Food Grains

Beat the heat with grain storage, fire audits, says PM Narendra Modi

PM chairs review meeting ahead of summer months, tells IMD to prepare daily weather forecasts that are easy to interpret and disseminate

Will free food grain scheme affect Centre's fiscal planning?

The pandemic made the govt to launch Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana to provide free food grains to the poor. It has now been scrapped. What will be its impact?

Free grain under NFSA: States to save on food bill, lose political mileage

Food subsidies are a major portion of subsidies provided by states

Food prices fall slightly in Nov as Russia-Ukraine grain exports stabilize

FAO said that Russia's rejoining of the Black Sea Grain Initiative was a driving force in November, pushing global prices for wheat 2.8% lower

Russia rejoins deal on wartime Ukrainian grain exports to global markets

Russia agreed Wednesday to rejoin a wartime agreement that allows Ukrainian grain and other commodities to be shipped to world markets. The UN's refugee chief, meanwhile, put the number of Ukrainians driven from their homes since the Russian invasion eight months ago at around 14 million. It is the fastest, largest displacement witnessed in decades, said Filippo Grandi, who heads the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. In announcing that Russia would rejoin the grain pact, President Vladimir Putin said Moscow had received assurances that Ukraine would not use the humanitarian corridors to attack Russian forces. He warned that Russia reserves the right to withdraw again if Kyiv breaks its word. Putin praised Turkey's mediation efforts to get the deal back on track, as well as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's neutrality in the conflict as a whole and his efforts at ensuring the interest of the poorest countries. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he also

Involving private players in grain procurement needs clear modalities

The idea in itself is not new and previously several attempts have been made to involve private players in official procurement, most recently in oilseeds

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Cabinet approves extension of free ration scheme for poor by three months

The government on Wednesday extended by three months its programme to provide free rations to the poor at a cost of over Rs 44,700 crore, as it looked to ease pain from high inflation and make political gains in the upcoming Gujarat election. The scheme to provide 5 kg of wheat and rice free of cost to 80 crore poor every month, which was ending on Friday, will now run through December 31, 2022, I&B Minister Anurag Thakur said. The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) was started in April 2020 to help the poor whose livelihoods were shuttered by a nationwide lockdown aimed at containing the spread of the Coronavirus.

Centre will likely extend free food grains program until Dec: Report

The program, which started since April 2020 to help feed the poor during a harsh Covid-19 lockdown, allows 5 kilograms of food grains per person every month

Paddy sowing over in 97% normal area till Sept 2, cloud over final output

For all the kharif crops, the acreage, as on September 2, was around 106.92 mha - just 1.27% lower than last year

Monsoon woes: Is India staring at higher food price-led inflation?

However, if monsoon progress in August and is geographically more even, Nomura believes Kharif sowing could still pick up going ahead, which in turn could keep food prices and inflation under check.

Putin's Ukraine war has created a food crisis the world can still solve

The invasion has certainly delivered a series of shocks to global commodity markets that have threatened the food security of the most vulnerable countries, especially African ones

Russia says will allow Ukraine grain exports, wants Western sanctions off

Russia and Turkey on Wednesday voiced support for the creation of a safe maritime corridor in the Black Sea so Ukraine can export grain to global markets amid an escalating world food crisis.

Do Thomas Malthus's words still hold water?

If the Ukraine-war doesn't end soon, we may witness food crises in parts of the world. So, do we need another green revolution to boost food production and save us from Thomas Malthus's prophesy?

Food grains shouldn't be hoarded like vaccines: India on wheat exports

Open markets must not become an argument to perpetuate inequity and promote discrimination: Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan

Ensure India emerges as world's source of quality food grain: PM Modi

Review meeting indicates that the government might not immediately curb exports of the food grain.

India carving opportunities from challenges amid Ukraine war: Sitharaman

The Finance Minister said she voiced her concern that countries like India which have potential for floating its agricultural produce, particularly cereals, have faced difficulties with the WTO

Is grain fortification the only way to meet India's nutritional challenge?

Some experts say fortified grain is a wasteful expenditure with no tangible results, and advocate balanced diet instead. Others cite the success of fortification in other South Asian countries.

PM Modi defends farm laws, cites record procurement of food grains

Modi underlined the central government was working proactively to improve the government procurement system and at the same time, giving more agri marketing options to farmers

IPGA urges govt to keep retail prices in-sync with wholesale prices

The nodal body for pulses and grains trade and industry in India - has sought to initiate immediate measures to curb the skyrocketing prices of pulses and grains in the retail market.