
Food-wastage should be first prevented in marriage-celebrations and other functions
It refers to welcome statement of Union Food Minister for government-initiative for imposing some checks on food served in hotels of the country, subsequent to concern expressed by Prime Minister on large-scale wastage of food in the country. But study reveals that food is largely wasted in marriage-celebrations and other functions where guests make such wastage because they have not to pay for food-items from their personal pockets, while those enjoying lunch-dinner at hotels otherwise are paying from their own pockets. Therefore restrictions are necessary for food served in marriage-celebrations and other functions like was imposed during emergency-era of 1975-77. Only beverages and snacks that too in some stipulated maximum number of items should be allowed to be served in gatherings of...