Food Security & Public Distribution System(PDS)

WHO Defines Food security to exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. Food security has three interlinked contents such as :- Availability of food, Access to food and absorption of food. Food … Read more Food Security & Public Distribution System(PDS)

Malnutrition,its causes and effects and Govt. programmes for supplementary Nutrition

WHO Defines Malnutrition as “Malnutrition refers to deficiencies, excesses, or imbalances in a person’s intake of energy and/or nutrients. The term malnutrition addresses 3 broad groups of conditions: undernutrition, which includes wasting (low weight-for-height), stunting (low height-for-age) and underweight (low weight-for-age); micronutrient-related malnutrition, which includes micronutrient deficiencies (a lack of important vitamins and minerals) or … Read more Malnutrition,its causes and effects and Govt. programmes for supplementary Nutrition

29.05.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH All districts will now have one-stop centres for women in distress   One-stop centres will be established in the remaining 25 districts of the State to make all essential assistance available under one roof to violence-hit women and girls. With this decision of the Government of India, now one stop centres will be … Read more 29.05.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

01.03.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH Forty Fourth Khajuraho Dance Festival Held In Madhya Pradesh   The 44th edition of Khajuraho Dance Festival 2018 was held at Khajuraho temple, a UNESCO world heritage site in Madhya Pradesh. It was inaugurated by Madhya Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel and was organized by culture department of state government. Khajuraho Dance Festival is an annual … Read more 01.03.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

08.02.18(MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH Kanhan river water at alarmingly critical level   For the second consecutive year, just before the onset of summer, water level in Kanhan river has dropped to an alarmingly critical level in the first half of February itself.   The river flow as measured on Wednesday morning at the upstream Beena confluence was 129MLD, which … Read more 08.02.18(MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

11.04.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH Madhya Pradesh refuses additional water for parched Gujarat   The Madhya Pradeshgovernment has categorically rejected the Gujarat government’s demand to allocate more water to save the Narmada river. Considering the industry’s needs in Dahej and to save Narmada river’s ecology and the livelihood of lakhs of people, the Gujarat government had requested the Centre to … Read more 11.04.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

Food processing and related industries in India- scope and significance, location, upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain management

Agro Food Processing: Forming village clusters and establishing Food Storage, Food Processing Industry is of enormous significance for India’s development because of the vital linkages and synergies that it promotes between the two pillars of the economy, namely Industry and Agriculture. India is world’s second largest producer of food and has the potential to become … Read more Food processing and related industries in India- scope and significance, location, upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain management

09.01.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

RAJASTHAN Rajasthan to digitise all historical records; 10k pages a day With an aim to protect old and fragile documents, the Rajasthan government is digitising 10,000 pages daily to preserve administrative and historical records of Rajputana’s princely states.   The move will further boost the state government’s effort to use technology to improve the lives … Read more 09.01.18 (RPSC) Rajasthan Current Affairs

28.04.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

MADHYA PRADESH Shivraj opens state’s first poultry feed plant in Itarsi   Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan  inaugurated Madhya Pradesh’s first poultry feed pellet manufacturing unit in Itarsi ThE unit has been set up by Madhya Pradesh Women Poultry Producers Company Pvt Ltd (MPWPCL) — which has been incorporated as a producer company under ‘Companies Act’.   The cooperative … Read more 28.04.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs

28-29.01.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current

MADHYA PRADESH Farmers to get payments for procured wheat without delay: CM   Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the farmers should get the payments for the procured wheat without any difficulty and delay. He further said that they should not face any difficulty in obtaining their payments.   Chouhan said that there should … Read more 28-29.01.18 (MPPCS) Madhya Pradesh Current