India has been making significant investments in achieving food and nutrition security through structured public-funded programmes. In fact, India entrenches the right to food in its Constitution. Article 47 of the Constitution mandates the State to raise the level of nutrition of its citizens. India’s flagship nutrition programme-the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme was […]
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A new technology to analyse and detect milk adulteration has been developed by CSIR-Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CEERI), Pilani. This technology is based on acquiring electrochemical fingerprint coupled with multivariate data analysis techniques. There are no systems currently available even globally, based on similar methods. This innovation represents the first fully Indian ‘concept to […]
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One of the most significant lifestyle changes with severe environmental and health consequences being witnessed in developing Asia is in the form of changes in food consumption behaviour among people. India’s population is on the rise and more and more people are moving out of the poverty trap with significant improvements on the economic front. […]
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New Delhi, July 22 (G’nY News Service): The government’s midday meal scheme, which provides five meals a week to malnourished children in rural areas, is now embroiled in a new controversy. The Madhya Pradesh government has just dismissed a suggestion to include eggs a part of its mid day meal scheme. Instead the government has […]
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New Delhi, July 17 (G’nY News Service): The recent Maggie fiasco was without a doubt the most significant packaged foods scare in the last decade. It has yet again brought to light the issue of food safety in India, an area we Indians are habituated to overlook. Let’s take a look at some of popular brands […]
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National Food Security Mission The Indian Government has launched a new scheme, National Food Security Mission (NFSM) from Rabi, 2007- 2008. Presently, this Scheme is in operation in 311 districts of 17 States. The NFSM aims to enhance the production of rice, wheat and pulses by 10, 8 and 2 million tons respectively, by 2011-12. […]
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