Issue: October 2016
 
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Textiles’ – the word brings up images of beautiful drapes – cotton, silk, chiffon, lace. Whether it is the material draped on the figurine of the lady f...
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Textiles the word brings up images of beautiful drapes cotton, silk, chiffon, lace. Whether it is the material draped on the figurine of the lady from Mohenjadaro, the stylish drapes of Cleopatra, the ball dance gowns of the Victorian Era or the lovely dresses worn by our own queens and princesse...

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  Tapping Sustainable Energy Alternatives
  The second lead article, which is also focus article, is written by Shri N Bhadran Nair. Citing a report of the World Health Organisation, the author has advocated for tapping sustainable energy alternatives
  Financing Renewables in India
  The third article is written by Shri P C Maithani, Adviser, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. He has focussed on renewable energy resources
  Steps to Achieve India’s Solar Potential
  The special article is written by Sumant Sinha, Chairman and Managing Director of ReNew Power. He opines that India must also honour its global commitments on curbing greenhouse gas emissions
Food security in India and the Food Security Bill
Anu Rammohan

Despite the rapid economic growth that India has experienced in the last decade or so, malnutrition and hunger continue to present key policy challenges. The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that in 2003-2005, India was home to more than 225 million undernourished people, which constitutes 21 percent of the national population (FAO, 2011). The country’s hunger situation is described as “alarming” on the Global Hunger Index (a compilation of population undernourishment, child malnutrition, and child mortality), with wide regional differences observed in hunger and food insecurity across the different Indian states (see Menon et al., 2008). This is surprising for a country that has experienced robust economic growth and is a net food producer. According to the World Bank (2006), the rural areas of some Indian states (such as Bihar and Orissa) possess levels of poverty and food insecurity comparable to the poorest nations in sub-Saharan Africa, whilst others (such as Punjab and Kerala) are similar to middle-income nations. To address some of the shortcomings in the access of food by poor households, India has for the past few decades implemented an extensive system of food-based safety nets called the Public Distribution System (PDS). Indeed, India’s Public Distribution System (PDS) is the world’s largest social safety net for food. It operates on the basis of extensive procurement of food grains by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) on minimum support price (MSP) terms determined by the Agricultural Prices Commission.

 
 
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