Posted on 08 September 2010
Tags: Challenges, Grain, issue, surplus
BJP challenges PM on surplus grain issue
The BJP came down forcefully on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s statement that the courts should not get into policy formation, referring to the recent Supreme Court order that surplus grains be distributed to the poor.
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Posted on 29 July 2010
Tags: feeding, Grain, India, instead, Let's, poor
India lets grain rot instead of feeding poor
A day after the Prime Minister urged a quick start to a national food-security network, it has emerged that his government may let foodgrain — enough to feed 140 million poor people for a month — rot, instead of spending money and effort distributing it to the poor, report Samar Halarnkar and Manpreet Randhawa . See special | Criminal wastage
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Posted on 18 April 2010
Tags: collapsing, Grain, GrainCorp, quality
Grain quality not collapsing: GrainCorp
GRAINCORP has sought to counter claims that Australian wheat quality is fast declining, with officials saying that, barring weather impacted grain, the quality of wheat delivered into its network has been similar to previous years.
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