Inside BENEO’s new pulse plant: pioneering sustainable protein from faba beans
A high-level panel under Niti Aayog has drawn up a 10-point nutrition action plan that includes governance reforms in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for Kuposhan Mukt Bharat. The national nutrition strategy,
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has developed Hortinet, an integrated traceability system, to provide Internet-based electronic services to the stakeholders for facilitating farm registration, testing and certification of grapes, pomegranates
A 25-member business delegation from Australia visited India for exploring long term partnership in agriculture and food sector. The delegation participated in a conference ’Australia India Food Dialogue’ organised in New Delhi by the Australian
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has released a new list of additives through a draft notification and has sought the stakeholders’ comments on the same. These additives are both natural and
RSS’s offshoot Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has urged the government to not rely on dietary supplement packets to help malnourished children since it will benefit large corporations. The SJM said the programme to begin
In a bid to spread the Indian food domestically and globally, the food regulatory body of India, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has joined hands with Yes Bank to preserve and promote
The Central government will support farmers and entrepreneurs who will invest in mega food parks in Punjab for two years from the time their projects are launched. The farmers of Punjab must avail the
Packaged food products sold under names that are yet to receive trademark confirmation could attract a goods and services tax (GST) rate of 5 per cent, ending the exemption they enjoy now. The GST
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), in a bid to ensure uniformity in the method of testing food samples in laboratories and avoid variations in results, has issued a notice stating that
The Central government has received a proposal from the government of Telangana for the establishment of a spice park in Nizamabad for turmeric. The Spices Board would extend all technical support if the land and