Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani has won the New York mayoral election, becoming the city's youngest and first Muslim mayor. His campaig...

The Donald Trump administration has announced a big move to crack down on illegal immigrants living in public housing. US Secretaries Scott...

A new report reveals that India's Public Distribution System (PDS) suffers a 28% leakage of subsidized grains, amounting to 20 million tonn...

India may extend export tax on parboiled rice to ease food inflation ahead of national elections. The government is considering keeping the...

The ultimate decision will be made by Modi’s office, which is also looking at other options such as keeping the freebies for at least anoth...

To help keep its population fed, India imposed export curbs earlier this year on wheat and sugar to safeguard domestic supplies. Officials ...

During the last two years of COVID-19 pandemic, ONORC plan has significantly contributed in ensuring subsidized foodgrains to NFSA (Nationa...

With over $66 billion in total capital, China has passed Japan to become the second-largest contributor to the system of development banks ...

The report that maps out the new ethanol blending target primarily focuses on food-based feedstocks, with the government saying the program...

Under the program, people are now allowed to take their quota of foodgrains from a “fair-price shop” anywhere in India by giving their rati...

There are concerns that consumers may rush to hoard essential commodities and prices may surge.

“As per Global Hunger Index 2019, in India, just 9.6% of all children between 6 to 23 months are fed a minimum acceptable diet,” the minist...

The government is attempting to sell the reserves in the open market and to some states and organizations such as railways and defense forc...

The system could help in stopping smuggling by alerting the authorities about abnormal purchases by individuals, prompting investigations.

The tea belt in northern WB is heading for turmoil after tea trade unions warned aggressive protests against proposed food grain distributi...

Developed nations should stop paying agricultural subsidies to encourage biofuel production because the payments are making staple foods mo...

The head of the United Nations World Food Program said that international price increases have created more hungry people worldwide than ev...