DIGEST THIS: Survey Shows Fruit, Veggies Are High On Chemical Content

Bangalore: Probably it’s time to take a closer look at what’s on your platter. Cypermethrin, heptachlor, quinalphos, aldrin, chlorodane, dichlorvas, cypermethrin — these banned pesticides could well be a part of your regular diet. Okras, leafy green cabbages and other vegetables, bananas or oranges and apples that you so relish may be overloaded with some of these harmful pesticides.

The district’s wheat fields are being lost to ever increasing urbanization and land plotting.

Global Ministerial meet seeks policy convergence for better food security

Union Food Minister K.V. Thomas on Monday told the FAO Committee on World Food Security that India’s new food law would ensure equitable distribution of food grains to all sections.

India will present its case on its new food security legislation at the 40th ministerial conference of the Food and Agriculture Organisation in Rome next week.

Some WTO member-countries had questioned whether India’s stockholding to support 67 per cent of its population with subsidised food grains will distort international trade and impact the world stocks of grains.

A comprehensive food security scheme based on the National Food Security Act, 2013, has been launched in Rajasthan, covering 4.64 crore people in the State’s population of 6.86 crore.

With the Central Government issuing numerous instructions with regard to the implementation of the National Food Security Programme under the provisions of the National Food Security Act, it will n

CM Gehlot Kicks Off Scheme In Nagaur Dist

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot launched the National Food Security Act in the state from Nagaur district on Wednesday. He claimed Rajasthan has become the first state in the country to roll out the scheme after completing a survey of the beneficiaries.

Congress-ruled states like Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Mizoram and Delhi have already started implementing the National Food Security Act

The United Progressive Alliance government will on Tuesday review with states preparations for the implementation of its flagship National Food Security Act Tuesday, a statement said Monday.

Two Bad Years Impacted Overall Growth

The Green Revolution is said to have revolutionized agriculture in India. However, government data shows more or less the same rate of growth of yields for various crops from 1951 to about 1990, suggesting that the ‘revolution’ might not have been as momentous as it is believed to be.