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National Support Centre for Agriculture (KOWR) contributes to raising awareness of Polish food and agri-food export support

Policy | News | By Ankit Kankar | 0 Comment | 13 Oct, 2019

As the main Polish institution dedicated to agri-food export support, the National Support Centre for Agriculture (KOWR) contributes to raising awareness of Polish food as ...Read more
Dr Harsh Vardhan launches Trans Fat Free logo

Policy | News | 0 Comment | 04 Oct, 2019

Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare formally launched the “Trans Fat Free” logo at the 08th International Chefs Conference organised ...Read more
ICMR indicates extended efforts to tackle malnutrition

Policy | News | 0 Comment | 26 Sep, 2019

The India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative is a joint initiative of the Indian Council of Medical Research, Public Health Foundation of India, and Institute for Health...Read more
21st session of WHO/FAO Coordinating Committee of Asia begins in Goa

Policy | News | 0 Comment | 25 Sep, 2019

Originally being elected in July 2015 and reelected in July 2017 by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, this is the second session of the Coordinating Committee in Asia, hos...Read more
Paswan suggests 100 per cent jute for food packaging

Policy | News | 1 Comment | 18 Sep, 2019

Highlighting the ill effects of Plastics the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan informed at a media interaction that 95 lakh t...Read more
ICAR focuses on scientific agricultural water management for food safety

Policy | News | 0 Comment | 16 Sep, 2019

ICAR recently organized a press conference on “Scientific Agricultural Water Management: A pressing need for food safety” at the National Agricultural Science C...Read more
FSSAI initiates regulatory measures towards plastic ban

Policy | News | 0 Comment | 13 Sep, 2019

Aligned with the Prime Minister’s call for action to eliminate single-use plastic in coming years, develop environmental friendly substitutes and also an efficient pl...Read more
PM launches programmes for nutrition and dairy farming

Policy | News | 0 Comment | 12 Sep, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched several programmes concerning Livestock Health, Nutrition and Dairy Farming at Mathura. “Animal Husbandry and other allied ...Read more
Paswan chairs meeting with stakeholders for SUP alternatives

Policy | News | 0 Comment | 09 Sep, 2019

Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan met key stakeholders from Plastic bottle industry and senior government officials from va...Read more
FSSAI submits guidelines on plastic ban to NGT

Policy | News | 0 Comment | 06 Sep, 2019

Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) will soon be coming out with a report on draft guidelines to achieve plastic ban in India that they have already submitt...Read more
Food Processing Ministry focuses on Cold Chain sector

Policy | News | 0 Comment | 05 Sep, 2019

The Chairman, N.K. Singh, the Members and officials of the 15th Finance Commission held a detailed meeting with Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union Minister for Food Processin...Read more
Cabinet approves Sugar export policy

Policy | News | 0 Comment | 02 Sep, 2019

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval for providing a lump sum export subsidy @ Rs. 10,448 per Metric To...Read more
Paswan critically examines food production and availability

Policy | News | 0 Comment | 27 Aug, 2019

The Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan has critically and minutely examined the production, availability, consumption patter...Read more
FSSAI takes step forward to ensure safe food to beneficiary

Policy | News | 0 Comment | 26 Aug, 2019

India is the second largest food producer in world but on Global Hunger Index 2014, India ranked 103rd out of the world’s 119th hungriest countries. Due to some proto...Read more
India, Nepal sign MoU for food safety and standards

Policy | News | 0 Comment | 23 Aug, 2019

During the 5th Meeting of India- Nepal Joint Commission in Kathmandu, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Food Safety and Standards Authority of Ind...Read more
Ministry promotes 3R strategy for using milk pouches

Policy | News | 0 Comment | 21 Aug, 2019

A high level meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying to review the milk situation in the country. The meeting wa...Read more
VP calls to usher nutrition revolution in the country

Policy | News | 0 Comment | 05 Aug, 2019

The Vice President (VP) of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu has called for ushering a nutrition revolution in the county by creating women nutrition-warriors or change leaders at t...Read more
DBT invites inputs for evaluating nano-agri products

Policy | News | 0 Comment | 02 Aug, 2019

Department of Biotechnology has given special emphasis to promote Nanobiotechnology having applications in various sectors of life sciences. Thus the department has initiat...Read more