Bajhang reeling underacute food shortage (ht 19/05/2012)

Govt agrees on Rs 2.1b loan to NOC (kp 14/05/2012), Govt approves Rs 2.1b loans for NOC (rep 16/05/2012), Ministry, NOC conceal LPG supply data (ht 18/05/2012)

Banda fuels fear of food shortage in Far West, by Chitranga Thapa and Mohan Budhair (kp 14/05/2012)

Petrol availability improves; diesel still in short supply (rep 10/05/2012)

Dasain preparations: Govt to import 20k tonnes of sugar, by Ashok Thapa (kp 08/05/2012)

Food security project in far west on cards (ht 07/05/2012)

Petrol shortage hits consumers (ht 06/05/2012)

Govt assures NOC of Rs 3b for fuel supply (kp 03/05/2012)

Shortage of essential goodsdue to Far-west bandh, by Shivaraj Bhatta (ht 02/05/2012)

Hoarding fuels black marketing of petro products, by Shiromani Dhungana (ht 01/05/2012)

NOC fails to execute its directive (ht 29/04/2012)

Oil reserve just enough for 5 days: NOC (rep 20/04/2012), Corporation requests stakeholders’ help
Says petroleum stock has gone below 14,000 kl, barely enough to meet three days’ demand (kp 20/04/2012), Diesel shortage hits industries in Sunsari-Morang belt: Production down by 70 per cent;  Factories forced to buy fuel in black market (ht 20/04/2012), Diesel crisis looming, large once again: NOC has only 13,000 kilolitres (ht 22/04/2012), Gasoline lines back in Capital (kp 23/04/2012), Fuel shortage hit consumers in the east, by Ajit Tiwari (rep 24/04/2012), NOC: No Oil, Cash; public at wit’s end; Indian Oil Corporation dues are all it has in excess (ht 25/04/2012), FinMin gives NOC Rs 750mto import adequate fuel (kp 26/04/2012), Fuel shortage hits Biratnagar: 30 pc of vehicles stopped plying; 35,000 to be affected (ht 26/04/2012), Current shortage of fuel artificial (ht 26/04/2012), NOC steps up fuel supply (rep 27/04/2012), NOC, IOC to sign new oil supply pact, by Sangam Prasain (kp 27/04/2012), NOC, IOC seal new fuel supply deal, by Sangam Prasain (kp 28/04/2012), IOC to fix price based on daily int’l price (ht 28/04/2012)

Steady rise in fuel prices to challenge food security (ht 19/04/2012)

Karnali faces rice crunch as transporters seek fare hike, by Om Astha Rai (rep 15/04/2012), Karnali blues: Dire food security situation (rep 16/04/2012)

Govt to start LPG consumer card distribution within ‘4-5 days’ (kp 13/04/2012), LPG customer card distribution begins Tuesday (rep 17/04/2012), Consumer card distribution starts (ht 17/04/2012), NOC starts distribution of LPG consumer cards, by Sangam Prasain (kp 18/04/2012), LPG customer card distribution starts next week (rep 24/04/2012), Distribution of LPG user cards begins today (rep 29/04/2012)

UN CERF allocates US $5 m to Nepal to address food insecurity in remote districts (nn 12/04/2012), $5 million to address food insecurity (rep 13/04/2012)

Renewal of petroleum supply pact in limbo (rep 08/04/2012)

Raw materials, fuel crises hit cement factories, by Bhoj Raj Poudel (rep 25/03/2012)

Talks between NOC and IOC begin: Indian Oil Corporation could be sole supplier for another five years (ht 25/03/2012)

Food scarcity in 14 VDCs of Rukum (rep 23/03/2012)

Enough fuel to last a week, says NOC (kp 22/03/2012)

Fertilizers shortage looms large, by Bhoj Raj Poudel (rep 19/03/2012)

Record harvest improves food security: WFP (ht 15/03/2012)

Maoist-aligned union shuts Valley pumps (kp 12/03/2012), Petro workers withdraw strike, pumps to open Tuesday (rep 13/03/2012), Normal fuel supply to resume from today (kp 13/03/2012)

US varsities join hands for food-secure Nepal, by Pragati Shahi (kp 10/03/2012)

LPG availability eases (rep 08/03/2012)

No progress in Govt. plan to lessen food insecurity, by Bhoj Raj Poudel (rep 05/03/2012)

Economics Of Shortages Of Electricity, Gasoline, And Water, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km 04/03/2012)

PAC blames govt for fuel scarcity (ht 28/02/2012)

Fuel for thought, by Purushottam Ojha (rep 25/02/2012)

Give NOC Rs 9 billion to ensure fuel supplies till May 27, says MoCS (kp 24/02/2012)

Food shortage to hit Syanlakhadi soon, by Adarsh K.C. (ht 23/02/2012)

Gorkha facing food shortage (nn 23/02/2012)

Entrepreneurs creating artificial shortage of fuel: Minister Bhatta (nn 23/02/2012)

Eight-pt pact seeks to smoothen LPG supply (kp 22/02/2012)

Debt ridden NOC’s loss nears Rs 5 billion (ht 20/02/2012)

Energy emergency: The real story behind the shortages of petrol, diesel, cooking gas, water and electricity, by Dewan Rai (nt 10/02/2012)

Rs 2b that govt committed is nowhere in sight: NOC (rep 09/02/2012), NOC to pay Rs 150m interest every month (ht 09/02/2012)

