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Shift towards a resilient food system needed -Devinder Sharma

-The Tribune The next food system transformation has to be based on diversity and building on food sovereignty. The future global food system has to be back in the hands of 3.6 billion peasants, small farmers, pastoralists and fishermen where biodiversity protection, income security and climate justice go hand in hand. SOME years back, a study by the University of Sussex (UK) showed a dramatic decline in insect population within a nature...

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Perils of the Gig Economy -Asiya Islam and Damni Kain

-TheIndiaForum.in The uncritical tone of the NITI Aayog’s recent report on the gig economy in India and its belief that platformisation will create an inclusive working environment is, at best, credulous, and, at worst, a deliberate attempt to ignore the erosion of workers’ rights, security, and welfare. In August 2022, more than a hundred workers in Bengaluru working for online food ordering and delivery platform Swiggy went on strike. Echoing central trade...

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Jharkhand ration delivery glare -Animesh Bisoee

-The Telegraph Over 19 PVTG families belonging to the Korwa tribe are not getting food grains under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana Jamshedpur: The Jharkhand government going high on its doorstep delivery campaign Apki Yojana, Apki Sarkar, Apke Dwar has reasons to ponder on execution of welfare schemes with several families of the particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG) denied rations for seven months. Over 19 PVTG families belonging to the Korwa tribe, one of...

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From alarm bells to recess bell: Address nutrition gaps -Meena Sehgal and Manish Anand

-Livemint.com Partnerships with schools in rural India, panchayats and the private sector can help fulfil our aims India has made progress over the years in addressing its high prevalence of under-nutrition. However, malnutrition remains a significant worry. A large proportion of children are still underweight (32%), stunted (36%), ‘wasted’ (19%) and anaemic (67%) according to National Family Health Survey data released this year. The Green Revolution, National Food security Mission (2007) and...

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Will intervene in market if wheat price increased abnormally: Centre

-The Hindu FCI has adequate stocks of wheat and rice, says Food Secretary Amid reports of increase in the wheat price during the festive season, the Centre said on Monday that it would intervene in the market if the price increased abnormally. Talking to reporters, Union Secretary of Food and Public Distribution Sudhanshu Pandey said sufficient stocks of wheat and rice were available in the Central pool to meet the requirement of...

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