Gargi Parsai

NEW DELHI: The Right to Food Campaign on Tuesday expressed its disappointment with the

INFANTS and children below two years and in particular infants below six months should be included as a vulnerable group in the Food Security Act, according to a group of civil society organisations.

The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on Food Security, headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, is likely to meet on Friday to assess the prospects of the ongoing wheat procurement and deliberate the outlook for the forthcoming rice crop.

THE government on Tuesday said the Planning Commission will give revised estimates of families living below poverty line within a month for effective implementation of targeted PDS and other welfare schemes.

Amiti Sen & Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI

THE lack of consensus between the states and Centre over the households that will qualify for subsidised food under the proposed food security act could further delay the United Progressive Alliance government

KOHIMA, April 19: The Nagaland Government envisages implementing the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) to ensure food security for the poor. The distribution system benefits identified poor families under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) and other population living below poverty line.

Rising temperatures and inadequate rainfall in India is stagnating grain output, threatening food security in the world

Devika Banerji / New Delhi April 20, 2010, 1:20 IST

The empowered group of ministers (EGoM) will decide on the final poverty estimates to be used for the Food Security Bill, though the hurdle of building a consensus within states is yet to be overcome.

SRIRAM RAGHAVAN

The Planning Commission has adopted the Tendulkar committee