-TheHansIndia.com Poya Devi, 22, is happy that the weight of her child has been steadily increasing. Her infant has received immunisation and, since last June, Poya has been availing services of the Indiramma Amurutha Hastham (IAH) scheme in her village of Urumulu, which lies 30 kilometres away from Araku. Poya was registered at the village's anganwadi as soon as she got pregnant and was later sent to a hospital for institutional delivery...
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Panel calls for cutting Food security coverage, backs cash transfer -Surojit Gupta & Dipak Kumar Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The government should reduce coverage under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) to 40% of the population from 67% and defer implementation of the scheme in states which have not complied with the rollout conditions, a panel appointed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recommended. The panel headed by former Food minister Shanta Kumar submitted the report to the PM on Wednesday. Reforming the subsidy regime...
More »Plans to supply jowar, ragi under PDS: Minister
-Deccan Herald Hassan: Food and Civil Supplies Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said the department was chalking out various plans like supplying ragi and jowar to the ration card holders, which would be finalised soon. Addressing media persons after inspecting the maize procurement centre and the godowns at the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee yard during his visit to Hassan, on Tuesday, he said that the department had been purchasing ragi, providing support...
More »805 million people go hungry. Who will uphold their right to food? -Biraj Patnaik
-The Guardian Countries are recognising their obligation to feed their citizens, but with growing corporate control over Food systems, the battle is far from over As the first round of intergovernmental negotiations on the sustainable development goals gets under way in New York, I am reminded of the immense struggle over time to ensure that every human being has quality Food in sufficient quantity to meet their needs - a right laid...
More »It's trust vs certification -Aparna Pallavi
-Down to Earth For farmers, trust sells more than organic licence A Food SAFETY and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) official walked into Restore, an organic Food store at Kottivakkam in Chennai. He picked up a packet of rice off the shelf and noticed some bugs in it. "How can you sell groceries with bugs?" he asked. The staff told him their customers buy their goods precisely because of the bugs in...
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