Cooking gas crisis fast spiralling out of control, by Ankit Adhikari (kp 08/02/2012), NOC says normal gas supply in 10 days (kp 08/02/2012)

Diesel, LPG shortage threatens to shut schools: Buses won’t ferry day scholars,hostelers won’t get food if scarcity persists (ht 04/02/2012)

PM turns to India to ease fuel supply (rep 03/02/2012), Govt asks India for more fuel, crunch to end next week (rep 03/02/2012), Govt loans NOC Rs 2b more: PM urges India, traders to help ease fuel crisis, by Sangam Prasain and Pranab Kharel (kp 03/02/2012), NOC pays Rs 1.6b to Indian Oil (rep 04/02/2012), LPG sellers fuelling shortage: NOC (ht 05/02/2012)

Does Singha Durbar see petrol queues? (rep 01/02/2012)

Dealer caught hoarding scores of LPG cylinders: 129 of them seized during police raid at Manakamana depot (ht 01/02/2012), Desperate locals seize vehicles carrying LPG (rep 02/02/2012), Public at wits’ end as fuel shortage worsens, by Sangam Prasain (kp 02/02/2012), Gas crisis reaches its peak, by Roshan Sedhai and Ashok Lamsal (kp 02/02/2012), Police escort LPG delivery vehicles after consumers grab cylinders (nn 02/02/2012), Police escort vehicles carrying gas cylinders, by Ankit Adhikari (kp 03/02/2012)

Roundtable on fuel crisis on February 3, by Shiromani Dhungana (ht 31/01/2012)

Commoners and politicians, LPG shortage has hit ’em all, by Sangam Prasain (kp 28/01/2012)

No smooth supply in reduced price: NOC; Lawmakers urge the government to bring broader policy to maintain smooth supply (ht 28/01/2012)

Cooking gas shortage: Traders accuse government of indifference (kp 26/01/2012), Cooking gas supply drops to one-third of demand (ht 26/01/2012)

Government to import fuel from another refinery (ht 25/01/2012)

Poor NOC, always in debt, by Roshani Bhujel (kp 22/01/2012)

After keeping pumps dry on Friday, dealers say they're back to business (rep 21/01/2012), Dealers agree to retail fuels at govt rates (rep 22/01/2012), Bhatta threatens to scrap licence: Dealers agree to sell petroleum products at NOC-fixed rate (ht 22/01/2012), Prices up, fuel shortage persists (kp 23/01/2012)

Nepal’s hunger status improves from ‘alarming’ to ‘serious’, by Sangam Prasain (kp 20/01/2012)

Dealers found hiding large quantities of fuel products (kp 19/01/2012)

Dairies facing milk shortage in even flush season (rep 18/01/2012)

NOC losses up; LPG supply gets ‘better’ (kp 17/01/2012)

Heavy snowfall causes food shortage in Rukum (nn 15/01/2012)

An indecisive govt leads to everyday queues at petrol pumps (rep 11/01/2012), Fuel scarcity (rep 12/01/2012)

Cooking gas scarcity in market: NOC, gas industries,dealers and retailers blame each other (ht 08/01/2012), Cooking gas crisis aggravates (kp 12/01/2012), Queues return to depots as NOC runs out of LPG (kp 12/01/2012), Cooking gas scarcity hits people: NOC blaming bottling plants,dealers selling LP gas to industries (ht 15/01/2012)

Fuel shortage: Only 50pc vehicles on road: Transporters (kp 02/01/2012), Diesel crunch cripples industry (rep 03/01/2012), NOC, EPF sign loan pact: But fuel crisis to stay for few more days (kp 03/01/2012), Politics On Oil: Who Is To Blame?, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 04/01/2012), Apex court orders smooth fuel supply: Rules no strike in essential services, by Pranab Kharel (kp 04/01/2012), Fuel supply will ease from Friday: NOC (nn 04/01/2012), LP gas dealers protest short supply (kp 05/01/2012), Petroleum shortage throws normal life out of gear, by Ramesh Shrestha (kp 05/01/2012)

Indian potato in Nepal, Nepali potato in India, by Rashmi Mahat (rep 28/12/2011)

Hunger in Karnali: Struggle for existence, by Kul Ratna Bhurtel (rep 27/12/2011)

Oil shortage prompts long queues at gas stations (kp 27/12/2011), Fuel shortage deepens (rep 29/12/2011)

Nation witnesses food surplus (ht 24/12/2011)

NOC mulls adding aviation fuel depots (ht 18/12/2011)

Badis in dire need of food, warm clothes (ht 17/12/2011)

Power-cut hits oxygen production (rep 11/12/2011)

Diesel in short supply (rep 07/12/2011), Diesel shortage hits large development projects, by Prabhakar Ghimire (rep 10/12/2011), Govt all set to give Rs 1b to NOC (rep 14/12/2011)

Food crisis in district (ht 07/12/2011)

Panic buying leaves gas stations dry (kp 05/12/2011)

Grim winter brings fear of starvation in Dailekh (ht 28/11/2011)

Liquid fertilizers to ease shortage, by Prabhakar Ghimire (rep 21/11/2011)

Pesticides killing insects: Increasing challenge to food security (ht 21/11/2011)

Food shortage in Karnali: Ways to tackle the challenge, by Padam Bhandari (ht 21/11/2011)

Subsidised rice sold off midway, by Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 21/11/2011)

Western region under acute petroleum shortage (kp 17/11/2011)

