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News ScanGM crops proliferate in India without bio-safety studies: Greenpeace A recent report by Greenpeace slams the Indian government’s lax bio-safety guidelines and secretive testing procedures on genetically modified foods and urges Indian consumers to be more proactive More... Western Maharashtra gets bulk of relief money, not Vidarbha: reportA one-man committee report says that it is the relatively better off western Maharashtra region and not the crisis-plagued Vidarbha region of the state that has benefited most from government loan waivers. Farmers in western Maharashtra got 53.8% of the loan waiver; those in Vidarbha just 20.01% More... Loan waiver scheme for Indian farmers extendedIndia’s ambitious loan waiver scheme for small farmers has been extended by nearly 20%, to more than Rs 71,000 crore from the Rs 60,000 crore announced in the budget More... 1 million tonnes of foodgrain rotted in Indian godownsIn times of spiralling food prices, the Food Corporation of India admits that over 1 million tonnes of foodgrain was wasted over the past decade despite efforts to limit the damage. The figures came to light following the filing of a right to information application by a Delhi resident More... High prices prompt rice smuggling to Bangladesh and NepalFood experts estimate that over 2 million tonnes of rice is being smuggled every year from India into Bangladesh. This, according to current world rice prices is worth over Rs 4,000 crore More... Curb poverty, not exports, to solve food crisis: ADBThe Asian Development Bank echoes recent statements by the IMF and the United Nations urging countries to put more funds in the hands of the poor to buy food, instead of resorting to protectionist trade barriers More... Global hunger forum underway in RomeWhile we must continue to respond urgently to immediate food crises, say aid organisations, both donors and humanitarian agencies need also to focus on eliminating the underlying causes that create the crisis More... Rising food prices threaten poverty reduction: WBThe world is facing what’s being called the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s, with worldwide food prices spiralling and millions of people in danger of being pushed into deep poverty More... Supreme Court orders govt to disclose data on GM food trialsUntil now, private companies have been opposed to disclosing details of field trials on grounds that it is confidential information. Now they will have to make public all findings of their field trials with regard to GM food crops like okra, corn, mustard, rice, etc More... |
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