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Ban on Export of Rice

In News Recently, the Ministry of Finance notified the slapping of a 20% duty on exports of rice “other than parboiled and basmati rice” with effect from September 9.  Also, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry imposed a blanket ban on broken rice exports.  Restrictions that have […]

Suspect Beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act

In News Recently, the Union government has found that 70 lakh beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) are suspect. Key Points Very recently, a similar exercise has been done and around 70 lakh beneficiaries have been found to be suspected and now that data has been again pushed to respective states to do […]

Issues With Mandatory Food Fortification

In News Recently, the group of scientists and activists has written to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to abort the plan to make synthetic/chemical fortification of foods mandatory in India.  Background   In January 2021, the FSSAI had issued a draft regulation for mandatory fortification of edible oil and milk with Vitamin […]

Global Crops Loss Due to Pests

In News The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that at least 40 per cent of the world’s agricultural crops are lost to pests each year. About The report, titled Scientific review of the impact of climate change on plant pests, was prepared by the University of Turin in Italy. It was published on June […]