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Cash instead of foodgrains? K'taka govt undecided -Bharath Joshi

-Deccan Herald District-level officials have been mounting pressure on the government to give beneficiaries cash instead of foodgrains The Karnataka government is under pressure to consider replacing foodgrains with cash benefits to not only plug pilferage but give citizens a say in their consumption basket amid concerns that they are not eating all of what they get under the public distribution system (PDS).  The cash-based food subsidy is being piloted in Puducherry, Chandigarh...

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'Wheat stocks can be 80% higher than buffer requirement by Apr 1 next year'

-PTI/ Business Standard The government on Friday said wheat stocks in FCI godowns is expected to be 134 lakh tonnes at the start of next fiscal, 80 per cent more than the buffer norm. The government on Friday said wheat stocks in FCI godowns is expected to be 134 lakh tonnes at the start of next fiscal, 80 per cent more than the buffer norm. In a written reply to Rajya Sabha, Food...

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Ration for poor families stolen in West Singhbhum -Animesh Bisoee

-The Telegraph Issue came to light during a public hearing organised by Khadya Suraksha Jan Adhikar Manch, an outfit espousing cause of right to food Jamshedpur: Ration meant for poor families under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand has been stolen. The issue came to light during a public hearing organised by Khadya Suraksha Jan Adhikar Manch, an outfit espousing the cause of right to food, at...

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Wheat export ban, food security and public health -Harinder Happy And Shivam Mogha

-The New Indian Express Rice has never been a staple food of Punjab, and the irony is that the rice crop covers the largest fertile area in Punjab. The recent developments regarding the international trade of Indian wheat has sparked a debate about India’s export policies. Besides the economics of the export ban move and India’s foreign policy, the public health perspective should also influence decisions regarding  the trading and distribution of...

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At UN Food Security Minister Meet, India Defends Wheat Export Ban

-TheWire.in India asserted that inequitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines was a cautionary precedent for not walking a similar path in global foodgrain shortage. New Delhi: India on Wednesday defended the ban on wheat exports as necessary to address “unjustified” food prices and asserted that inequitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines was a cautionary precedent for not walking a similar path in global foodgrain shortage Speaking at the US-led Food Security Ministerial meeting at UN...

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