-The Times of India NEW DELHI: India has the highest number as well as proportion of children who are underweight and who suffer from stunting. And yet, India has no current data on the nutritional status of its population. The data available is almost a decade old since the national family health survey, which collects nutritional data, was last done in 2005-06. Global and national academicians, researchers and experts in nutrition decried...

-Frontline     Attempts by the Congress-led UPA government to adopt the ordinance route to pass the Food Security Bill fail as the opposition parties are more or less united in seeking a Bill that provides universal PDS coverage. THE National Food Security Bill (NFSB), 2013, touted as the biggest game changer for the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in the 2014 parliamentary elections, will go through yet another round of discussions...

-The Hindustan Times Political parties have come together to shut the door on sharing information with citizens and the government, buoyed by the near-consensus among the political class, is planning changes to the Right to Information Act. It may take the amendment route or even promulgate an ordinance to keep political parties out of the ambit of the information act. The amendments to the act will overturn the June 3 order of the...

-The Hindustan Times Biting the bullet on a tough reform measure, the government on Thursday took a politically sensitive decision to double natural gas prices to $8.4 (about Rs. 510.13) per unit from April 1 next year. This move will push up the price you pay for everything from food items to public transport. On the positive side, the decision is expected to attract foreign investors in the energy sector as the...

-Macroscan.com India's ruling Congress party has failed to deliver on an election pledge to bring in a law that would help deliver food security. To read the entire article, please click here * This article was originally published in the Guardian on 24 June 2013. ...