-PTI Daily food grains availability per person in India has dropped by nearly 7 grams in the last five years, Parliament was informed on Friday. Per capita availability of food grains stood at 438.6 grams per day in 2010 compared to 445.3 grams per day for a citizen in 2006, Minister of State for Agriculture Harish Rawat said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. It was 442.8 grams per day in...
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Cabinet all set to clear Food Guarantee Bill on Monday
-The Economic Times Sonia Gandhi's pet programme - the food guarantee scheme - will be cleared by the Cabinet on Monday. The decision has been taken after discussions with agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, who has been seeking detailed deliberation on the financial implications of the scheme as well as its impact on the farm sector. The bill will be referred to the standing committee on food after its introduction in Parliament....
More »Food Security Bill may cost Rs 2 lakh cr annually by Shishir Sinha
The proposed food security Bill may cost Rs 2 lakh crore annually for the Government. The Cabinet is expected to reconsider this Bill on Monday. The Government aims to introduce this Bill in the ongoing session of Parliament. Earlier the annual cost was estimated at Rs 1-1.5 lakh crore, but a latest calculation by the Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices (CACP) could show a higher outgo. The Finance Ministry allocated...
More »It's a travesty of food security, says CPI(M) by Gargi Parsai
Bill will come up for discussion in the Cabinet on Monday, says K.V. Thomas Even as the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Friday said the proposed National Food Security Bill was “unacceptable,” Minister of State for Food K.V. Thomas indicated that legislation was coming up for discussion in the Cabinet on Monday. The CPI(M) has demanded the removal of the linking of entitlements to reforms in the public distribution system from...
More »Cabinet meet likely Sunday on Lokpal, food security bills
-The Pioneer The union cabinet is expected to meet here Sunday evening to discuss the Lokpal and the food security bills, said official sources. The cabinet meeting, earlier scheduled for Monday, would now be held Sunday evening, the sources said Saturday evening Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on his way back from Russia Saturday, said the government hopes to bring the Lokpal bill to the cabinet by Sunday. "We are working day and night...
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