Food ration cards to be introduced in a month (rep 16/11/2011)

Nepal betters on its fight against hunger: Jumps up to serious level from alarming situation, by Kuvera Chalise (ht 16/11/2011)

Emptiness of big claims: n the context of declining resource availability we need to venture beyond the biotech industry to ensure food security for a growing population, by Anil Bhattarai (kp 15/11/2011)

Farmers in Kanchanpur disrupt highway demanding fertilizers (nn 14/11/2011), Protests grow in Kailali for want of fertiliser: Farmers stage rally to press for prompt and smooth supply (ht 15/11/2011)

Hungry mouths: Nepal needs 5.08 million tonnes of grains per year to meet FAO standards, by Maina Dhital (kp 11/11/2011)

Minister Bhatta promises subsidy on cooking gas: National coffer has to bear extra burden of Rs 3.5 billion annually : Secretary Ojha; Cheap popularity,discriminatory approach: Senior economist Bishwambher Pyakuryal, by Shiromani Dhungana (ht 09/11/2011)

China to donate food to districts in dire need (ht 04/11/2011)

Indian veg dominates Kalimati market as Nepali supplies shrink, by Rashmi Mahat (rep 03/11/2011)

‘Booze culture’ exacerbates food deficit, by Giru Prasad Bhandari (kp 31/10/2011)

NOC has only 20 per cent stock in its storage (ht 27/10/2011)

Food scenario gloomy in far western districts (kp 18/10/2011)

Govt forms committee for food security (rep 17/10/2011)

Subsidised rice in short supply, by Janak Nepal and Tajendra Nath (kp 17/10/2011)

Food reserve projected to rise, by Sangam Prasain (kp 17/10/2011)

LPG dealers punished for hoarding (kp 03/10/2011)

Dailekh cries for rice as Dashain starts, by Prakash Adhikari (kp 29/09/2011)

Essentials in short supply in Rukum, by Krishna Prasad Gautam (kp 26/09/2011)

Overcharging for LPG on shortage scare (rep 25/09/2011)

Federation claims cooking gas shortage, oil corporation refutes (ht 21/09/2011)

LPG bottlers warn of possible shortage during Dashain (kp 16/09/2011), Dealers warn of gas shortage: They suspect supply constraints during Dashain and Tihar (ht 16/09/2011)

NOC jacks up import to manage festive demand (rep 14/09/2011)

Nepali maize produce not sufficient to fulfill market demand (nn 13/09/2011)

NOC revises LPG allocation system (kp 08/09/2011)

Scourge Of Shortages, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 04/09/2011)

Food security  situation  remains stable : Key winter crops output increases (ht 01/09/2011)

NFC in a fix over goats business that brings loss every Dashain (rep 31/08/2011), 50,000 goats to be
brought for Dashain (kp 01/09/2011)

Act with urgency (rep 30/08/2011)

Food deficiency calls for lasting measures, by Janak Nepal (kp 29/08/2011), Lasting measures: There is a food crisis, but handouts are not helping (kp 30/08/2011)

Jajarkot reels under Medicine shortage, by Janak KC (rep 28/08/2011)

Food for thought: The government is paying more attention to food security, but the situation remains dire, by Maina Dhital (kp 28/08/2011)

Gas dealers urge govt to increase LPG supply (kp 23/08/2011)

NOC asks govt for Rs 1.5b to ensure adequate fuel stocks (kp 20/08/2011)

Food scarcity in Jajarkot: Crisis deepens after halt in WFP supplies (ht 11/08/2011)

Food shortage in Jajarkot villages, by Janak K.C. (rep 12/08/2011)

Dealers refuse to sell fuel at govt fixed rate, by Ajit Tiwari (rep 06/08/2011)

Truckers' strike triggers shortage of food commodities, by Khagendra Adhikari (rep 05/08/2011)

Govt told to maintain adequate stock of essential goods (kp 01/08/2011)

Food crisis hits Humla hard, by Tufan Neupane (rep 27/07/2011), Humla depot runs short of subsidised food (kp 27/07/2011)

Malnutrition-hit minor on deathbed, by Janak Nepal (kp 27/07/2011)

Mid, far western hills vulnerable to food insecurity (ht 24/07/2011)

Food crunch hits four districts (ht 17/07/2011)

Remote Rasuwa likely to face food crisis as landslides obstructs transportation (nn 17/07/2011)

Indefinite transport strike hits far-west (ht 12/07/2011), Transportation resumes in far-western region after five-point pact with home ministry (nn 12/07/2011)

Food crunch taking toll on Myagdi folk (ht 09/07/2011)

Activate ESA (rep 06/07/2011), Fuel shortage: Public at the receiving end; Consumers forced to line up for hours, braving summer downpours, by Jenee Rai (kp 06/07/2011), Fuel supply likely to ease as tanker owners withdraw protest (nn 07/07/2011), NOC, tanker operators sign agreement (kp 08/07/2011), Petroleum tankers’ strike ends: However,NOC,government fail to break transporters’ syndicate, cartel (ht 08/07/2011)

The Voice That Is Never Heard, by G.K. Pakavath (rn 04/07/2011)

Blocked roads lead to food crunch in east (ht 04/07/2011)

NOC says fuel shortage will ease only gradually (kp 04/07/2011), Petro-transporters to go on strike (ht 04/07/2011), Tanker operators threaten to go on strike from July 9 (kp 05/07/2011), MoCS take steps to ban transporters' strike (rep 06/07/2011)

