-The Hindustan Times The original intention was laudable but the final product leaves quite a bit to be desired. To make matters worse, the timing of its launch is all wrong, making everyone suspicious about whether the UPA government is really serious about the issue of hunger and Food entitlement or is only interested in the votes that a Food security law could fetch in the coming general elections. The National Food...
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Chhattisgarh: The trendsetter-R Krishna Das
-The Business Standard Chhattisgarh Food Security Bill was passed on Dec 21, 2012. Under the Act, about 90% of the state's population will have PDS entitlements Raipur: In December 2007, when Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh announced no one would die of starvation, not many realised the state was going to create history. The announcement came from the sleepy village of Sonakhan in Mahasamund district, where in 1856, the landlord of the area,...
More »Food Bill: Is a central Food scheme necessary?
-The Business Standard TN, Chattisgarh already successful; Karnataka,MP,Odisha have announced schemes Food security today became a law. President Pranab Mukherjee gave his consent to the ordinance today morning. The Cabinet had already cleared the ordinance on Wednesday. With this, almost 800 million of India's 1.2 billion population may now be entitled to 5 kgs of Foodgrain each a month at subsidized rates. Subsidized rates are--Rs 3 a kg for rice, Rs 2 a...
More »President expected to sign ordinance on Food Security
-PTI NEW DELHI: President Pranab Mukherjee is expected to sign the ordinance on Food security on Friday. The President's Secretariat received the ordinance at 10pm on Thursday night. It will be given to the President for his consideration once he returns from IIT-Kanpur later in the day, Rashtrapati Bhavan sources said. Brushing aside political opposition, government had on Wednesday decided to issue the ordinance to give nation's two-third population the right to get...
More »Karnataka to launch Food security scheme from July 10-Mahesh Kulkarni
-The Business Standard The state govt is gearing to launch 30 kg rice at Re 1 per kg to BPL families, which will cost Rs 4,300 cr to the exchequer The new Congress government in Karnataka led by Siddaramaiah is gearing up to launch an ambitious programme of providing 30 kg rice every month to all families below the poverty line (BPL), at a subsidised rate of Re 1 a kg from...
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