Thousands of people have gathered in the Indian capital, Delhi, to take part in a rally to protest against rising food prices and unemployment. A steady stream of protesters, carrying red flags, has been marching through the streets of central Delhi since early morning. The rally has led to massive traffic jams in the city. Trade unions who have called the rally say nearly 40,000 people will attend a meeting at the Ramlila...

The Government does not bother to know what crops are being sown “India's daily turnover from vegetables and fruits could be easily about Rs. 275 crores (US$ 59 million). The estimated cost of ‘wastage' per day, is around Rs. 130 crores (US$ 27 million). In summary, it's a lot bigger than some of the Indian IT sector's daily turnover”, says Mr. Venkat Subramanian, Founder and Managing Director, Matchbox Solutions, a company...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said food price rise was a “problem” and promised to take tackle it without affecting economic growth. “Inflation in the last 18 months has become a problem. We stand committed to control inflation… By the end of this fiscal year, I hope the inflation will come down to 7 per cent,” Singh told the Lok Sabha. The latest food inflation figure has crossed 11.4 per cent...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the government is trying to introduce the proposed National Food Security Bill that seeks to provide a legal guarantee for cheaper foodgrains to the poor, in the Budget session of Parliament. "...we hope to bring to this session of Parliament the National Food Security Bill, which would give the people the right to food as the constitutional right," Singh told Rajya Sabha while replying...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in a strong sounding speech in Parliament on Thursday said that "if there is a scam it must be dealt with the law of the land. Law of the land must punish the wrong doers". "Unfortunate developments have taken place in the areas of telecom and Commonwealth Games. I assure the House there is nothing we will not do to clean our public life," Manmohan Singh said. "Our...