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each member states consisting of either wheat or rice, or a combination of
both as assessed share of the country.
Food and Agricultural Organisation and Committee on World Food Security
Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) is one of the largest specialized
agencies in the UN System founded in 1945 with a mandate to raise levels
of nutrition and standard of living by improving agricultural productivity
and living conditions of rural population. The Committee on World Food
Security (CFS) serves as a forum in the United Nations System for review
and follow-up of policies concerning world food security, including food
production, physical and economic access to food. India is a member of both
FAO and CFS. Committee on World Food Security (CFS) monitors the
progress of implementation of the WFS Plan of Action.
International Grains Council
India is a member of the International Grains Council (IGC), an intergovernmental
forum of exporting and importing countries for cooperation
in wheat and coarse grain matters which was previously known as
International Wheat Council upto 1995. It administers the Grains Trade
Convention, 1995. The IGC Secretariat, based in London since 1949, also
services the Food Aid Committee, established under the Food Aid Convention.
International Grains Agreement comprises of Grains Trade Convention
(GTC) and Food Aid Convention (FAC). India is a signatory to the
International Grains Agreement (IGA), 1995 and its Grain Trade Convention
(GTC), 1995 which is effective from 1995. IGC has two types of members—
importing and exporting members. India has been included in the category
of exporting member in July, 2003 and represented in the meetings/sessions
of the Council held from time to time.
Food Processing Industries
The subjects allocated to the Ministry under Government of India (Allocation
of Business) Rules, 1961 are:- (i) industries relating to : (a) processing and
refrigeration of certain agricultural products (milk powder, infant milk food,
malted milk food, condensed milk, ghee and other dairy products), poultry
and eggs, meat and meat products; (b) processing of fish (including canning
and freezing); (c) establishment and servicing of development council for
fish processing industry; (d) technical assistance and advise to fish processing
industry; (e) fruit and vegetable processing industry (including freezing and
dehydration); and (f) foodgrains milling industry.
(ii) planning, development and control of, and assistance to, industries
relating to bread, oil seeds, meals (edible), breakfast foods, biscuits,
confectionery (including cocoa processing and chocolate making), malt extract,
protein isolate, high protein food, weaning food and extruded food products
(including other ready to eat foods); (iii) beer including non-alcoholic beer;
(iv) alcoholic drinks from non-molasses base; (v) specialized packaging for
food processing industry, and (vi) aerated water and soft drinks.