News Articles

India must harness new policies to provide better nutrition: study
[Date: 30 October 2014, Source: The Hindu Business Line]

UNICEF released a report on child poverty titled Children of the Recession
[Date: 30 October 2014, Source: Jagran Josh]

Costs of ignoring hunger
[Date: 20 October 2014, Source: The Hindu (op-ed)]

Expert highlights role of fish in food security
[Date: 17 October 2014, Source: The Hindu BusinessLine]


Global Hunger Index: FEED Data
[Date: 15 October 2014, Source: The Financial Express]

The fuzzy numbers on child malnutrition
[Date: 15 October 2014, Source: Live Mint]

India betters its rank in Global Hunger Index
[Date: 14 October 2014, Source: Live Mint]

‘Malnourishment declined sharply among children in India’
[Date: 14 October 2014, Source: The Hindu]

Food for hidden hunger
[Date: 14 October 2014, Source: Live Mint (op-ed)]

How many more children must die?
[Date: 13 October 2014, Source: The Hindu]

Centre gives states six more months to implement National Food Security Act
[Date: 10 October 2014, Source: The Economic Times]

Aadhaar could help India meet its poverty alleviation target, says World Bank
[Date: 09 October 2014, Source: The Economic Times]

Coming soon: A Modi-fied FSA
[Date:08 October 2014, Source: The Financial Express]

Food inflation that makes you cry
[Date: 07 October 2014, Source: Mint]

Government should intervene to reduce hunger: experts
[Date: 30 September 2014, Source: Business Standard]

India has agreed to take up ‘Zero Hunger Challenge,’ FAO official says
[Date: 11 August 2014, Source: The Times of India]

Scientists bring a 15-point resolution in favour of GM crop technology
[Date: 14 March 2014, Source: The Times of India, Author: Vishwa Mohan]

Land location overrides fertility; threat to food security
[Date: 23 January 2014, Source: Zee News]

Pranab for holisitic approach to combat poverty
[Date: 22 January 2013, Source: The Hindu]

Food security Act a revolution for northern states: Jairam Ramesh
[Date: 22 January 2013, Source: The Economic Times]

No poor country in the world by 2035, says Bill Gates
[Date: 22 January 2013, Source: NDTV]

Food Security Act won’t help nutrition
[Date: 26 December 2013, Source: Financial Express; Author: Neeraj Kaushal and Felix Muchomba]

Role of rice in zero hunger challenge
[Date: 19 December 2013, Source: The Asian Age (Opinion), Author: M S Swaminathan]

WTO deal will not hit food security scheme: Sharma
[Date: 19 December 2013, Source: Business Standard]

India will not compromise on food security: Anand Sharma
[Date: 03 December 2013, Source: The Economic Times]

Anand Sharma says food security is ‘non-negotiable’
[Date: 04 December 2013, Source: Mint; Author: Asit Ranjan Mishra]

Hungry for change
[Date: 25 November 2013, Source: The Hindu, Author: Swati Daftuar]

State’s first food bank launched in Gurgaon
[Date: 12 November 2013, Source: The Tribune, Author: Sunit Dhawan]

Poor people are from Venus, poverty experts are from Mars
[Date: 08 November 2013, Source: Mint, Author: G. Sampath]

Digitization seen reducing food theft in India’s PDS system
[Date: 07 November 2013, Source: Mint, Author: Kartikay Mehrotra]

 
Safety in food security
[Date: 07 November 2013, Source: The Hindu, Author: V. R. Krishna Iyer]

 
Cabinet clears changes made by PM in food security Bill
[Date: 31 October 2013, Source: The Indian Express]


Food security and securing farmers’ interests at WTO
[Date: 30 October 2013, Source: The Financial Express, Author: Anil Kumar Kanungo]


Centre to build godowns under MNREGA to roll out food law
[Date: 30 October 2013, Source: The Hindu]


Parliamentarians, civil society, children come together to commit to eliminating hunger in India
[Date: 29 October 2013, Source: The Times of India, Author: Manash Pratim Gohain]

 
Food security: a battle won but a war lost
[Date: 29 October 2013, Source: Mint]


Malnutrition is rampant among rural TB patients
[Date: 28 October 2013, Source: The Times of India, Author: Rema Nagarajan]


India’s Battle Against Nutrition Data Deficiency
[Date: 25 October 2013, Source: New York Times, Author: Malavika Vyawahare]

Social responsibility: Why Companies must embrace food security
[Date: 25 October 2013, Source: The Economic Times, Author: Shachindra Nath]

Right to life also includes right to pure food, beverages: SC
[Date: 24 October 2013, Source: The Times of India]


Mid-day meal merger with child nutrition project mooted
[Date: 23 October 2013, Source: The Hindustan Times, Lucknow]

Mission seeks to end under-nutrition woes
[Date: 23 October 2013, Source: The Hindustan Times, Lucknow; Author: Pankaj Jaiswal]

FAO: over 7% drop in malnourishment
[Date: 22 October 2013, Source: Pioneer]

India needs a choice between policies, not leaders
[Date: 22 October 2013, Source: Hindustan Times; Author: Sitaram Yechury]

A pound of flesh to feed the poor
[Date: 22 October 2013, Source: The Hindu; Author: Arun Mohan Sukumar]

