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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.
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- 10/03/2010
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- 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
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- 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.
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- 08/03/2010
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- 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.
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- 08/03/2010
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- 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.
- Date:
- Mar 2010
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- Economic and Political Weekly Vol: 45 Issue: 10 pp: 16-19
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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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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.
- Date:
- 04/03/2010
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- Business Standard (New Delhi)
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Govt likely to toe Cong line on FSA
Just Like NREGA Party Leadership May Intervene To Rework Food Security Bill
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
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- 03/03/2010
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- Times Of India (New Delhi)







