Food Policy

We'll respect court decision on free grain for poor: Pawar

Aarti Dhar

NEW DELHI: The Union government will respect the Supreme Court's decision on free distribution of grain to the poor, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Supply, Food Policy, Food Storage, Ministry Of Agriculture, Supreme Court
Food Policy

It was an order, not suggestion: court

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it clear that its August 12 directive to distribute grain at

Publication Date: 
01/09/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Supply, Food Policy, Supreme Court, Food Storage, Ministry Of Agriculture
Food Policy

Inform us of steps to preserve grain: court

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Union government to inform it of the steps taken to preserve the remaining grain procured.

Hearing a petition filed by the People's Union for Civil Liberties relating to the streamlining of the PDS, a Bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma, quoting the court commissioner's report, said 50,000 tonnes of wheat had deteriorated, and wa

Publication Date: 
01/09/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Storage, Supreme Court, Food Supply, Food Policy
Agriculture

Fruit and soil quality of organic and conventional strawberry agroecosystems

Sale of organic foods is one of the fastest growing market segments within the global food industry. People often buy organic food because they believe organic farms produce more nutritious and better tasting food from healthier soils.

Publication Date: 
31/08/2010
John P. Reganold, Preston K. Andrews, Jennifer R. Reeve & et al
PLoS ONE
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Agriculture, Organic Farming, Nutrition, Soil Capability, California, United States Of America (US), Food Storage
Food Policy

An embarrassment of riches

End government dominance in food procurement and stocks
Business Standard / New Delhi August 20, 2010, 0:59 IST

The Union government has been widely criticised for letting foodgrain rot in its godowns, while food prices soar and millions remain underfed. In its defence the government has spoken about the fiscal cost of selling these stocks.

Publication Date: 
20/08/2010
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Supply, Food Storage, Food Prices
Food Policy

Implementing SC's order on free grain not possible: Pawar

The government today said it was not possible to implement the Supreme Court order which asked the Centre to distribute foodgrain for free to the poor instead of allowing it to rot due to lack of storage facility.

Sharad Pawar

Publication Date: 
20/08/2010
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Supreme Court, Food Supply, Poverty, Ministry Of Agriculture, Food Storage
Food Policy

Why let foodgrain rot? Give it for free to hungry: SC

To Check Wastage, Suggests Increase In Storage Facilities & Hike In Allocation To BPL
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Publication Date: 
13/08/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Storage, Food Supply, Poverty, Supreme Court, Food Policy
Food Policy

Killed by the food bill?

The government is using the proposed National Food Security Act as an excuse not to distribute grain to the needy even as tonnes rot away in its warehouses
Nitin Sethi | TNN

Publication Date: 
13/08/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Security, Food Storage, Food Supply, Poverty, Food Policy
Food Policy

Distribute foodgrains at very low or no cost, Supreme Court tells Centre

J. Venkatesan

New Delhi: To deal with the problem of foodgrains rotting in godowns, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre to consider distributing them at

Publication Date: 
13/08/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Storage, Food Policy, Supreme Court, Poverty, Food Supply
Food Policy

SC asks Centre to ensure free foodgrain to poor

The Supreme Court today directed the central government to ensure free distribution of food grain to people below the poverty line (BPL) instead of allowing the surplus stock to rot in the godowns of Food Corporation of India (FCI).

There are an estimated 65.2 million families covered by the BPL category and 24.3 million by the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY).

Publication Date: 
13/08/2010
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Policy, Food Supply, Supreme Court, Poverty, Food Storage

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