-Live Mint Parliamentary committee’s proposals on the food security bill are an improvement over the original The standing committee of Parliament, set up to examine the National food security bill (NFSB), has finally given its recommendations. With this, the Bill has moved one step closer to seeing daylight. The recommendations, which are not binding on the government, will now be considered by the Union cabinet before being put to vote in Parliament. The...
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Villagers in poor states use ration shops less, shows survey data-Surabhi
-The Indian Express Rural families in low income states such as Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal depend far less on ration shops for wheat and rice than the national average. In Bihar, less than 12 per cent of the rural population uses ration shops to buy rice, and in West Bengal, less than 6 per cent of rice consumed by rural families is bought from these shops, data from five-yearly...
More »Central government to redraft food security bill -Ajith Athrady
-Deccan Herald The UPA Government’s much-hyped cheap foodgrain scheme is likely to be delayed further with the Centre on Wednesday deciding to redraft the National food security bill by incorporating suggestions made by the Parliament Standing Committee on Food and Consumer Affairs. The decision was taken at a high level meeting convened at the Prime Minister’s Office to discuss the panel’s recommendations. It was also decided to withdraw the current bill from...
More »Govt puts food security bill on fast track to Parliament
-Live Mint The food security bill could be taken up by Parliament in the first part of the budget session, which is set to start next month The politically sensitive food security bill could be taken up by Parliament in the first part of the budget session, set to start next month, after the food ministry took a remarkably brief one week to consider and accept almost all the recommendations on the...
More »Why the Parliament should reject the standing committee’s recommendations on the food security bill: RTFC
-Kafila.org This statement was put out by the RIGHT TO FOOD CAMPAIGN on 24 January The much awaited recommendations of the Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution on the National food security bill are a letdown to those who wrote to the Committee urging it to ensure justice to the people of India. The Committee despite taking a year since December 2011 when the Bill was tabled in the...
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