-Press release by Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture (ASHA) and the Right to Food Campaign (RTFC) dated 22 August, 2022 New Delhi, August 22, 2022: An RTI response by the Ministry of Women and Child Development reveals knee-jerk and self-protecting measures in the form of a few circulars issued by the Ministry of Food and Public Distribution as well as the Ministry of Women and Child Development with regard to Fortified...
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Centre weighs ban on rice exports -R Suryamurthy
-The Telegraph Officials said the government is weighing up the option of some kind of restrictions on the shipments of rice New Delhi: After wheat, the Centre is mulling curbs on rice exports as the acreage under the crop this season has shrunk about 13 per cent over the previous year because of deficient rains in key rice-growing states — leading to a rise in the price of the foodgrain. Analysts said the...
More »Cereal inflation would be hard to tame amidst low rice acreage
Is India going to face inflation in cereal prices during the rest of the current financial year? Experts differ on this. An analysis by Nomura Global Economics and CEIC finds that a below normal monsoon does not always translate into high retail inflation in food. Similarly, an above normal southwest monsoon does not always bring down the rate of food inflation. However, some agricultural experts (please click here, here and...
More »Most small drug makers aren’t WHO-GMP certified -Priyanka Sharma
-Livemint.com The Centre has started an outreach programme for such SMEs operating in 10 locations Considering that only one-fifth of the small and medium manufacturers of bulk and API (active pharmaceutical ingredient) drugs have been certified under the World Health Organization’s good manufacturing practices, the Centre has launched an outreach programme to establish India as a best-in-class pharma hub, said an official in the know. “As of now, India has around 6,790 SMEs...
More »Launch a national tribal health mission -Abhay Bang
-The Hindu It can be the path to a peaceful health revolution for the 11 crore tribal people in India For the first time since independence, a tribal President has become a reality in India. This is a very positive signal given to the tribal people by the Narendra Modi government. On this International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, let us explore how this symbolic gesture can be turned into a...
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