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  A few WTO nations can't go ahead without solving food issue: Sitharaman

  November 10, 2014 9:19 IST

  New Delhi: India made it clear that a few nations cannot move ahead with WTO trade pact without resolving the crucial food security issue and the matter needs consensus.WTO Director General Roberto Azevedo recently said

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  US shows sensitivities to Indian stand on IP and food security

  World | October 10, 2014 14:29 IST

  Washington: Indicating a change in its position on key issues like intellectual property rights and food security - the two areas of concerns for India - the US appears to be sensitive and supportive of

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  Pact on food security, trade facilitation to go hand-in-hand: Narendra Modi

  September 30, 2014 6:43 IST

  New York: Ahead of his meeting with US President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday made it clear that agreement on food security and trade facilitation will have to go hand-in-hand."Agreement on food

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  Congress to raise WTO issue in Parliament today

  Politics | August 11, 2014 7:28 IST

  New Delhi: Irked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remark suggesting that the UPA government compromised on the issue of food security at WTO, Congress has decided to raise the matter in Parliament on Tuesday."The statement

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  Major victory for India at WTO talks, No threat to food security : Anand Sharma

  December 06, 2013 21:36 IST

  Bali:  In a major victory for India, the WTO today agreed to allow countries to provide subsidy on staple food crops without any threat of punitive action, a concession that salvaged the current round of

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  No agreement on food security better than a bad one: Sharma

  December 05, 2013 23:44 IST

  Bali: Dismissing the suggestion that India was insisting on food security because of the ensuing general elections at home, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Thursday said New Delhi was only pursing an old

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  Delhi assembly polls: Sheila begins distributing grains under Food Security Programme

  India | September 01, 2013 21:03 IST

  New Delhi: Distribution of food grains under the ambitious Food Security Programme formally began in the national capital today with Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit offering the entitlement to identified beneficiaries in several areas.The scheme was

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  Food security or UPA's vote security, asks BJP

  Politics | August 26, 2013 20:57 IST

  New Delhi: iBJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi Monday opposed the food security bill, saying the government had introduced it for "vote security"."This is not a food security but a vote security bill," Joshi said in

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  Sonia Gandhi launches ambitious Food Security programme

  India | August 20, 2013 21:44 IST

  New Delhi: Going ahead with its "game changer" measure for next Lok Sabha polls, Congress today rolled out the ambitious food security scheme in three states--- Delhi, Haryana and Uttarakhand with party President Sonia Gandhi

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  Call CMs' meet on food security: Modi writes to PM

  Politics | August 13, 2013 11:29 IST

  New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh proposing a meeting of Chief Ministers be held on the Food Security law saying it is an issue that

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  UPA playing vote bank politics over food security: Narendra Modi

  Politics | July 30, 2013 21:49 IST

  Ahmedabad, Jul 30: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today accused the Congress-led UPA government of playing “vote bank politics” over food security.  “Instead of providing food to the poor, the Congress government is playing vote

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  Centre agrees to Kerala's request on food security

  Politics | July 16, 2013 13:42 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram, July 16: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said Tuesday that the central government has agreed to modify the food security scheme for the state."What is the purpose of freedom if we are not able

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  Food security: Sonia asks CMs to roll out food scheme in 'letter and spirit'

  Politics | July 13, 2013 15:51 IST

  New Delhi, July 13: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today asked the states ruled by the party to implement in "letter and spirit" the food security scheme which it sees as a "game changer" in the

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  Industry Wants More Pesticides In The Name Of Food Security

  India | March 10, 2011 13:27 IST

  New Delhi, March 10: "It is an irony that Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) strongly advocates increasing chemical doses in Indian agriculture on the basis of the fact that we still spray only about 330grams