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Government to allow 100% FDI in food retail: Harsimrat Kaur Badal
June 3, 2016 |by Indiaretailing Bureau | Comments Off on Government to allow 100% FDI in food retail: Harsimrat Kaur Badal | FOOD SERVICEFood worth Rs 92,000 crore is wasted in India every year because of poor facilities but this wastage will come down sharply with the government’s plan to set up numerous agro processing clusters across the country and nod to 100% foreign direct investment in food retail, food processing minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said…READ MORE
KEEP READINGGovernment approves standards for food ingredients: Minister
June 3, 2016 |by Indiaretailing Bureau | Comments Off on Government approves standards for food ingredients: Minister | FOOD SERVICEThe government has finalised as many as 12,000 standards for food additives and ingredients in line with global safety standards for food companies, union Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal has said…READ MORE
KEEP READINGCentre to clear smaller food parks, set up 100 cold chains
June 3, 2016 |by Indiaretailing Bureau | Comments Off on Centre to clear smaller food parks, set up 100 cold chains | FOOD SERVICEThe Central government will soon give its nod for smaller food parks and also announce the setting up of 100 cold chain projects, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister for Food Processing Industries, said…READ MORE
KEEP READINGEating out to get expensive
June 2, 2016 |by Indiaretailing Bureau | Comments Off on Eating out to get expensive | FOOD SERVICEEating out, mobile phone usage and air and rail travel will become expensive with the new Krishi Kalyan Cess (KKC) of 0.5 per cent on taxable services coming into force from June. With imposition of Krishi Kalyan Cess, the total incidence of Service Tax will go up to 15 per cent… READ MORE
KEEP READINGPatnaites switch to healthier diet
June 2, 2016 |by Indiaretailing Bureau | Comments Off on Patnaites switch to healthier diet | FOOD SERVICEPatnaites have changed their food preferences and switched to healthier items like green vegetables, melons, peaches, mangoes and fresh herbs available during the summer season. Restaurants and hotels have made suitable changes in their menus to meet the demands of their customers…READ MORE
KEEP READINGUnited tastes of Hyderabadi Khaana
June 2, 2016 |by Indiaretailing Bureau | Comments Off on United tastes of Hyderabadi Khaana | FOOD SERVICEYou can often get Mexican, Lebanese or Chinese food in city restaurants, but it is not often that you get authentic Hyderabadi food cooked the way it is in home-kitchens. And many who come to the city hearing about dalcha, baghara khana and khatti daal don’t find it in many eateries. Then the disappointment comes. But some eateries in the city have decided to introduce Hyderabadi Ghar Ka Khana on their menu. And this is what United Kitchens of India, Jubilee Hills is trying to do…READ MORE
KEEP READINGAuthenticity of Goan food lies in its ingredients: experts
June 2, 2016 |by Indiaretailing Bureau | Comments Off on Authenticity of Goan food lies in its ingredients: experts | FOOD SERVICEGoan food is not just associated with its famous ‘fish curry-rice’ but the authenticity lies in its unique flavours of chillies, toddy vinegar and coconut. “I would say the food is ‘unique’. Flavors which perhaps are difficult to replicate very easily,” noted Goa-based author and food critic Odette Mascarenhas told PTI…READ MORE
KEEP READINGIndian curry in Brexit row
June 2, 2016 |by Indiaretailing Bureau | Comments Off on Indian curry in Brexit row | FOOD SERVICEApparently, Britain’s once-popular Indian curry restaurants are imploding and reportedly closing down at the rate of at least two a week as customers turn their backs on them complaining that their erstwhile favourite curry doesn’t quite taste the same anymore. Restaurant owners hold up their hands, “guilty as charged”, but ask: how could it taste the same when it is no longer made by Indian chefs, but by Europeans with no previous experience of cooking Indian food? They blame this on new visa rules for non-European Union migrants which are are so stringent that they effectively bar restaurants from bringing chefs from India, resulting in a huge shortage of good curry chefs…READ MORE
KEEP READINGCelebrity chef Saransh Goila is all desi at heart!
June 2, 2016 |by Indiaretailing Bureau | Comments Off on Celebrity chef Saransh Goila is all desi at heart! | FOOD SERVICEOne of India’s youngest celebrity chefs, Saransh Goila, who recently launched his book ‘India on My Platter’, is a passionate traveler and has dedicated himself to promote regional Indian food across the globe. His eternal love for Butter Chicken says it all about his interesting personality as he was born and raised in a vegetarian family… READ MORE
KEEP READINGTen things you should know about the thali
June 2, 2016 |by Indiaretailing Bureau | Comments Off on Ten things you should know about the thali | FOOD SERVICEThe best way to destroy a culture is to destroy the kitchen, says acclaimed mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik. He’s right. After all, it is only by way of food that parents can ground their child in the culture he/she is born into. When it comes to India, there is no better way to know the country and its varied cultures than to eat a traditional thali. Here are 10 things you should know about our country’s different thalis…READ MORE
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