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Restuarants, eateries, canteens to require licences from Food Safety and Standards Authority of India to operate-Ratna Bhushan

-The Economic Times Come February 4 and all eateries in the country-from restaurant chains such as KFC and McDonalds to restaurants within hotels like Bukhara and Swagath to even school canteens and corporate cafeterias-will need a 'food business operator' licence from central food authority Food Safety and Standards Authority of India to operate. The authority plans to randomly check food joints across the country after the February 4 deadline for obtaining the...

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FDI in retail: To empower dalits, do away with India’s antiquated retail trading system-Chandra Bhan Prasad and Milind Kamble

-The Economic Times A couple of months ago, the UPA government cleared Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail. It is a politically risky step. But for once, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh showed both spine and spunk biting the bullet. Since then, both Left parties and the BJP have expressed serious reservations over the decision. The general view is that it will affect the lakhs of small, indigenous kirana stores spread across...

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Sick Chickens Come Home to Roost -Nidhi Nath Srinivas

-The Economic Times What are the chances that a Chicken infected with bird flu will land on your plate? Zero. What are the chances that a bird flu infection will increase the price you pay for Chicken and eggs? 100%. A virulent and deadly infection called avian influenza or bird flu is present in our country. The virus usually affects wild fowl which then infect Chickens. The virus can survive for...

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Kejriwal breaks ‘Omerta Code’ on DLF-Vadra ‘sweetheart deal’ by Venky Vembu

-First Post They came in waves, like silent armies that move in the night. Each of the Congress Ministers and party leaders who were seen studio-hopping or otherwise implanting themselves in front of cameras late on Friday had been assigned a specific role: to defend the First Family of Indian politics against the most audacious allegation of corruption levelled by Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan, the two Johnny-come-latelys to the world...

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Myths about industrial agriculture -Vandana Shiva

-Al Jazeera  Organic farming is the "only way to produce food" without harming the planet and people's health. Reports trying to create doubts about organic agriculture are suddenly flooding the media. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, people are fed up of the corporate assault of toxics and GMOs. Secondly, people are turning to organic agriculture and organic food as a way to end the toxic war against the earth and...

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