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Pasta enriched with pulse flour could be a good source of proteins under the act are seemingly favoring these two crops while other minor cereals and pulses are eventually getting further marginalized. Given that the country’s protein consumption has been miserably stagnating at around 50-57 grams per day over the last decade, it is critical to give due importance to pulses and push through conducive policies. India’s unique strength is its demographic dividend of having a median age of under 30 by the turn of the next decade. Food and balanced nutrition form the basis of human productivity and wellbeing and when these are not given due consideration, the opportunity cost or lost, indeed, could be detrimental to the economic prosperity of the country
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in the coming decades. Unjustifiable emphasize on rice and wheat resulted in a situation where these two crops were contributing to the biggest chunk of calories and protein. At a time when prices of pulses are surging, average and the poorest Indian middle-class households are the most affected as they usually spend more than half to two-thirds of
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their monthly income on food. Such rise in prices will cause huge cuts on consumption of pulses.
Food Security Act seems to support rice and wheat
July/September 2017