Food Policy

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Centre, State to join hands

Implementation of State scheme to provide rice at Rs. 2 a kg

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Running the public distribution system being a collective responsibility of the Central and State governments, the State's decision to provide rice at Rs.2 a kg for 35 lakh families will be jointly implemented, Food and Civil Supplies Minister C. Divakaran has said.

Date:: 10/03/2010
Source:: Hindu (New Delhi)

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Kerala seeks inclusion of paddy lands in Central food scheme

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala government has appealed to the Centre to relax the norms for inclusion of paddy lands in the Central food security scheme so that the Kuttanad region and the kole lands in Thrissur district could be brought under its ambit, Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Rathnakaran told the Assembly on Monday.

Date:: 09/03/2010
Source:: Hindu (New Delhi)

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India’s food security goals in danger

By 2025, 60 per cent aquifers would be in critical state, says World Bank report
Two days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured the Parliament of “no-panic” on the food front, an alarming new report by the World Bank has shown that an increasing number of aquifers in India are reaching unsustainable levels of exploitation, endangering long-term food security goals.

Date:: 08/03/2010
Source:: Tribune (New Delhi)

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Food security to come at variable price

The United Progressive Alliance government will provide wheat and rice to below poverty line people at Rs 3 a kg under the proposed Food Security Act only till it remains in power at the Centre.

Date:: 08/03/2010
Source:: Indian Express (New Delhi)

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Food Inflation: Contingent and structural factors

Food prices in the immediate future can be controlled only through large imports. Wheat stocks are adequate but rice stocks are not. There will be a fiscal cost because global prices are above domestic prices, but this will not be above 1 per cent of central government expenditure. This may be the best option since food inflation is now threatening to become generalised.

Author(s):: Gunajit Kalita,; Pankaj Vashisht,; Rajiv Kumar
Date:: Mar 2010
Source:: Economic and Political Weekly Vol: 45 Issue: 10 pp: 16-19
Attachments:: Food Inflation.pdf

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Draft food processing policy ready: CM

BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said a draft State Food Processing Policy is ready and has been circulated among stakeholders for their response.

Once finalised, the policy would go a long way in tapping the potential of agri and food processing sector, he said.

Date:: 06/03/2010
Source:: New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)

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Public-private tie-ups needed to check wastage of vegetables, fruits

Gargi Parsai

This staggering loss has affected India's agri business

Sustainable supply chains needed to link farmer to marketing centres

Date:: 06/03/2010
Source:: Hindu (New Delhi)

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Parliamentary body slams food processing policy

The government’s policy with regards to the food processing industry has come under severe criticism from the parliamentary standing committee on agriculture. The committee, in its report tabled in Parliament today, called for “serious introspection” to review the ex-isting policy framework and recomme-nded immediate drafting of a new nat-ional long-term food processing policy.

Date:: 04/03/2010
Source:: Statesman (New Delhi)

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BPL families to get comprehensive social security net

Saubhadro Chatterji / New Delhi March 04, 2010, 0:50 IST

Expanding its commitment to provide subsidised foodgrain to the poor, the Manmohan Singh government is looking at a host of social sector initiatives along with its soon-to-be-unveiled Food Security Bill.