Agro-biodiversity and malnutrition
[Date: 20 October 2013, Source: Financial Chronicle, Author: M S Swaminathan]

Every 3rd child in Gujarat is a victim of malnutrition: NCP
[Date: 20 October 2013, Source: ANI News]

Underweight and Stunted Children: The Indian Paradox
[Date: 19 October 2013, Source: NewsClick, Author: R. Nithya]


Food security: feeding the future
[Date: 18 October 2013, Source: LiveMint, Author: Rajni Bakshi]

Animal husbandry will provide food security: official
[Date: 18 October 2013, Source: The New Indian Express]

Job scheme to feed food law
[Date: 18 October 2013, Source: The Telegraph]

Centre tells Jharkhand to stop using commercial packaged food to treat malnutrition
[Date: 17 October 2013, Source: The Times of India, Author: Rema Nagarajan]


Centre to build storage for steady flow of foodgrains under Food Security Act
[Date: 17 October 2013, Source: The Economic Times]

Ending hunger is possible, UN says on World Food Day
[Date: 17 October 2013, Source: Deccan Chronicle]

Food Bill’s fine, but what about storage? 
[Date: 17 October 2013, Source: The Hindu BusinessLine, Author: Rohit Chaturvedi]

Finance Ministry to decide on additional grant for food security by year-end
[Date: 17 October 2013, Source: The Economic Times]

“No State will be worse off after Food Security Act” 
[Date: 17 October 2013, Source: The Hindu]

Level the Field: A tour de force on how women can impact environmental conservation
[Source: The Indian Express]

One year on, momentum builds towards Zero Hunger
[Source: UN Press Release]

India home to a quarter of the world’s hungry: Global Hunger Index report
[Date: 15 October 2013, Source: The Times of India, Source: Subodh Varma]

India’s hunger situation alarming, says report
[Date: 15 October 2013, Source: The Hindu BusinessLine]

India’s rank up but nothing to crow about easing hunger
[Date: 15 October 2013, Source: The Hindu]


Food Security Act will not distort trade, India tells FAO
[Date: 14 October 2013, Source: The Hindu, Author: Gargi Parsai]

Food Bill sets WTO thinking
[Date: 14 October 2013, Source: The Hindu Business Line, Author: Tejinder Narang]

Tackling malnutrition: Valsad shows the way
[Date: 14 October 2013, Source: The Times of India, Author: Hardik Shah]

Punjab, Haryana farmers key to food security scheme: Rahul
[Date: 11 October 2013, Source: The Tribune]

25 paise is the allocation for vegetables for each child
[Date: 11 October 2013, Source: The Hindu]

Less hunger, but not good enough
[Date: 11 October 2013, Source: Deccan Herald]

Trading on hunger
[Date: 10 October 2013, Source: The Hindu (Op-ed)]

Let’s debate malnourishment 
[Date: 10 October 2013, Source: DNA]


Food prices to remain volatile, countries need to adapt: FAO
[Date: 09 October 2013, Source: Financial Express]

CAG report lands untimely blow to Narendra Modi
[Date: 09 October 2013, Source: Eikawaz]


Mid-day meal quality on CABE’s Oct 10 meet menu
[Date: 09 October 2013, Source: Hindustan Times, Lucknow]

Food law to ensure equitable distribution”
[Date: 08 October 2013, Source: The Hindu]

For food security law, India may stoop to conquer at WTO
[Date: 08 October 2013, Source: The Hindu Business Line]

BJP disputes report on Gujarat malnutrition figures
[Date: 08 October 2013, Source: The Hindu]

Assault on hunger picks up pace
[Date: 07 October 2013, Source: Business Standard]


Odisha tops in maternal, infant mortality rate 
[Date: 07 October 2013, Source: The New Indian Express]

‘No. of malnourished drops by 6.5%’ 
[Date: 07 October 2013, Source: The Times of India]

Anand Sharma to discuss Food Security programme with WTO
[Date: 07 October 2013, Source: The Hindu]

Row over Gujarat malnutrition heats up, BJP disputes reports
[Date: 07 October 2013, Source: The Hindustan Times]

827 Million Undernourished People are Living in Developing Countries: UN Report
[Date: 04 October 2013, Source: The Jagran Josh]

Dark clouds begin to move out of anaemic Attappadi
[Date: 04 October 2013, Source: The New Indian Express]

‘Every third child in Gujarat is underweight’
[Date: 04 October 2013, Source: The Indian Express]


International Agri-Food Network wants stronger voice for farmers in the UN: Hakan Bahceci
[Date: 03 October 2013, Source: The Hindu Business Line, Author: G. Chandrashekhar]

Not much help from Centre, states struggle on food security
[Date: 03 October 2013, Source: The Tribune]

India to seek support for food security proposal at WTO
[Date: 25 September 2013, Source: The Economic Times]

No Aadhaar required: Food security experts praise SC order
[Date: 25 September 2013, Source: FirstPost]

A Mess of Pottage
[Date: 24 August 2013, Source: The Economist]

The Malnutrition Bazaar
[Date: 31 July 2013, Source: Down to Earth]

Summary of the National Food Security Bill 2013
[Date: 22 March 2013, Source: Tehelka]

A Vernier Scale for Hunger
[Date: 11 March 2013, Source Outlook]