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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There will be changes in the guidelines for BPL families once the Food Security Act comes into force, Union Minister of State for Agriculture, Food and Civil Supplies K V Thomas has said.

Arnab Pratim Dutta

The Quechua of Peru are among the first recipients of a new global fund for becoming custodians of the world's threatened crops.

Ravish Tiwari

As the Centre prepares to enact the National Food Security Act (NFSA) to implement its promise of 25 kg of rice/wheat at Rs 3 per kg for the below poverty line (BPL) families, it will have to first grapple with the anomalies in the existing public distribution system.

MUKESH RANJAN

June 10: Expressing skepticism over the proposed Food Security Act, the Planning Commission on Wednesday said that the implementation of the new law would not be a cakewalk like the much-hyped NREGA. It said that fixing responsibility in case of failure in implementing the law would be an area of concern.

Priyadarshi Siddhanta

P K JOSHI

There is a strong nexus among overutilization of groundwater, subsidized power utility, marketing, minimum support price and procurement policies.

New Delhi: The government committed itself to coming true on its

Gargi Parsai

NEW DELHI: With the second-highest global cereals crop expected this year and stocks replenished, the world food supply appeared less vulnerable to [external] shocks than it was during last year

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