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Pret A Manger partnership marks Reliance Brands' foray into F&B sector

RBL will open the food chain across the country starting with major cities and travel hubs

Par panel says food subsidy still very high, scope for further reduction

The Committee note that allocation of funds - in respect of food subsidy during 2021-22 is Rs 2,90,573.11 crore but actual expenditure as on February 11, 2022, is Rs 2,20,445.61 crore only

Food subsidy in FY22 to be about Rs 4 trn vs BE of Rs 2.4 trn: Food secy

Under NFSA, the Centre gives highly subsidised food grains at Rs 1-3 per kg to over 810 million people through the public distribution system

India at 71st on Global Food Security index 2021 of 113 nations

India is ranked at 71st position in the Global Food Security (GFS) Index 2021 of 113 countries, but the country lags behind its neighbours Pakistan and Sri Lanka in terms food affordability

Edible oil prices to begin softening from December: Food secretary

Retail prices of edible oils in India, which imports 60 per cent of its requirement, have shot up to 64 per cent in the past just one year, in line with the global developments.

PM FME scheme golden opportunity for micro food entrepreneurs: Minister

for Food Processing Industries MoS Rameswar Teli said the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PM FME) scheme offers golden opportunities to micro food entrepreneurs

Mrs Bectors Food IPO review: Play on large opportunity in biscuits, QSR

Healthy growth and sound fundamentals offer comfort

Are cloud kitchens and delivery the future of India's food industry?

Cloud kitchens are essentially low-cost models where kitchens in places with cheap real estate are rented out, and from which deliveries are fulfilled mostly through an aggregator.

Budget 2020: Organic food sector needs stimulus for growth, says Kesarwala

Bhalla said although people are gradually shifting towards organic foods, more steps needs to be taken in this direction in all big and small cities.

Despite consumption slowdown, packaged food sector grows 14.4%: IIP data

Branded packaged food market expanded 17.6% in calendar year 2018 to cross the Rs 5-trillion-mark for the first time

Food for thought

A new report shows Indians are not spending much on eating out, and even less when it comes to high-end restaurants

Why are Indians still starving when foodgrain output is at a record high?

Under the National Food Security Act, 2013, poor families are guaranteed five kg of foodgrains per person per month, at heavily subsidised rates of Rs 1-3 per kg

Giving a leg-up to the food processing sector

A robust food processing sector can help enhance farm productivity, combat wastage, and contribute greatly to govt's objective of doubling farmers' incomes by 2022