A two-day national conference on capacity building of sustainable food value chains for enhanced food safety and quality commenced on Wednesday in Tokyo, Japan.
It was organised by National Productivity Council (NPC), which is an arm of the commerce and industry ministry.
Chairperson, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Rita Teaotia, in her address said there is a need to develop the mitigation strategies for curbing food wastages, enhancing food security and food quality.
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Club Enerji helps India save 4 MUs in 2018-19
* Tata Power on Wednesday said its energy conservation initiative 'Club Enerji' sensitised over 23.8 million people across seven cities -- New Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Ajmer -- and saved around 4 million units (MUs) of electricity across 533 schools in 2018-19.
During 2018-19, the Club Enerji initiative reached out to nearly 1.5 lakh citizens in Ahmedabad saving nearly 4.5 lakh units of power, a company statement said.
We believe that inculcating the value of sustainability and a broad understanding of our dependencies on scarce resources must start early in our children's lives, Praveer Sinha, CEO and Managing Director, Tata Power said.
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