Fuel lines return as NOC Shares goes broke once again (kp 28/06/2011), Fuel shortage stretches as transporters launch fresh stir (kp 29/06/2011), NOC’s tanker ‘route change’ draws anger: Amlekhgunj-based fuel depot picketed (ht 29/06/2011), Fuel crisis in valley to prolong: Another transporters’group declares strike on Tuesday (ht 29/06/2011), Capital hit hard by fuel crisis as transport entrepreneurs strike (nn 29/06/2011), Tanker owners end protest; fuel supply to ease (nn 30/06/2011)

Birgunj petro transport operators call fresh protests (kp 27/06/2011)

Tanker operators stall import, distribution in the Valley (rep 24/06/2011), Transporters’ strike hits petroleum supply (ht 24/06/2011), Fuel transporters’ protest continues (ht 25/06/2011), Petro transport operators call off strike (kp 25/06/2011)

IOC cuts oil supply by 75 pc (rep 21/06/2011)

Nepal to have food surplus this fiscal (kp 17/06/2011)

Far, Mid-West may face food shortage (ht 16/06/2011)

KUKL tankers grounded, water supplies hit, by Arjun Poudel (rep 08/06/2011)

Govt failing to supply adequate fertilisers (kp 02/06/2011)

Strike spurs food shortage in Rukum, by Kamal Thapa (rep 29/05/2011)

NFC halts food distribution in Humla (kp 28/05/2011)

Tarai turning into food-deficit region in five years: Half of districts in the region,that was called food basket of country once,face food crunch (ht 23/05/2011)

DDC cuts supply amid low milk production (kp 20/05/2011)

10 major grain producers facing food-deficit (rep 19/05/2011), Cereal production up: But many districts still witness food shortage (ht 19/05/2011), MoAC predicts 11 pc increment in cereal production; but 10 districts to suffer food deficit (nn 19/05/2011), Farm output up, but food deficit increases, by Sangam Prasain (kp 19/05/2011)

Far western Nepal may face another food crisis as UN scales back for lack of funds (nn 19/05/2011)

Petroleum shortage hits eastern Nepal, by Khilanath Dhakal (rep 17/05/2011)

NOC halts supply to some petrol pumps, starts probe, by Shiromani Dhunganma (ht 17/05/2011), Petro-dealers challenge report: Deny they cheated consumers,say the committee was influenced (ht 22/05/2011)

Fuel supply likely to ease from Monday: ‘NOC paid dues to the tune of Rs 1.25 bn to IOC on Friday’ (ht 15/05/2011)

Food insecurity among landless: Gandarvas left high and dry (kp 13/05/2011)

NOC halts supply to two petrol pumps, by Meena Bhatta (rep 12/05/2011)

‘Normal fuel supplies by Friday’ (kp 04/05/2011), Petroleum supply likely to ease by weekend (nn 04/05/2011), Fuel supply soon to become normal: Indian govt agrees to demand for regular imports on credit for now (ht 05/05/2011), Fuel crisis affecting police patrols (rep 06/05/2011), Cabinet approves Rs 2 billion loan to ailing NOC to ease petroleum supply (nn 06/05/2011), Govt to arrange loan worth Rs 2 bn for NOC (rep 07/05/2011), Leaks, bad accord with IOC cost Rs 9.84b a year, by Milan Mani Sharma (rep 07/05/2011), Taskforce urges ending NOC's monopoly, by Sangam Prasain (kp 07/05/2011), Fuel crunch hits cops’ movement (kp 08/05/2011)

Dynamics Of Fuel Scarcity, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 03/05/2011), Shameful (ht 03/05/2011)

Govt seeks to import Rs 3 billion worth of oil on credit, by Sangam Prasain and Bhadra Sharma (kp 02/05/2011), Nepal asks India for Rs 3b credit guarantee (rep 02/05/2011), Nepal govt writes to India for fuels: MoCS has asked for normal imports on credit for at least two months (ht 02/05/2011), India agrees on credit guarantee request (rep 04/05/2011)

Continued snowfall worries Olanchunggola people no end: Paths to Tibet blocked, famine looms large (ht 01/05/2011)

Subsidized yet scarce (rep 01/05/2011)

Food for all, by Sarba Raj Khadka (kp 26/04/2011)

Food scarcity affects Jajarkot folk (ht 26/04/2011)

No end in sight to fuel woes (rep 25/04/2011), Ensuring smooth oil supply: It’s a hard nut to crack (kp 25/04/2011), Politics factors in the fuel shortage: Govt is ready neither for loan nor for a price-hike (ht 25/04/2011), Fuel crisis hits normal life across country (kp 26/04/2011), Crunch dries up travel, by Nirjana Sharma (kp 26/04/2011), Diesel shortage hitting eastern region hard (ht 26/04/2011), Petroleum shortage to prolong (ht 26/04/2011), What a mess: Nothing short of an overhaul of our oil mechanism will do (kp 27/04/2011)

Give Us Petrol, Give Us Fuel, by Shyam K.C. (rn 21/04/2011), NOC stock depleting, fuel pump monitoring starts (ht 21/04/2011), Restore normal supply: Petro-dealers (rep 22/04/2011), Fuel shortage has multiple effects (ht 22/04/2011), Dealers refute hoarding charges: Say baseless allegations expose them to consumer outrage (ht 22/04/2011), Form petroleum board to adjust price of petro-products as per int'l market price: NPDNA (nn 22/04/2011), MoCS expects NOC loan to ease supply (ht 24/04/2011)

