Background The Public Distribution System (PDS) evolved as a system of management of scarcity through distribution of foodgrains at affordable prices. Over the years, PDS has become an important part of the Government’s policy for management of the food economy …
About FCI Food Corporation of India (FCI) was set up in 1965 under the Food Corporations Act. The main objectives of FCI are Procurement of food grains from farmers at Minimum Support Prices (MSP) announced by the Government; Distribution of …
About NFSA The National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) provides for food and nutritional security in the country, by ensuring access to adequate quantity of quality food at affordable prices for people to live a life with dignity. The Act …
What’s in the news? The Centre is set to provide foodgrains to states under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) free for one year. Recently, the cabinet had decided to provide grains under NFSA free of cost to the 81 …
What is Micro Algae? Microalgae are microscopic organisms found in both seawater and freshwater. They are unicellular species which exist individually, or in chains or groups. They can be classified as eukaryotic microorganisms or prokaryotic cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) These microorganisms …
About NFSA The National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) provides for food and nutritional security in the human life cycle approach, by ensuring access to adequate quantity of quality food at affordable prices for people to live a life with …
What’s the news? As per a report published by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on climate change and food systems, India’s food production could drop 16% and the number of those at risk for hunger could increase 23% …
PDS in India Under the National Food Security Act, 2013, about 81 crore persons are entitled to buy subsidized foodgrain — rice at Rs 3/kg, wheat at Rs 2/kg, and coarse grains at Re 1/kg — from their designated Fair …
About NFSA The National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) provides for food and nutritional security in the human life cycle approach, by ensuring access to adequate quantity of quality food at affordable prices for people to live a life with …
Food systems transformation The UN Food Systems Summit called for action by governments in five areas: Nourish all people; Boost nature-based solutions; Advance equitable livelihoods,decent work and empowered communities; Build resilience to vulnerabilities, shocks and stresses; and Accelerate the means …