Page 13 - Food Prices

States should play active role in food security: new MoS

Referring distress sale and wastage of onions, tomatoes he said proper marketing mechanism is the need of the hour

Reining in food prices

Farmers need to be encouraged to grow more

Central ministers review food prices

Much of recent increase is seasonal, teams to look for more pulses abroad to push into market

India could lose $49 billion in GDP by food price shock: UN

The report also said that the world will likely suffer from more volatile food prices due to rising populations

Centre cracks down on food prices

Recommends delisting of chana futures, open to lowering sugar import duty

World food prices rise slightly in April - FAO

Food prices on international markets in April were almost 10% lower than a year ago, FAO said