A desert in the Tarai: Deforestation and the destruction of farmland directly impacts food security, by Jagannath Adhikari (kp 19/04/2011)

IOC proposes pipeline from Barauni: Earlier proposed Raxaul-Amlekhgunj pipe line was the shortest (ht 19/04/2011)

Bajhang folk face huge food crunch (kp 19/04/2011)

WFP distributes food for work (kp 15/04/2011)

NOC cuts oil import by 40pc (kp 13/04/2011), Petrol pumps out of petrol, diesel as NOC cuts import by 45 pc (nn 13/04/2011), Cash-strapped NOC struggles to ensure supplies, by Sangam Prasain (kp 14/04/2011), Oil trickling out little by little (ht 14/04/2011), Fuel shortage hits consumers (rep 15/04/2011), End NOC's monopoly, stop VAT-refund to industries: Panel, by Milan Mani Sharma (rep 15/04/2011), ‘Dealers are hoarding LPG’: No cut in imports,says NOC; Corporation lying: Dealers (ht 15/04/2011), Petroleum shortage hits consumers (nn 16/04/2011), Govt arranges Rs1.5b loan for NOC (rep 18/04/2011), Walking on air: NOC says it can maintain
supplies for only one week (kp 18/04/2011), Fuel supply unlikely to ease anytime soon: Another price hike in the offing? NOC mulling over it; No solution in sight till DPM returns (ht 18/04/2011), Subsidy absorbing development projects, by Milan Mani Sharma (rep 19/04/2011), Petro-crisis has folks on a hot tin roof (kp 19/04/2011), NOC bashing at fuel pumps (ht 19/04/2011), Pumps empty within four hours of petrol supply (kp 20/04/2011)

SC orders govt to tackle food deficit, by Bimal Gautam (rep 10/04/2011), Send security (rep 11/04/2011)

Petrol pumps across the country closed over murder of colleague (nn 10/04/2011)

NOC to seek loans of Rs 1.77b soon (rep 02/04/2011), NOC mulling another price hike: Says no option left if it were to make up losses (ht 02/04/2011), NOC loss mounting every fortnight (nn 06/04/2011), LPG shortage temporary, supply ok: NOC (kp 08/04/2011)

NOC eases LPG supply, by Rajendra Pokhrel (nn 25/03/2011), DoC for easing LPG distribution, by Meena Bhatta (rep 31/03/2011)

Subsided rice rots in godowns, by Prakash Adhikari (kp 18/03/2011)

Milk supply fulfils half of national requirement, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 15/03/2011)

The coming crisis: Food crises can lead to political unrest; Nepal needs to heed the warnings from the Mideast, by Jagannath Adhikari (kp 27/02/2011)

NOC running out of stock,money, time: Says govt must step on the gas to sustain market pressure, by Shiromanui Dhungana (ht 25/02/2011)

Food security in Nepal, by Chandan Sapkota (rep 22/02/2011)

NOC plans to cut cooking gas import (ht 21/02/2011)

Valley headed for shortage of petroleum (ht 17/02/2011), Fuel shortage may once again hit Kathmandu valley (nn 17/02/2011)

LPG shortage in eastern region sparks stir, by Shekhar Regmi (ht 16/02/2011)

Food security in South Asia, by Purushottam Ojha (rep 15/02/2011)

Remote village dwellers have only veggies to live on, by Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 13/02/2011)

NOC is yet to receive loan money, supplies affected: Govt had sanctioned Rs 1.2 bn loan, earlier (ht 10/02/2011)

Some uneasy maths: Our increasing dependence on oil is going to make us more and more miserable, by Anil Bhattarai (kp 08/02/2011)

NOC cuts LPG import (kp 07/02/2011)

Petroleum products supply to ease, by Shiromani Dhungana (ht 04/02/2011), PAC directs MoCS, NOC to submit oil import report; petrol shortage to ease from today (nn 04/02/2011), Fuel shortage may ‘prolong’ (kp 04/02/2011), Dealers hoarding petrol, fuelling shortage: NOC, by Shiromani Dhungana (ht 07/02/2011), Dealers flay govt decision to provide subsidised diesel to pvt sector (kp 08/02/2011), Increase petroleum prices, urge dealers: Say NOC should adjust domestic price according to global market (ht 08/02/2011)

Chinese foodstuffs court controversy: Leaders accuse officials of providing low-quality aid (ht 18/01/2011)

Mid and Far-Western Regions' districts are at food risk (nn 16/01/2011)

IOC caveat not to fuel up NOC tanks: Clear dues today or brace for curtailed supply (ht 14/01/2011), Govt displays generosity to NOC to avert fuel crisis  (nn 16/01/2011)

WFP ‘nutritious food’ off Bajura plates: Distribution halted in five VDCs of far-western district, by Prakash Singh (ht 12/01/2011)

Mission sought for food security (ht 01/01/2011)

Subsidised rice is too expensive, by Prakash Adhikari (kp 31/12/2010)

Thought for food: Food security is a matter of pride and survival for an individual and for a nation, by Bhim Udas (kp 28/12/2010)

Rolpa reeling under food crisis: Locals from several VDCs fleeing home in search of work (ht 22/12/2010)

Reduced import raises LP gas shortage fears (kp 14/12/2010)

Ration Card System: Fair Implementation Needed, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 14/12/2010)

