Govt holds National Conference on Food and Nutrition Security on 5th July

Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution will address the conference

The Department of Food and Public Distribution will organise a National Conference on Food and Nutrition Security in India on Tuesday, 5th July in New Delhi. The conference is aimed at facilitating cross learning, disseminating best practices for schemes under Public Distribution System (PDS) and strengthening the focus on nutritional security.

The key highlights of the conference will include the discussion on the Food Fortification, Diversification of Food basket, Crop Diversification, Reforms in PDS and Storage sector.

The conference will serve as a platform to reflect upon the challenges and opportunities in the true spirit of cooperative federalism for achieving the transformation of the food and nutrition security ecosystem in the country.

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