Passage 1
India has taken a firm stand on finalizing a permanent solution for public stockholding for food security. At the 13th ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization, the country argued that the organization’s focus should broaden beyond the trade interests of agricultural exporters to address the crucial issues of food security and livelihoods, the commerce ministry said in a statement.
At the session on agriculture on Tuesday, India emphasized the essential role of a permanent solution for public stockholding in combating hunger, especially in developing countries.
Source – https://www.livemint.com/news/india-seeks-perma
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Passage 2
At an election rally in Tonk on Tuesday (April 23), Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Congress has often tried to give reservation to Muslims by reducing the quota for SCs, STs and OBCs. The PM specifically cited attempts at providing a quota for Muslims in Andhra Pradesh as a “pilot project, which Congress wanted to try in the entire country”.
Several Muslim communities are included in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation both at the central and state levels. The criteria for the OBC quota is social and educational backwardness. Article 16 of the Constitution provides for reservation for a “backward class of citizens, which in the opinion of the State, is not adequately represented in the services under the State”.
Source- https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-la