China-provided food ‘shoddy’: Suppliers say they were forced to bring substandard items, by Kishor Budhathoki (ht 07/12/2010)

Food crisis a thing of past: Humlis no longer have to depend on NFC as rice is easily available at cheaper rate in local markets, by Navaraj Shah (kp 30/11/2010)

EU provides over Rs 100 m to WFP for transferring it food security monitoring system to Nepal govt (nn 30/11/2010)

Salt shortage adds to Bajhang folk woes, by Himal Joshi (kp 29/11/2010)

Subsidised food elusive, by Surendra Subedi (kp 29/11/2010)

NFC cancels global rice tender: The state entity decides to buy from local market due to price drop (ht 25/11/2010)

Dozen districts food insecure (ht 24/11/2010)

Petroleum crunch looms: NOC’s Amlekhgunj depot has not much fuel in stock (ht 16/11/2010)

FAO promises additional support for affected peasants (nn 09/11/2010)

Terai districts face shortage of wheat seed (nn 08/11/2010)

Call to make hunger-free Nepal (ht 05/11/2010)

Fuel supply to be halted for 2 days (kp 01/11/2010), NOC says fuel supply won’t be affected: Talks haven’t started though (ht 01/11/2010), NPTEF to halt supply of petro products (nn 01/11/2010)

Germ theory: Growing seed insecurity will exacerbate the greater problem of food insecurity, by Jagannath Adhikari (kp 29/10/2010)

Yet another fuel shortage looms over Kathmandu (ht 29/10/2010)

Starved Bajura losing weight, by Arjun Shjah (kp 27/10/2010)

Panel formed for talks with tanker operators: Transporters insist on using Barauni-route (ht 27/10/2010)

Supply minister rules out immediate petroleum price hike (nn 26/10/2010)

Food shortage hits Baitadi villages, by Khagendra Awasthi (kp 15/10/2010), Poor families in remote Baitadi face acute food shortage as nation swoon during Dashain fest (nn 15/10/2010)

Hunger pangs, by Maina Dhital (kp 15/10/2010)

Govt to monitor food items during festivals (kp 13/10/2010)

Long road blockade makes Bajhang VDCs go hungry (kp 12/10/2010)

Bid to avert food shortage in Dashain; Chamber of commerce: No crunch in Sankhuwasabha (ht 12/10/2010)

Valley in need of meat more meet (ht 11/10/2010)

Hunger pangs: It’ll take more than money to solve the food crisis (kp 08/10/2010), A hungry Dashain stares Jajarkot people in the face, by Dinesh Shrestha (ht 08/10/2010), Hungry Humla gets subsidised food, by Jaya Bahadur Rokaya (kp 11/10/2010)

Ending Hunger: Better A Small Step, by Himlal Belbase (rn 06/10/2010)

Nepal’s rice bowl empty, by Sangam Prasain (kp 05/10/2010)

Rukum bereft of life’s staples, by Krishna Gautam (kp 04/10/2010)

Ending Hunger, by Jagat Deuja (rn 02/10/2010)

Acute food shortage in two districts (ht 01/10/2010)

Rich robbing food of poor, by J. Pandey and Jay Bahadur Rokaya (kp 01/10/2010)

Jajarkot, Mugu go hungry: Road blockade, dry spell to blame, by Bhim Singh and Jaya Rokaya (kp 30/09/2010)

Far-west faces food scarcity: Region’s hilly districts have depleted or no food stock, by Shiva Raj Bhatta and Jagdish Rokaya (ht 28/09/2010), Western hilly districts face food shortage ahead of Dashain (nn 29/09/2010)

A State Of Despondency, by G.K. Pakavath (rn 27/09/2010)

Karnali goes hungry as food supply stays cut, by Tularam Pandey and Raj Bahadur Shahi (kp 27/09/2010), Japanese rice for Karnali folk (ht 29/09/2010)

Dashain looms, Bajura starves, by Arjun Shah (kp 23/09/2010)

Humla district hit by food crisis (nn 19/09/2010)

$1.14m to fight food insecurity in Karnali (ht 17/09/2010)

Aid to fight food insecurity (kp 17/09/2010)

New consumer law to ensure ‘food for all’, by Yadav Raj Joshi (ht 16/09/2010)

‘LPG import quantity less than allocation’ (ht 15/09/2010)

Petrol shortage to ease off today (ht 11/09/2010), Petrol shortage continues in Valley: NOC claims supplies regular; Petroleum dealers disagree (ht 16/09/2010)

The road less travelled: The emphasis on food security has made us dependent on outside food and increased the risk of food crisis, by Jagannath Adhikari (kp 10/09/2010)

Pre-Dashain Import Curse (kp 07/09/2010)

Vagaries of weather disrupt food supply (ht 03/09/2010)

Risk Of Hunger (rn 02/09/2010)

Flight disruption causes food shortage in western districts (nn 02/09/2010)

Dealers in dark over Euro III fuel: NOC claims higher grade petrol to cost the same (ht 01/09/2010), Welcome Euro III fuel (rep 01/09/2010)

‘Agro coops can eliminate food deficit in Nepal’ (ht 27/08/2010)

Food shortage has Mugu by the short hairs, by Raj Bahadur Shahi and Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 25/08/2010)

Food & nutritional security, by Bishwambher Pyakuryal (rep 25/08/2010)

Rains halting food supply in districts (ht 25/08/2010)

Reaching the hungry, interview with outgoing country representative of the World Food Programme (WFP) in Nepal, Richard Ragan (nt 20/08/2010)

