-The Hindu The food delivery sector is heading towards ‘quick delivery’ of food but is risking the safety of the delivery partners The recent announcement by Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal of its plans to deliver food to customers in 10 minutes has raised a small twitter storm, forcing the CEO to put out a clarification. This raises several questions on the nature of delivery platforms, and the impact on delivery workers. Platform industry...
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Govt reviews cooking oil imports as Ukraine crisis disrupts supplies, prices shoot up -Amiti Sen and Prabhudutta Mishra
-The Hindu Business Line Goyal meets industry associations to assess demand-supply situation, alternative plans Representatives of India’s edible oil industry met Commerce and Food Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday to discuss ways to check the galloping prices of the cooking medium as disruption of supplies of sunflower oil due to the on-going Russia-Ukraine conflict threatens to make the situation worse. The meeting, called a day after the Union Food Secretary’s discussion with industry...
More »India is waking up to the hidden benefits of natural farming -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com Early adopters claim higher yields and low cultivation costs. But scientific validation is awaited Government can keep fertilizer subsidies in check. The fertilizer subsidy bill, driven by a spike in natural gas and other raw material prices, is set to touch a staggering ₹1.3 trillion in 2021-22 Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. Or so it happened to KV Homendra. At 23, he went for a degree in...
More »Farm laws scrapped: India’s food processing sector may get hit badly -Arnab Dutta
-BusinessToday.in With all FMCG majors betting heavily on these reforms, their sourcing and expansion plans may now be impacted severely. The abrupt change in the government’s stance on the three controversial farm laws may have far-reaching implications for the country’s food processing sector that involves leading fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) majors and a market larger than Rs 2.6 lakh crore. With the farm laws are now set to get revoked, a slew of...
More »Promote production of ricebran oil, fortified rice: Centre to Telangana -KV Kurmanath
-The Hindu Business Line Allow us to get paddy directly from farmers: millers The Union government has asked Telangana to promote the establishment of rice bran oil industry to tide over the crisis, as the recent controversy over parboiled rice procurement is set to trigger a political storm in the State. The Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Food has asked the State to develop capacities for the manufacture of fortified rice kernels...
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