Centre hopeful of passing food Bill in monsoon session

Food Minister K V Thomas, who has been running from pillar to post to see the Bill through, was called to brief the Congress on the various options available to the government. |PTI File photo In the backdrop of the BJP's insistence to model the ...

Land-related issues are political hot potatoes and nobody understands this better than Food Minister K V Thomas, whose home state is tiny Kerala, which has one of the highest population densities in India. At a recent press meet, he candidly ...

New Delhi: Amid demand from sugar mills for duty hike to curb imports of the sweetener, Food Minister K V Thomas Friday ruled out such a possibility during the current marketing year ending September and said the government will take a decision on ...

Monsoon rains in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu may be delayed or could be less than the normal level, said Food Minister K.V. Thomas

Sugar production is seen satisfory for the next three years as output is expected to be above the domestic demand, said Food Minister K.V.Thomas on Friday."The next three years 2013...

Amid a poor response from private traders for wheat export bids, Food Minister K. V. Thomas today said the Government may consider reducing the benchmark price of the grain to make exports viable...

Union Minister of State for Food and Civil Supplies K.V. Thomas has said that the work of the Muttom yard in connection with Kochi Metro Rail project will be completed within three months. <...

Food minister K.V. Thomas says the actual requirement will depend upon the final shape of

Food Minister K V Thomas on Thursday said the Centre will examine the newly-formed Karnataka government's demand to provide additional quantity of rice to BPL families in order to fulfill its election promise. In its election manifesto, the Congress ...