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The Food Security Ready to Take its Toll

What is National Food Security Bill (NFSB) The much-awaited and much-debated Food Security Bill ultimately got passed in the Loksabha (Lower House) a day before yesterday. This bill is supposed to entitle around 67% (or 80.4 crore) of Indian population to subsidized food- each eligible individual shall get 5 kg of rice, wheat and coarse grains at Rs. 3,2,1, respectively. This programme shall cover 75% and 50 % of the rural and urban population respectively. Under this scheme, every year around 62 million tonne (6.2 crore tonne) of food-grain shall be distributed among 80 crore people of India. The government estimates an outlay of Rs. 1,30,000 crore per year towards this scheme but as per a Reuters columnist the actual cost for the same will be around Rs. 1,60,000 crore per year. Though opposition questioned the timing of this bill and termed it as a measure to garner votes in the oncoming general election but this bill got passed quite effortlessly. The Impact of NFSB The cost incurre

Start a Maize Chips Making Business

Start a Maize Chips Making Business A corn chip is a snack food made from cornmeal fried in oil or baked, usually in the shape of a small noodle or scoop. Corn chips are thick, rigid and very crunchy. Corn chips have the strong aroma and flavor of roasted corn, and are often heavily dusted with salt .Corn chips are a snack food made from corn. The corn is made into dough and formed into shapes such as scoops or triangles, and then the corn chips are baked, deep fried, or simply dried. How to Make...? Ingredients 100 gms  maize flour (makai ka atta) 50 gms  plain flour (maida) 1 tbsp  oil salt  to taste oil  for deep-frying For serving 2 1/4 cups  Corn Chips 3/4 cup  Salsa Dip 1 tsp  chopped green chillies 3 tbsp  Sour Cream 3 tbsp  grated processed cheese salt  to ta ste Method For the corn chips v         Mix the maize flour and plain flour with 1 tablespoon of oil and salt. v      Make dough by adding hot water. Knead very well. v      Roll out the dough into small circles with th

Start a Ragi Based Papads Making Business

Start a Ragi Based Papads Making Business Ragi  is the common name of Finger Millet in Southern part of India. Along with oats is one of the most nutritious food and one of the easy one to digest. It is rich in calcium and protein and also have good amount of iron and other minerals. It is low fat most of which are saturated fats. Ragi is a wonder cereal grain as it has numerous health benefits. Ragi Health Benefits   Ragi or finger millet is available as ragi whole, ragi flour, multigrain flour, and breakfast mixes such as malted ragi flour. Nutritional benefits of ragi:   Ragi has a high content of protein. It is an extremely good source of iron and calcium. Ragi flour can be used to make flat breads, chappatis, dosas, idlis. Ragi grains are malted and the grains are ground. The ground flour is then mixed with milk, boiled water or yoghurt and consumed. Ragi bhakri, and ambli (a sour porridge) are popular foods in Goa and Maharashtra.   Because of its high nutritional content ragi fl