Faced with acute criticism, including that the proposed blueprint of its flagship National Food Security Act (NFSA) was contempt of apex court

KOLKATA, 30 March: The state land use board has recommended that the state government should set up irrigation facilities for equal quantum of single crop land land acquired to set up industry to ensure food security even as the state agriculture minister, Mr Naren De admitted in the Assembly that every year the state is steadily losing 1000 acres of agricultural land.

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The question of food security in this country is back in business with the Cabinet clearing the food bill and the Supreme Court gearing up to consider a report commissioned by it on the definition of poverty and related issues. The point is simple. The Bill that will be introduced in Parliament envisages providing 25 kg of food grain at subsidised rates to the poor. But it does not define poor.

The proposed Food Security Bill should adopt a three-pronged strategy that constitutes a Universal Public Distribution System for all, low-cost foodgrains to the needy, and convergence in the delivery of nutrition safety net programmes.

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Aiming to enhance cooperation in increased agricultural production and exchange of technology, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday left for Moscow on a three-day visit to hold discussions with Chinese, Brazilian and Russian counterparts on a prospective agreement that can also leverage BRIC

Bangalore:Eminent agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan termed the Union Budget for 20010-11

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NEW DELHI

The rural development ministry has initiated pilot projects across the country to show the new methodology to identify the poor
Aiming to reform the social sector and slash its huge food subsidy bill, the government has started the much-awaited census of below poverty line (BPL) persons.

Keeping in mind the recommendations of the N.C.