Food shortage after landslide hits highway (ht 16/08/2010)

Taplejung runs out of cash: No fund to ship in 268 metric tonnes of food from Tibet to Taplejung (kp 13/08/2010)

Saptari faces food crisis (ht 13/08/2010)

Rukum highlanders facing starvation, by Krishna Prasad Poudel (kp 12/08/2010), Food insecurity runs riot in hills (kp 12/08/2010), Food security situation a concern: Report (ht 12/08/2010)

Potato supply to Valley goes up (kp 10/08/2010)

Landslides block roads, Doti faces food crisis (ht 08/08/2010)

Govt to import 30,000 tonnes of rice (ht 05/08/2010)

NOC staff on warpath over bonus stop (kp 04/08/2010), NOC employees stop distribution of petroleum products demanding bonus (nn 04/08/2010), Pumps closed: Shortage scare haunts consumers (ht 04/08/2010), NOC bonus row, folk sweat (kp 05/08/2010), NOC staff strikes: Shortage of petroleum products begin (ht 05/08/2010), NOC employees withdraw strike; petroleum supply to resume Friday (nn 05/08/2010), Fuel supply to resume today (kp 06/08/2010), NOC staff agrees not to disrupt supply Still hope bonus in accordance with law (ht 06/08/2010), NOC strike due to Barauni factor: Temperature difference causes loss of Rs 29.3 million, say unions, by Dikshya Singh (ht 09/08/2010), No bonus for NOC staff: MoCS (kp 12/08/2010)

Politicians not focusing on food security situation: WFP (ht 26/07/2010), Food first (ht 27/07/2010), Overcoming Food Deficit, by Laxman Datt Pant (rn 27/07/2010)

Food shortage will last for years: NPC; ‘Deficit production in 41 districts, famine in Far and Mid-Western hills’ (ht 23/07/2010), Mugu may go hungry, by Raj Bahadur Shahi (kp 25/07/2010)

Torrential rain leaves Doti folks thirsty (ht 23/07/2010)

Simikot depot runs out of food grain, by Jaya Bahadur Rokaya (kp 20/07/2010)

NFC distributes 15,914 quintal rice in Bajura (ht 12/07/2010)

China provides food worth 3 million (nn 12/07/2010)

Food Security Must Be Our Focus, by Arun Pandey (rn 08/07/2010)

Fuel for thought: Lack of transparency and populist politicians are to blame for NOC’s woes (kp 06/07/2010)

Food insecurity! Really?, by Aruna Uprety (rep 30/06/2010)

Bajura reels under acute food crisis (kp 29/06/2010), Rural Bajura becomes another victim of Kathmandu's indifference as it faces acute food shortage (nn 29/06/2010)

Short supply of petroleum products hurts (ht 29/06/2010), Fuel shortage back with a vengeance in capital's gas stations (nn 29/06/2010), Fuel crisis to stay till tomorrow: NOC’s fund request turned down (ht 30/06/2010), Petrol shortage (rep 30/06/2010), Government to provide Rs 800 million to NOC (ht 01/07/2010), NOC to resume normal import of petroleum from Friday (nn 01/07/2010), Fuel woes not to end immediately (kp 02/07/2010)

Quota system set to regulate rice supply (ht 28/06/2010)

Yangma folks in dire straits, by Sita Niraula (ht 24/06/2010)

Rice availability drops 15 per cent, by Yadav Raj Joshi (ht 21/06/2010), Rice, wheat, pulses see
a nationwide price rise (ht 21/06/2010)

Short of food, Dhading Chepangs having tough time (ht 19/06/2010)

Far-West hungers for food (kp 03/06/2010)

Food shortage in mid-western districts rings alarm bell (ht 28/05/2010)

Dealers halt fuel supply, by Diwakar Bhandari (ht 26/05/2010)

Hunger looms: An imminent food crisis will expose the short-termism of the government, but don't expect an overnight resolution to hunger, by Rubeena Mahato (nt 21/05/2010)

Politics mess up food distribution, by J. Pandey (kp 19/05/2010)

UN report paints gloomy food security scenario (kp 17/05/2010)

WFP concerned about food price hike (ht 14/05/2010)

Nepal in Obama’s anti-hunger plan (kp 13/05/2010)

Nepal faces 316,465 MT of food deficit this year (nn 13/05/2010)

Food crisis looms in Farwest, by J. Pandey (kp 12/05/2010), Food crisis loom large in far-flung western districts (ht 12/05/2010), Food shortage looms large in western hilly districts (nn 12/05/2010), Thought for food (ht 13/05/2010), Govt approves Rs. 150 million to NFC for supply of food provisions to mid and far western region (nn 13/05/2010)

Okhaldhunga choking under embargo (ht 11/05/2010)

NOC requests Rs. 1 billion from govt for fuel (nn 11/05/2010)

2,000 tons of vegetables enter Valley (nn 09/05/2010)

Strike causes shortage of essentials goods (kp 05/05/2010), Govt to help resume supply of essentials (kp 06/05/2010), Govt alert on food shortage (kp 06/05/2010), Govt promises security for banks (kp 06/05/2010), Govt plans to ease foods supply (ht 06/05/2010), Green glut relief for Kathmanduites (kp 08/05/2010)

WFP forced to halt food supply (kp 01/05/2010)

Indian grain offer in limbo (kp 21/04/2010)

Chepangs in grip of famine (rn 18/04/2010)

