The prosperous apple belts of the state, Jubbal-Kotkhai and Kotgarh in Shimla district, are set to get a major boost in controlled-atmospheric storage of apples, with the Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) sanctioning Rs 11.5 crore for the project. APEDA is a body under the Ministry of Commerce and Industries.

Lack Of Adequate Storage May Negate Gains
New Delhi: With only a few days to go before farmers begin to harvest what is expected to be the country

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has brought cheer to companies wanting to set up cold chains, or refrigerated warehouses, by according infrastructure status to post-harvest storage, making it easy for the sector to secure much-needed foreign investment.

Subsidy to increase substantially if NAC recommendations are incorporated into the Food Security Bill
The total food subsidy bill will balloon to . 1,10,600 crore if entitlements recommended by the Sonia Gandhi-headed National Advisory Council are incorporated into the Food Security Bill, the Ministry of Food And Public Distribution has estimated. The subsidy bill in the initial phase will be .

Raiganj, Feb. 13: Ten thousand quintals of potato worth over Rs 1.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday pulled up the Food Ministry and Planning Commission for the lack of urgency in augmenting foodgrain storage capacity despite the government having to face embarrassment over instances of grain lying in the open and rotting.

Mukherjee aired his exasperation with the slow pace of augmenting storage capacity during the meeting of the EGoM on food securit

Even though the UPA-II government still grappling over the proposed National Food Security bill, the food minister KV Thomas has already started to worked out modalities for augmenting procurement and storage capacities of Food Corporation of India (FCI)

Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal has sought immediate intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for putting in place an effective institutional mechanism for smooth central procurement of foodgrains.

Badal on Wednesday called on the PM and apprised him of the serious problems being faced by the state government on the procurement and storage of food grains front.

With prolonged cold weather condition prevailing in the key growing areas of northern and central India during the last few months, the country's wheat production is expected to match last year's record production of 81 million tonne, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said on Wednesday .