While the government is spending thousands of crores of rupees in various welfare programmes, food subsidy and is even planning a food security law for the poor, the rural development ministry said poverty has come down in magnitude.

Agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan has warned that India

Chandigarh, 27 July: Antiquated food storage methods and technologies have been costing India dearly. The chairman of the Food Corporation of India (FCI), Mr Siraj Hussain, admits that food grains worth Rs 50,000 crore is wasted every year. This comes roughly to 20 per cent of the total food produced by the country.

Even as the Opposition rocked Parliament over price rise, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said wastage of even a single foodgrain in a poverty-ridden country is a

Antiquated food storage methods and technologies have been costing India dearly. The chairman of the Food Corporation of India (FCI), Siraj Hussain, admits that food worth Rs 50,000 crore is wasted every year. This comes roughly to 20 per cent of the total food produced by the country.

BHUBANESWAR: Even as the State Government blames the Centre for poor financial support under the NREGS, the CAG has rapped the State for weak institutional arrangement and inherent low spending efficiency.

The world is vocal in unison today that there is a gradual shift of power from West to East; and India and China are the growth drivers in the eastern region.