A matter of life and diet: One in every two children in Nepal is undernourished and stunted growth is pervasive, by Bhawana Upadhyay (kp 15/04/2010)

Food shortage hits far-western districts (nn 14/04/2010), Food subsidy in Karnali (rep 14/04/2010)

Humla facing food crisis (kp 11/04/2010)

Many districts could go hungry, says OCHA (ht 10/04/2010)

Food crisis in Karnali, by Motilal Poudel (kp 02/04/2010)

40 districts in Nepal facing food deficit (kp 01/04/2010), 'Tackle food deficit by increasing agricultural production' (nn 01/04/2010), Food Security Concerns (rn 02/04/2010)

Mugu food crisis: Even a meal a day is hard to come by, by Raj Bahadur Shahi (kp 30/03/2010)

Fuel shortage emerges as tanker drivers stage agitation (nn 28/03/2010), Tanker drivers protest hits fuel supply (ht 29/03/2010), Fuel supply to normalise today (kp 29/03/2010)

Food crisis likely (rn 20/03/2010)

NOC plays hookey on LPG import front (ht 20/03/2010), Import enough gas, LPGIA urges NOC (ht 22/03/2010), Gas shortage situation may ease in the days to come (ht 24/03/2010)

Famine looming large in Humla, by Jai Bahadur Rokaya (kp 18/03/2010)

Food Security, by Rishi Shah & Gyan Laxmi Shrestha (rn 18/03/2010)

Japan approves utilization of counterpart fund of KR (nn 17/03/2010), Japans fund for food (ht 17/03/2010)

Gas dealers threaten to halt supply again (nn 17/03/2010), Gas traders may stop sales Sunday (kp 18/03/2010), Gas traders withdraw agitation (kp 21/03/2010)

Petrol gets dearer (kp 15/03/2010)

NOC hikes price of petroleum products (nn 14/03/2010)

Women’s Role In Achieving Food Sovereignty, by Dipendra Pokharel (rn 11/03/2010)

Agencies appeal for Rs 9 billion humanitarian aid for Nepal (nn 10/03/2010)

Food security scheme to kick off this year (kp 10/03/2010)

Taking stock: Many in Western Nepal face imminent food shortage as old stocks are emptied (kp 04/03/2010)

Country may face severe gas shortage (kp 01/03/2010), Talks on cooking gas supply inconclusive (rn 01/03/2010), Talks between NOC, gas traders reach nowhere (kp 02/03/2010), Talks between govt and gas dealers yield no result (nn 02/03/2010), Cooking gas supply to resume Wednesday (nn 03/03/2010), LP gas distribution to resume (kp 03/03/2010), LPG cylinders' supply resumes (ht 04/03/2010), Cooking gas shortage on (ht 07/03/2010)

Unsold sugar piling up at Nat Trading (kp 01/03/2010)

Food not reaching districts (kp 26/02/2010), Govt negligence may lead to food disaster (ht 26/02/2010)

Gas dealers warn of halting supply (kp 25/02/2010), Gas factories, dealers halt supply (nn 25/02/2010), Dealers halt LPG supply (ht 25/02/2010), Gas crisis likely to deepen (kp 26/02/2010), Talks over gas supply end inconclusively (rn 26/02/2010)

Food crisis may follow liquidity crunch (ht 24/02/2010)

Govt urged to set up food database (kp 24/02/2010)

Govt to stop deal to import sugar (kp 23/02/2010)

India to export food grains to Nepal, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 18/02/2010)

NOC hikes price of kerosene, diesel (nn 18/02/2010), Diesel, kerosene prices up by Rs 1 (kp 19/02/2010), Kerosene, diesel dearer by one rupee (ht 19/02/2010)

IOC monopoly in Nepal market to end (nn 03/02/2010), IOC monopoly may come to an end (kp 04/02/2010)

Starvation looms large in remote Gorkha villages, by Shiva Apriya (ht 02/02/2010)

Govt to import sugar from Brazil: delay in sugar import (kp 01/02/2010)

Averting The Food Crisis, by Arun Pandey (rn 29/01/2010)

WFP receives donations to support 1.2m people in Nepal (nn 29/01/2010)

NFC cuts rice shipments (kp 28/01/2010)

Bleak winter augurs starvation in Rolpa, by Khem Bahadur Budha (kp 27/01/2010)

NTL, STC to ease sugar supply, by Ramesh Shrestha (kp 24/01/2010)

Sugar to be available at Rs 80 per kg soon (kp 19/01/2010)

Never enough food: More than 3.7 million people, mostly in far west Nepal, are at risk of chronic hunger, by Bhawana Upadhyay (kp 18/01/2010)

Food shortage (ht 15/01/2010)

Food insecurity looms large, says UN (ht 13/01/2010)

Govt schools lack potable water: UN (ht 12/01/2010)

KUKL to declare effective distribution schedule (kp 12/01/2010)

NOC, IOC to decide pipeline modality (kp 12/01/2010)

Consumers bitter at sugar shortage (ht 12/01/2010)

Scarcity of water hits Chepangs (ht 11/01/2010)

LPG dearer by Rs 125 (kp 08/01/2010), LPG price hike: Gas dealers up in arms (kp 09/01/2010)

Sugar price, shortage bitter pill to swallow, by Ramesh Shrestha (kp 06/01/2010)

Nepal urges India for open LPG mkt (ht 05/01/2010)

Ministry of Commerce and Supplies (MoCS)