Prices, meanwhile, seemed to be at an all-time high. Wheat, which had cost Rs 20 to Rs 25...
More »Better monsoon to reduce price pressure in pulses: Study
-PTI IMD has forecast better than normal Southwest Monsoon for the year With pulses inflation high at 34%, a better monsoon would reduce price pressure in lentils and in turn food inflation, a latest report has said. Southwest Monsoon rains were lower by 16% as on yesterday. While June could still end with a marginal deficit, if rainfall remains adequate as forecast in July and August, it could provide much-needed support for growth...
More »Brexit effect: Indian lady’s finger may go missing from British platter -Jayashree Bhosale
-The Economic Times PUNE: Indian bhindi is an increasingly popular 'exotic' vegetable in multi culti Britain. It is also a vegetable whose exports from India have consistently grown brining good returns to farmers. However, exporters now fear a decline in demand for Indian vegetables like baby corn, chillies etc from non-Indians in UK, as the local food is likely to become expensive due to exchange rate related issues after Brexit. Traders and...
More »FDI in food trade sans infra creation ‘rider’ irks Food Processing Ministry -Aditi Nigam
-The Hindu Business Line ‘Astonished’ RSS-backed farmers’ body seeks immediate roll-back New Delhi: The Centre’s nod for 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in trading of food products with “no riders”, has not only raised the hackles of the Food Processing Ministry, which has been pushing for 15 per cent mandatory investment in creation of back-end infrastructure to reduce wastage and create jobs, but has also irked farmers organisations, such as...
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