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Eminent scientist MS Swaminathan.

Loan waivers no remedy, agriculture must be profitable for farmers:...

Eminent scientist MS Swaminathan said the country should move from food security to 'nutritional security for all'.

5 Sept 2017 6:51 PM IST

Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao outside Vidhan Bhavan (Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

Confident of state reaching trillion-dollar target: Vidyasagar Rao

The governor added that the state government inherited a crisis-laden agriculture sector.

27 Feb 2018 5:43 AM IST

'Ration scam': Congress demands CM resignation

Maken seeks CBI probe into irregularities.

6 April 2018 6:01 AM IST

Economist and activist Jean Dreze was detained and interrogated earlier on Thursday on charges of holding an event without permission in Jharkhands Garwa area. (Photo: File)

Before we could say chowkidaar', we were in police station: Jean Dreze

Speaking about future, Dreze said work will continue as before and is not the first time that a meeting of this sort was...

1 April 2019 1:17 PM IST

Bombay high court

Government lists steps taken to mitigate drought

The government claimed that the state irrigation department has carried out the Jalyukt Shivar scheme to preserve water...

27 May 2019 4:17 AM IST

Union Minister of State for Rural Development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti speaks in the Lok Sabha during ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi. (LSTV/PTI Photo)

Global hunger index flawed, says India

'There is hardly any proof that child mortality is an outcome of hunger, the minister said

4 Dec 2021 12:33 AM IST

MGNREGA huge public interest' project just like food safety: Centre to...

'No country in the world could have undertaken this exercise where day after day, 10 lakh payments are made daily,' KK...

15 March 2018 8:11 AM IST

Foodgrains are highly subsidised in India under Food Security Act.

Economic Survey tabled in House

72.48 lakh people covered under NFS Act; 19.4 lakh smart cards issued.

20 March 2018 6:41 AM IST

BJP slams CM Arvind Kejriwal for food security delay

Uncertainty over PDS ration for the poor.

19 Aug 2018 1:52 AM IST

The functions of the commission are not being fulfilled by the present structure of the PGC, by its own admission in an RTI reply in 2016, which also stated that the constitution of a full-fledged state food commission is under consideration.

Food Security Act: 5 years on, Delhi awaits state commission

Policy files moving between L-G office to department of food.

9 Sept 2018 1:31 AM IST

No transparency in PDS, says study

No transparency in PDS, says study

60 per cent of ration shops routinely remain closed during working hours.

21 Aug 2017 4:42 AM IST

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Odisha: Man tries to end life after failing to get ration card

The people present nearby pulled him down and prevented him from committing suicide.

7 May 2017 4:20 AM IST