India’s food policy is a complex and multifaceted set of initiatives aimed at ensuring food security for its large and growing population. The policy has evolved over time in response to changing economic, social, and environmental conditions. Key Pillars of India’s Food Policy Food Production: Increasing agricultural productivity through various measures such as improved seed varieties, irrigation systems, and access to credit. Food Procurement and Distribution: Implementing the Public Distribution System (PDS) to provide subsidized food grains to eligible households. Food Storage and Transportation: Strengthening storage infrastructure and transportation networks to minimize food losses and ensure timely distribution. Nutrition and […]
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Climate Change Debate Post G20 India Summit
Climate Change Debate Post G20 India Summit
Understanding Water Diplomacy
Water diplomacy recognizes that water is essential for life, economic development, and environmental sustainability, and that its equitable and sustainable management is crucial for social stability and peace. By fostering dialogue, building trust, and promoting joint problem-solving, water diplomacy seeks to find inclusive and sustainable solutions to water-related issues, ensuring that the needs of all stakeholders are considered and conflicts are minimized.
Environmental Issues of South Asia Region
South Asian countries have been dealing with several issues of social, political, cultural, and economic nature among many others. The environmental issues however are slowly becoming more and more pronounced in the region, with the rise in natural catastrophes, energy crises, and scarcity of resources. Mainly consisting of developing nations of India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, this region since the early 20th century, first, most of them as a colony and later as independent states, have been experiencing economic upheavals. Notably, most of the environmental issues surged post-1960s due to high economic activities, industrialization, population […]
Water Scarcity & Indian Agriculture
Water scarcity in India is changing everything, from what we eat to the way of our living. Water is the existential need of our body & society alike. Though, over the years it has also become an over-the-top abused commodity, without having received any serious attention from planning commissions, until recently. Time and again, early societies stressed upon the importance and need for water and ably planned their lives around it. Civilizations, like Mesopotamia, Egyptian or our very own Harappan, were built or lost on account of water. Today, while we have this knowledge, as a society we fail to […]