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India Provides Over 21,000 Tonnes Of Urea To Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka
India on Monday handed over 21,000 tonnes of fertiliser to Sri Lanka under a special support programme which will help farmers in this country and help bolster bilateral cooperation for food security, the second such assistance.
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WTO's Blanket Food Export Exemptions A Concern For India's Domestic Food Security
India is not in favour of extending blanket exemptions from export restrictions under the aegis of the WTO on food grains purchased for the UN'sWorldFood Programme (WFP) as it would restrict its policy space to deal with domestic food security concerns, an official statement said on Saturday.
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India To Push For Permanent Food Security Solution At World Trade Meet
India will press for a permanent solution to the issue of public stock holding of grains for food security programmes and strongly protect the interests of farmers and fishermen at the 12th ministerial meet of the World Trade Organization.
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IIT Delhi And UN World Food Programme To Increase Efficiency Of Government’s Food Security Net
The objective of this tie-up between IIT Delhi and the United Nations World Food Programme is to develop practical solutions that support long term strategic planning of procurement, storage, and movement of food grains.
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Mental Health Bill 2016: The Parliament Decriminalises Attempt to Commit Suicide
The Bill gives mentally ill people a right to confidentiality in respect to mental health, mental health care, treatment and physical healthcare.
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India's Food Security Programme to Cost $21 Billion a Year: Paswan
India's recently rolled out national food security welfare programme will cost the government 1.4 trillion rupees ($21.00 billion) a year, food minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Thursday.
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Akhilesh Yadav Distributes Ration Cards Bearing His Photo, Opposition Objects
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday launched a programme for distributing new ration cards bearing his photograph and name, which rival parties dubbed as a "cheap political gimmick" in view of the Assembly polls due next year.
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Court Asks Centre To Give Information On Welfare Schemes In Drought-Hit States
The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to apprise it of the current status of welfare schemes like Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), National Food Security and mid-day meal in 12 drought-hit states across the country.
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India Hardens Stance In WTO, Objects To Draft Text On Agriculture
Hardening its stance in the ongoing WTO talks, India on Thursday strongly objected to the draft text on agriculture and said some countries are pushing for a deal on phasing out export subsidies with "some undue haste".
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No Hitch in Permanent Solution on Food Security at WTO: Commerce and Industry Minister
Members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) will have to provide permanent solution to India's food security issue and the country does not see any "hitch" in that, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said.
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100 Food Streets to be Adopted Under Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan
The industry programmes are designed to upgrade supplychain participation across the food industry to internationalstandards.
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Efforts on at WTO for Positive Outcome on Food Security Issue
Developing countries including India are making all efforts in the WTO for a positive outcome on the food security issue, parliament was informed on Friday.
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India to Take Firm Stand at the World Trade Organisation
India is all set to tell developed nations at a meeting in Geneva on Thursday that it will not yield to pressure and sign the World Trade Organisation's Bali agreement if its demands on food security subsidies is not addressed. New Delhi says its $12 billion (Rs 72,140 crore) anti-poverty food programme must be safeguarded.
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Delhi Government Adds More People to Food Security Programme
Delhi government has added 4,15,422 persons for providing food security benefits under ambitious Food Security Programme.
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Why name schemes after Gandhis?
The Congress-led UPA government's ambitious welfare programme, the national food security scheme, will get a new name soon. It is likely to be called the Indira Amma Food Security.
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India Provides Over 21,000 Tonnes Of Urea To Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka
India on Monday handed over 21,000 tonnes of fertiliser to Sri Lanka under a special support programme which will help farmers in this country and help bolster bilateral cooperation for food security, the second such assistance.
-
WTO's Blanket Food Export Exemptions A Concern For India's Domestic Food Security
India is not in favour of extending blanket exemptions from export restrictions under the aegis of the WTO on food grains purchased for the UN'sWorldFood Programme (WFP) as it would restrict its policy space to deal with domestic food security concerns, an official statement said on Saturday.
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India To Push For Permanent Food Security Solution At World Trade Meet
India will press for a permanent solution to the issue of public stock holding of grains for food security programmes and strongly protect the interests of farmers and fishermen at the 12th ministerial meet of the World Trade Organization.
-
IIT Delhi And UN World Food Programme To Increase Efficiency Of Government’s Food Security Net
The objective of this tie-up between IIT Delhi and the United Nations World Food Programme is to develop practical solutions that support long term strategic planning of procurement, storage, and movement of food grains.
-
Mental Health Bill 2016: The Parliament Decriminalises Attempt to Commit Suicide
The Bill gives mentally ill people a right to confidentiality in respect to mental health, mental health care, treatment and physical healthcare.
-
India's Food Security Programme to Cost $21 Billion a Year: Paswan
India's recently rolled out national food security welfare programme will cost the government 1.4 trillion rupees ($21.00 billion) a year, food minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Thursday.
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Akhilesh Yadav Distributes Ration Cards Bearing His Photo, Opposition Objects
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday launched a programme for distributing new ration cards bearing his photograph and name, which rival parties dubbed as a "cheap political gimmick" in view of the Assembly polls due next year.
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Court Asks Centre To Give Information On Welfare Schemes In Drought-Hit States
The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to apprise it of the current status of welfare schemes like Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), National Food Security and mid-day meal in 12 drought-hit states across the country.
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India Hardens Stance In WTO, Objects To Draft Text On Agriculture
Hardening its stance in the ongoing WTO talks, India on Thursday strongly objected to the draft text on agriculture and said some countries are pushing for a deal on phasing out export subsidies with "some undue haste".
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No Hitch in Permanent Solution on Food Security at WTO: Commerce and Industry Minister
Members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) will have to provide permanent solution to India's food security issue and the country does not see any "hitch" in that, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said.
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100 Food Streets to be Adopted Under Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan
The industry programmes are designed to upgrade supplychain participation across the food industry to internationalstandards.
-
Efforts on at WTO for Positive Outcome on Food Security Issue
Developing countries including India are making all efforts in the WTO for a positive outcome on the food security issue, parliament was informed on Friday.
-
India to Take Firm Stand at the World Trade Organisation
India is all set to tell developed nations at a meeting in Geneva on Thursday that it will not yield to pressure and sign the World Trade Organisation's Bali agreement if its demands on food security subsidies is not addressed. New Delhi says its $12 billion (Rs 72,140 crore) anti-poverty food programme must be safeguarded.
-
Delhi Government Adds More People to Food Security Programme
Delhi government has added 4,15,422 persons for providing food security benefits under ambitious Food Security Programme.
-
Why name schemes after Gandhis?
The Congress-led UPA government's ambitious welfare programme, the national food security scheme, will get a new name soon. It is likely to be called the Indira Amma Food Security.
