-Reuters Food minister K V Thomas says the current cost of the food subsidy is Rs 1 lakh crore India needs a Rs 20,000 crore top-up for its proposed food security bill, aimed at ensuring subsidised grain for the poor, Food Minister KV Thomas said on Thursday, even as the government is seeking deep spending cuts. The bill will be introduced in the budget session of Parliament which begins on February 21. The...
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Many States express reservations about food security bill-Gargi Parsai
-The Hindu Even as the Centre hopes to introduce and pass the National food security bill in the coming budget session of Parliament, several States have expressed reservations on the Bill. At a consultation meeting of State Food Ministers here to evolve a consensus on the recommendations of the Parliamentary Standing Committee to which the government Bill was referred on Wednesday, many States differed on crucial provisions, particularly the ones relating to...
More »India needs extra Rs 200 billion to implement food security bill: Food Minister KV Thomas
-Reuters India needs an additional Rs 200 billion ($3.72 billion) to implement its proposed food security bill, Food Minister K V Thomas told reporters on Thursday. The current cost of the food subsidy is Rs 1 trillion, he added. India is drafting the bill, which when enacted would ensure subsidised grains to the poor. The bill was introduced in the lower house of parliament in 2011. ...
More »TN reiterates reservations about food security bill
-The Hindu “Allocation for urban population should be made on a par with rural population” Reiterating its reservations over the National food security bill, Tamil Nadu on Wednesday said it is for raising the coverage of urban population under the Bill from 50 per cent to 75 per cent. At a conference of State Food Ministers in New Delhi on Wednesday, Tamil Nadu Minister for Food R. Kamaraj, who began his speech referring...
More »CPI(M) holds signature campaign, seeks food security
-The Hindu Udupi: Taluk unit of Communist Party of India (Marxist) held a signature campaign seeking food security to people here on Tuesday. Balakrishna Shetty, member of the State Committee of CPI(M), said that nearly 1,200 people had signed the petition seeking food security at the Service Bus Stand here from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Nearly 10,000 people had signed the petition in the district. The signature campaign was a nation-wide initiative...
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