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Obesity, diabetes, heart disease: 62% of Indians’ daily calories come from just 2 foods; Experts suggest healthier regional alternativesA new study reveals Indians consume nearly 62% of daily calories from carbohydrates. This carb-heavy diet, dominated by white rice and refi...- Govt to review restoration of PDS wheat supply after procurement endsThe Centre plans to review the restoration of wheat entitlements under the Public Distribution System (PDS) after the procurement drive con...
- Crop burning: Inside Punjab’s broken paddy supply chain fuelled by politics and mismanagementGovernment purchase of paddy is going slow in Punjab due to shortage of warehouse space. Farmers, on their part, are delaying harvesting, l...
- Govt to increase wheat allocation under PMGKAY from OctoberThe government has increased wheat allocation under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana from October to stabilize prices. An additi...
- India poised to surpass last year's wheat procurement recordGovernment agencies set to exceed last year's wheat procurement figure, with current purchases nearing 261 lakh tonnes. FCI officials confi...
- Govt allocates additional 55 lakh tonnes rice instead of wheat under PMGKAYThe decision to provide additional rice in place of wheat under the PMGKAY was taken after due consultation with all states and the additio...
- View: The culture of freebies must give way to the use of technologies in farmFrom rice to wheat to coarse grains and pulses, from cash crops to food crops, Indian agriculture is punctured with very low productivity.
- Centre to examine Jammu and Kashmir's extra PDS grain demand for new schemeThe issue was discussed in detail during a two-hour long meeting with the state Food Minister Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali and other senior offici...
- Odisha Government requests Prime Minister to allot more rice under NFSA"I request you to kindly intervene in the matter so that the state gets the food grain as per its requisition," Naveen Patnaik wrote to Mod...
- Chempolis partners ACRID to offer ethanol extraction technologyFinland-based biorefining technology firm Chempolis has partnered Avantha Group's research wing ACRID to offer technology to extract ethano...
- Centre asks state governments to open more procurement centersFoodgrains' procurement is undertaken by the central nodal agency FCI as also state procurement agencies.
- Food inflation could force government to review food exports policyGlobal food prices are up 33% in July from a year ago, says a World Bank report. It warned that stocks are at 'alarmingly low' level.
- Food subsidy bill to rise by 27 per cent to Rs 74,231 crore this yearThe country's food subsidy bill is expected to jump by 27 per cent to Rs 74,231 crore in the 2010-11 fiscal, the Lok Sabha was told today.
- Good wheat crop to ease inflation: MontekA good wheat crop this season is likely to ease the near double digit inflation in the next 2-3 months, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman...
- Govt boosts PDS grain flow in fight against inflationThe government will release more grain in the next couple of months to contain rising prices , despite a slight fall in food inflation that...
- Major troubles to crop up with delay in rainsDeficiency in rains is certain to adversely impact the productivity and prices of cash crops such as sugar cane, cotton, oil seeds, soyabea...
- Grain & pulses prices stuck on high MSP floorFCI official estimates to have wheat stock of 10.4 mt by April 1, against the buffer norm of 4 mt during the period.
- Govt giving priority to keep inflation in check: FMAmidst the wholesale-price based inflation touching the six-month high of 4.11 per cent (for the week ended January 26), the government on ...
- Banks must not raise interest rates, says FMBanks should not raise interest rates while rebalancing their portfolio to tide over asset-liability mismatches, finance minister P Chidamb...
- Banks must not raise rates: FMHe also voiced concern over surging prices, and said that adequate supply of essential commodities needed to be ensured to keep inflation u...
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