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For India, the fight at WTO will be about food security
India needs to find a permanent solution to the problem of public stock holding, as it is a matter of survival for hundreds of millions of people
Civil society 'deeply disappointed' with WTO ministerial declaration on agriculture
On Public Food stockholding, the current proposal is far worse than the Peace Clause, which itself suffered from several problems
Creative accounting, window dressing apart Centre's COVID-19 relief package 0.5% of GDP: Jean Drèze
The Centre announced a relief package recently and a few other interim measures after the 21-day nationwide lockdown to combat COVID-19 left …
क्या है एक राष्ट्र, एक राशन कार्ड योजना
केंद्र सरकार की इस महत्वाकांक्षी योजना पर दस सवाल…
India’s food subsidy programme, future of farmers hang in the balance
At the upcoming WTO meet, India has to negotiate a better deal to ease restrictions on giving food subsidies
Cash, on delivery: How India has taken up DBT in the times of COVID-19
India has employed its direct benefit transfer system to help people tide over the ongoing health and economic crises. Its real test will begin …
WTO trumped by America
WTO's recent ministerial meeting at Buenos Aires highlights the strain on the multilateral trading bloc from US unilateralism and its own`unfair' …
कोविड-19: नगद हस्तांतरण को अपनाने से पहले इन बातों का रखना होगा ध्यान
दुनियाभर के तमाम देश कोविड-19 संकट को लेकर डिजिटल भुगतान अपना रहे हैं। ऐसे में उन्हें हर हाल में यह सुनिश्चित करना चाहिए कि ...
Uttarakhand to introduce its own food security scheme
Move follows Centre's refusal to allocate additional foodgrains to the state to implement food security Act
PDS rice and wheat consumption has doubled in rural India: NSSO
Reforms in public distribution system and increase in number of people covered by it could be the reasons, say experts
Parliament committee proposes no increase in foodgrain entitlement in Food Security Bill
States given the responsibility of expanding food security net to cover more households
Prime Minister’s Logic
Unravelling the food mess
Reaching food to people who need it the most has remained one of the most stubborn problems in India. The public distribution system (PDS) is in …