India’s Estimates of Millet Procurement

The Government of India is expecting the millet production to increase to forty to fifty lakh tonnes in the next few years. In 2023, the millet production in the country is around six to seven lakh tonnes. According to the ..

Tags: Advanced estimates • Agriculture in Tamil Nadu • Estimates • Food security • Food security in India

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022

WFP-ICRISAT sign agreement on Food Security

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) have signed an agreement on Food security on September 23, 2021. Highlights Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on programmes and research in ..

Tags: Food security • Food security in India • International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) • United Nations World Food Programme • UPSC

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2021

State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021 report

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently published its “State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021 report”. Report provides a grim reminder of impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Food security. Highlights FAO’s study was conducted in 63 low- ..

Tags: food and nutrition • Food security • Food security in India • Global Food Policy Report 2021 • State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2021

Inclusion of All eligible disabled persons under NFSA 2013

The Department of Food and Public Distribution of the Central Government of India has addressed the matter of including all eligible disabled persons under the National Food Security Act, NFSA 2013 to all State Governments and UTs. Key highlights All ..

Tags: Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan • Disability rights • Food and Public Distribution • Food security in India • Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020

Grain Trains

The Indian Railways has introduced innovative ideas to ensure continuous supply of food grains in times of the COVID-19 crisis and its accompanying lockdown conditions. Annapoorna Trains The Annapoorna trains are freight trains that help in transporting food grains and ..

Tags: Food security in India • Indian Railway • Lockdown

Plea on Food for All to be heard in Supreme Court

The Indian Supreme Court is currently evaluating a petition which requests the government to frame a law which will aim to provide food to the entire Indian population. What has happened? A petition requesting the government to examine the concept ..

Tags: Amma Unavagam • Brain • Food and drink • Food security • Food security in India