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States cannot mitigate architecture of National Food Security Act: Centre
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 22 (ANI): The Centre on Monday told the Delhi High Court that state governments cannot mitigate the architecture of the National Food Security Act while implementing it.
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Centre planning to end MSP, govt procurement, food security for poor, alle
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], November 21 (ANI): Reiterating that issues related to Minimum Support Price (MSP) are bigger than the farm laws, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday alleged that Centre is planning to end MSP, Public Distribution System (PDS), government procurement and foo
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Pentagon taking steps to strengthen force's economic security: US Defence
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Department of Defence is taking steps to strengthen the economic security of its force by providing housing relief and bolstering food security, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday.
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India to pursue permanent solution on public stockholding for food securit
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 17 (ANI): India's stand in the forthcoming meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at Geneva, starting from November 30, will be to find a permanent solution to the issue of public stockholding for food security purposes.
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Piyush Goyal inaugurates food security museum in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 15 (ANI): Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal on Monday virtually inaugurated the office building, Divisional Office Hubballi in Karnataka and food security museum at Thanjavur in Tamil
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India fully supports Italy's priority areas for G20 presidency: FS Shringl
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 28 (ANI): India fully supports the priority areas chosen by Italy for its G20 presidency which include recovery from the pandemic, strengthening global health governance, economic recovery and resilience, climate change and food security, said Foreign Secretary
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22.8 million Afghan people will face acute hunger: UN agency
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 25 (ANI): More than half the population of Afghanistan - a record 22.8 million people - will face acute food insecurity from November, a UN aid organisation said on Monday.
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LG again refuses permission for Delhi's Door Step Ration Delivery, AAP sla
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 10 (ANI): Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) has lost all sense and morality and gone against a High Court order that permitted the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to implement the doorstep delivery of ration scheme in New Delhi, AAP Chief Spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj on Saturday.
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G-20 Parliamentary Speakers summit: Covid-19 gave India opportunity to ens
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 8 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh on Friday said the Covid-19 has given the country an opportunity to introspect on ensuring food and nutrition for all during challenging times.
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Centre dismisses fears that ethanol plan would affect food security, says
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): Dismissing fears that the Ethanol Plan would affect food security in the country, the central government said that meeting foodgrain demand for human and cattle consumption will always remain its first priority, but allowing alternative use of rice and mai
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UK minister says gene editing laws to be relaxed for agriculture in Englan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], September 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Gene editing regulations in agricultural research would be eased in England as part of a plan to use post-Brexit freedoms to tackle problems related to farming and food security, the UK farming and environment minister, George Eustice, said on Wednesd
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Agricultural research plays important role in food security: Union Ministe
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar said that agricultural research has played an important role in tackling the problem of food security, improving the income of farmers and agriculturists and ensuring sustainable
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