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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
Some Reflections on the National Food Security Act
Ashok Kotwal
Milind Murugkar
Bharat Ramaswami

The National Food Security Bill became an act with little parliamentary opposition and yet the debate in the media has lingered. Many questions have been raised. Would subsidized food grains solve the problem of malnutrition? Isn’t there a better way to help the poor, say, by investing in health and education? Can we afford the cost of subsidizing food for such a large chunk of the population? Should we continue to waste money on the highly flawed PDS system? What is the government procurement system doing to the grain markets in India? Our aim here is to offer our own perspective on these important questions. Impact on Nutrition and Health India has the dubious distinction of being at the top of the chart for malnourished children and at the bottom of the chart for health indicators. In the minds of many, this is a disgrace and why India needs a scheme to provide food security. What impact would the National Food Security Act (NFSA) have on malnourishment and health? Some components of the NFSA such as mid-day meals and maternity benefits (nutritional supplements and cash) are directly targeted at nutrition. What about the supply of cheap rice and wheat? Some people hope that subsidized food grains will reduce malnourishment by inducing beneficiaries to consume more food grains and thereby more calories. However, malnutrition stems from many things including micronutrient deficiency (Malhotra (2012), being ill informed about nutrition (Malhotra, 2013), and poor sanitation (Hammer &Spears(2013). The fact that other things matter has led critics to dismiss the nutritional impacts of food subsidies. This is incorrect too.

 
 
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