Simply Put: Tip of exclusion iceberg

Simply Put: Too rich to be poor

Simply Put: Dying for ration

Simply Put: Ration denied

Wheat, rice lost in transit in last 4 years could have fed 82.30 million Indians for a month

The transit foodgrain losses in the period amounted to Rs 1,109.82 crore

Sowing report: Lowest area under paddy in a decade

Till July 8, rainfall had been deficient in at least eight states

Kerosene consumption through PDS registers sharp increase

Consumption of PDS rice and wheat, too, increase

COVID-19 lockdown, recession backbreaking for informal workers, survey shows

The survey was done on 1,613 rural households in Bihar

Wheat Crisis: Centre to procure half of what it procured last year; stops procurement in Punjab

Current circumstances could lead to a reddux of 2006-07, when wheat had to be imported

No health warnings on iron fortified rice: SC directs govt to respond in 4 weeks

Consuming iron can lead to adverse outcomes like organ failure for thalassemia, sickle cell disease patients

As told to Parliament (June 27, 2019): Rs 3,470 crore spent on POSHAN Abhiyaan

All that was discussed in the House through the day

As told to Parliament (July 26, 2023): Trend of decreasing monsoon rainfall observed in five states in 1989-2018 period

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Foodgrains from the Centre to states fell by almost four million tonnes in last three years: Data

Distribution was less than release in at least 15 states

Dash for cash

Government unprepared but goes ahead with direct cash transfer

People demand food security at protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar

Inflation making food out of reach for many, say demonstrators

Dying for ration: Tribal beneficiaries of Jharkhand PDS don’t have salt, surviving on plain boiled rice

Ration cards for many cancelled; Landless villagers migrate to city for work

The PDS learning curve

Tike tike in Orissa

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

Left demands right to food for every Indian

Begins five-day sit in protest at Jantar Mantar

A plate half full

The National Food Security Bill may not do much but what it does is essential

Global Hunger Index: Why is India trailing?

India ranked 94 in global hunger index 2020 among 107 countries 

Prime Minister’s Logic

Centre steps in to monitor food availability

Floods destroy standing crops; in July, hailstorm had damaged farms and orchards

Can Universal Basic Income tackle India’s poverty

Localised experiments with universal basic income have shown mostly positive outcomes across states, strengthening calls in favour of the social …

‘Universal Basic Income won’t make people lazy, but afford them more choice’

SDP leader and MP Prem Das Rai speaks to Down To Earth about his party’s plan to role out UBI in Sikkim and how it will help create a …