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

US, epicentre of unequal wealth

As the US completes 50 years of its "war on poverty", the country does not have much to celebrate, thinks JOEL BERG, an expert on …

A compromised consensus

Two new provisions in land acquisition bill promise to protect farmers. Are they foolproof?

Decade-old FAO guidelines still the way ahead for food security, says report

No consensus at forums like WTO dangerous for international food security, it adds

A token gesture for food security

Activists say the budget lays bare governmentÔÇÖs intentions over food security bill

Parties steal Congress show

BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh enacts its own food security law, non-Congress states to follow

Agriculture, rural jobs, food subsidy need big boost

Will the drubbing it faced in Delhi election and the huge controversy over its land Bill make BJP reconsider its economic thrust areas?

Global civil society organisations support India’s stand at WTO

Support comes just before WTO’s Nairobi meet in December 

PUCL moves Supreme Court over non-implementation of food security Act

The government extended the deadline for implementation of the Act, citing the states’ lack of preparedness as one of the reasons

Activists reject Parliament panels's food security bill recommendations

Demand comprehensive legislation for food security and nutrition of all, including vulnerable groups

Lok Sabha passes food Bill

Food supplies minister K V Thomas assures foodgrain allocation to states would not be reduced

Reduce food security benefits from 67% to 40% population, says panel on restructuring FCI

Shanta Kumar committee report recommends privatisation, outsourcing and cash benefit transfer to cut food procurement and distribution costs

`Family farming is not a romantic idea. It is business'

The food price rise of 2007-08 highlighted that investments in the agriculture sector have reduced in the past three decades. One of the most …

Who said what in Parliament on food security Bill

Parliamentarians object to provisions in proposed legislation

India-US reach agreement on WTO

Commerce minister Nirmala Sitharaman says US now supports India’s concerns on food security

Food security Bill introduced in Lok Sabha

Tamil Nadu MP dubs it food “insecurity” Bill

What states stand to gain from food security law

An estimate of the population that will benefit from the food programme

Prices rise, not hunger

People prefer to eat less nutritious food than go hungry, says FAO

Public Deprived System

The country’s 76 million poor have been denied the right to claim subsidised foodgrain under public distribution system

India gains support for its stand against WTO at food security meet in Rome

India presents its case on potential damage posed by WTO’s trade facilitation agreement; civil society groups support India

Centre clears ordinance on food security

The ordinance, if signed by the President, will come into immediate effect

Towards food security: perspectives from three continents

The Food Insecurity Report 2014, released by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) last week, has revealed that one …

'We are unable to produce quality seeds'

India is facing a shortage of pulses. Untimely rains have caused their prices to rise by up to 64 per cent in 2014-15. Experts say we need to …

Food security bill ordinance deferred

Cabinet to consult Opposition in special session of Parliament

World misses MDG goal of reducing hunger by half, says FAO

Hunger rises in India and Pakistan; no South Asian country comes close to achieving target