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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Union cabinet clears Food Security Bill

Union cabinet clears Food Security Bill

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published Published on Dec 18, 2011   modified Modified on Dec 18, 2011

-The Hindustan Times

The union cabinet has cleared the National Food Security Bill that seeks to provide rice at Rs 3, wheat at Rs 2 and coarse grains at Re 1 per kg to over half of India's 1.2 billion population.

The bill seeks to cover 75% of the rural population and 50% of urban households and proposes the right of every individual to 7 kg of foodgrain.

The cabinet didn't take up the Lokpal bill, which was being fine tuned, government sources said.

The cabinet on Dec 13 had deferred a decision on the food bill as the government thought it proper to bring the allies on board.

Sources said Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has expressed concern that the food subsidy, currently at Rs 63,000 crore ($12 billion), may go up to Rs 1.2 lakh crore ($23 billion) to implement the right to food law.

The food bill is the pet project of the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council and was part of the Congress manifesto for the 2009 general elections.

The Hindustan Times, 18 December, 2011, http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Union-cabinet-clears-Food-Security-Bill/Article1-784090.aspx


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