What is Fortification of Food? Fortification is the addition of key vitamins and minerals such as iron, iodine, zinc, Vitamin A & D to staple foods such as rice, milk and salt to improve their nutritional content. These nutrients may …
About FCI The Food Corporation of India was setup under the Food Corporation’s Act 1964 , in order to fulfill following objectives of the Food Policy: Effective price support operations for safeguarding the interests of the farmers. Distribution of foodgrains …
Context This article discusses the benefits of the recently launched SMART PDS scheme which is beyond just ration distribution. About SMART PDS The SMART-PDS is an initiative of the Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD) under the Ministry of …
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% …