The draft of the National Food Security Act is going to be presented before Parliament in the winter session. This was one of the main promises made by the Indian National Congress in its manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections, 2009.
Samba: Even as Agriculture Minister Ghulam Hassan Mir has accepted that the farm sector had suffered a loss of more than Rs 406 crore due to the failed monsoon, farmers of Samba district have urged the government to declare the region as drought-hit.
New Delhi: Observing that the country was facing a "difficult situation" following delayed and deficient rainfall, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday that the Centre has adequate foodgrains and would not hesitate to take strong measures and intervene in the market if the need arose.
MUKESH RANJAN
To witness abject poverty, as it exists in subSaharan Ethiopia, one need not travel to that country.
Similar situation exists in India, as Madhya Pradesh (MP) has human development indicators which match the Ethiopian reality.
NEW DELHI: As food prices soar to the skies, the poor are eating less and the Government has camouflaged this brand of inflation by combining food with other commodities like steel and metals whose prices are falling, said environment activist Vandana Shiva here on Thursday.
Hunger: causes, cures
A United Nations agency has cautioned that the population of hungry people in the world will reach an all-time high in 2009, largely because of the ongoing global economic crisis.
