P. Sainath

The NREGS is restricted. The PDS is targeted. Only exploitation is universal.

R. Krishna Kumar

MYSORE: Renowned food scientist and former Director of Central Food Technological Research Institute H.A.B. Parpia has called for effective food storage measures to prevent losses and ensure food for all.

 ACKNOWLEDGING that the rotting foodgrain was

NEW DELHI: Punjab lost rice worth Rs 450 crore, more than that of neighbour Haryana, between 2003 and 2008 as the state's procurement far exceeded storage capacity, leading to loss of moisture in the food grain, says a CAG report.

BHUBANESWAR: A large number of food rights activists staged a protest outside the godown of the Food Corporation of India in Rourkela on Sunday demanding equitable distribution of food grains and universalisation and decentralisation of the public distribution system (PDS).

Chandigarh: While people in some food grain deficit states were starving, thousands of tonne of wheat stocks were rotting in the open in the rains in Punjab.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Congress president Mohinder Singh Kaypee on Wednesday demanded a CBI inquiry into the rotting of thousands of tonnes of foodgrains in the State.

Describing the rotting of food stock as a

Chandigarh, 27 July: Antiquated food storage methods and technologies have been costing India dearly. The chairman of the Food Corporation of India (FCI), Mr Siraj Hussain, admits that food grains worth Rs 50,000 crore is wasted every year. This comes roughly to 20 per cent of the total food produced by the country.

New Delhi: Over 11,700 tonne of foodgrain worth Rs 6.86 crore were found "damaged" in government godowns, food and agriculture minister Sharad Pawar informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.