Beginning with organizing Street Food Festival since 2012, NASVI (National Association of Street Vendors of India) has been mounting pressure on Food Safety Department and Municipal Bodies to mainstream street Food vendors. The Food Safety Department has begun the process of registration of Food Vendors and NASVI has already got 350 vendors apply for registration. The Municipal Bodies too have begun responding though New Delhi Municipal Committee (NDMC)has...

-PTI   London: The temporary ban, proposed by the European Commission, includes mangoes, eggplant, the taro plant, bitter gourd and snake gourd. The 28-member European Union has temporarily banned the import of Alphonso mangoes, the king of fruits, and four vegetables from India from May 1, sparking protests from the Indian community, lawmakers and traders. The recent decision by the grouping's Standing Committee on Plant Health came after 207 consignments of fruits and vegetables...

-Down to Earth   All safe motherhood programmes of the government are focused on institutional deliveries, but health centres are in disarray. Experts suggest ways to reduce deaths during delivery Lal Mohan, a daily wage labourer, has no clue what took his wife's life. Sarita Devi, 25, was expecting her third child, and was on way to a good hospital at Bhagalpur district in Bihar. "She was normal all through the nine months...

-The Business Standard   There is nothing called junk Food. The problem with obesity lies with children who do not exercise enough. What is needed is for them to run and jump, and to do this they need to consume high-calorie Food. So, Food high in salt, sugar and fat is good for them." This is what was argued vehemently and rudely by representatives of the Food industry in the committee set...

-The Times of India   NEW DELHI: The curtains are down on former chief minister Sheila Dikshit's Annshree Yojna. The over one lakh beneficiaries will be enrolled for the Food security programme, and the ration is expected to be supplied from May 1. The cash-for-Food scheme was the first such project of the Delhi government launched by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi in December 2012 to promote the UPA's idea of cash transfer as...