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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Akhilesh seeks changes in food security Bill -Nitin Sethi

Akhilesh seeks changes in food security Bill -Nitin Sethi

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published Published on Oct 25, 2012   modified Modified on Oct 25, 2012
-The Times of India

UPA's National Food Security Bill is facing resistance from not just opposition parties and other expected quarters such as the Trinamool Congress, but also a crucial ally, Samajwadi Party. Uttar Pradesh CM, Akhilesh Yadav, in a two-page letter to PM Manmohan Singh has said that the bill in its present form won't benefit poorer states and should be amended. 

For the UPA, which is already beset with pending orders from the Supreme Court and opposition from several state governments run by BJP, Yadav's missive is bound to only increase its anxiety. 

Yadav has said that the bill seems to convey the message that the Centre proposes to keep 33% of the population on average in each state out of the purview of the social security scheme. He has demanded universal coverage in rural UP, and 95% cover for the state's urban population. 

He has warned that a uniform application of this formulation across states would hurt UP, which has a higher level of poverty. He has demanded that the bill be amended by the government before it is passed in House. 

Using the results of the Tendulkar Committee report, Yadav has cited that going by official figures UP has 37.7% (7.38 crore) living below the poverty line compared to other states like Punjab, Haryana and Tamil Nadu, where corresponding figures range between 12% and 24.5%. 

UPA is facing the toughest challenge in setting a formula to decide overall and state-wise cut-offs. Besides the nation-wide cut-off, the Centre would also have to decide how the subsidized food grains are shared among the states. In states, such as Tamil Nadu, where the distribution of PDS is already spread wide, any attempt to reduce the number of beneficiaries is bound to find opposition. Whereas in states, where distribution has been traditionally low, the bill would find support if the Centre agrees to bear the subsidy burden to enhance the number of people who shall get the grains.

The Times of India, 25 October, 2012, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Akhilesh-seeks-changes-in-food-security-Bill/articleshow/16946234.cms


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