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Govt not to cut food security programme -Mayank Bhardwaj

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A panel set up by PM Narendra Modi last month urged the govt to lower the number of beneficiaries to 40% from 67%

New Delhi: India will not scale down its multi-billion dollar food welfare programme that promises ultra-cheap rice and wheat to most of its people despite a high-level recommendation, a top government source said on Wednesday.

A panel set up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month urged the government to lower the number of beneficiaries to 40% from 67% as part of efforts to trim the $18.64 billion food subsidy bill that drains stretched state finances.

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