Pilferage-proof ration on the cards

88,000 fake ration cards

Orissa government to save Rs 40 crore by cancelling them

Wheat export likely

Government expects record production

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Don't smell a rat

Rs 32,000 crore for public relations

Ration shops to go hi-tech

Smart cards to plug leak in public distribution system

Not quite the pulse of the nation

Yellow pea catches more heat than consumers

Poverty, beyond calories

New method finds India is 9 per cent poorer

Divided over royalty

Should states or private seed companies  regulate price of Bt cotton seed?  

"We are close to crisis point"

Agriculture and its subsequent effect on the environment, rapidly depleting natural resources like arable land and water, the slackening of the …

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Evergreen options

India won’t ease milk norms for US

US has to meet all seven criteria to export milk to India

Parliament panel says no to FDI in retail

Earth links

Maharashtra revokes ban on popular lentil

Tall claim, short supply

Chhattisgarh ration shops have no ration

People forget food is about land, water, labour

Producing food simply to dump it is a waste of land, water, energy required for growing, processing and transporting it. Tristram Stuart,author …

Farmers feel left out

The budget is more concerned about the consumer than the grower

Piecemeal proposals

The recommended grain policy may help tackle the problem of plenty, but food insecurity will remain (Read full article)

Food coupons for BPL families

PDS fails in feeding India's poor

Mumbai has 2.6 million fake ration cards

Remains of the beauty pageant

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