Slogan-shouting TDP members disrupt Lok Sabha; Opposition leader Sushma Swaraj asks them to stage protest outside House

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday made an attempt to discuss the ambitious National Food Security Bill but the debate was disrupted by Telugu Desam Party (TDP) members who shouted slogans in the well.

The commission will decide on the mode and how the scheme is to be implemented in the state

Meghalaya government is constituting a special commission to oversee the smooth implementation of the flagship Food Security scheme of the central government, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said today.

New Delhi : It seems the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) had made up its mind on withholding all field trials of genetically modified crops even before the court-appointed Technical Expe

New Delhi: The Congressled UPA government’s flagship Food Security Programme will take off in the capital on September 1.

Ram Kumar, 36, a construction worker from Bihar's Madhubani district, does not have a ration card although he falls below the poverty line.

A day after Congress president Sonia Gandhi asked the party-ruled states to implement national food security Bill in ‘letter and spirit’, food minister KV Thomas on Sunday said the biggest challeng

AARI has evolved more than 426 new varieties of different crops which is an instrument for substantially increase in the overall per acre yield.

About 35 mn poor families may get benefits from the scheme which has the highest malnutrition rate in India

GOADED by its perceived potential as a vote-winner, the UPA government on Wednesday chose to promulgate an ordinance to give effect to the Food Security Bill, which would give 67% the population th

Seen as a potential vote-catcher for Cong-led coalition

The government is all set to promulgate an ordinance to empower citizens with the right to food, after it failed to pass the proposed legislation during the budget session of Parliament.