-The Times of India LUCKNOW: A day after sugarcane farmer Satyapal Singh killed himself in Bastauli village of Lakhimpur Kheri, around 200 villagers stormed into the compound of Balrampur Sugar Mill's Buleria unit, protesting against the non-payment of cane arrears. The farmers, who said they intended to cremate Singh's body at the gates of the sugar mill, also vandalised the factory compound, looted the canteen and beat up the mill's chief security...
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India should stand its ground at Bali -Ashok Kotwal, Milind Murugkar and Bharat Ramaswami
-Live Mint Our food procurement policies may be lopsided but there is no link between the food security law and free trade The upcoming World Trade Organization (WTO) summit in Bali has attracted considerable attention in India because of its repercussions on our food policy. It is feared that the recently passed food security law will breach the negotiated limits on the aggregate measure of support (AMS) to farmers. AMS is...
More »Head of UN anti-hunger agency commends India’s efforts to combat malnutrition
-The United Nations The head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) wrapped up a two-day visit to India by lauding the Government for legislation that has made the right to food legally enforceable in a country that is home to about a quarter of the world's undernourished. The National Food Security Act, which was signed into law in September, is designed to provide staple foods at highly subsidised prices for...
More »Panic buying in 3 states over rumours of salt shortage -Aloke Chatterjee
-The Hindustan Times Patna: Panic-stricken people in Meghalaya today rushed to grocery stores and purchased salt at exorbitant prices following wild rumours that the commodity was in short supply. In neighbouring West Bengal, similar rumours sent people in Siliguri, Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts rushing to stores and buy salt at Rs100-150 a kg since Thursday night. In Bihar, where it all started, the police arrested 21 persons on charges of hoarding and...
More »Global food prices rise in October after falling for 5 months
-PTI NEW DELHI: Global food prices increased in October after declining for last five months, according to the the UN body Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Last month's small rise in prices was largely driven by a surge in sugar prices, although prices of the other commodity groups were also up, it said in a statement. The FAO price index, which measures monthly price changes for a basket of cereals, oilseeds, dairy, meat...
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