The state government has decided to bring two lakh nomadic Gujjar and Bakerwal families in Jammu and Kashmir under the Public Distribution System (PDS). “Temporary ration cards will be issued to the nomadic Gujars and Bakerwals so that they could get ration while migrating from one place to another without any difficulty,” Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD), Qamar Ali Akhoon told Greater Kashmir on Sunday. He said that...
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In its final recommendations on the proposed Food Security Act, the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council finally has acknowledged the twin constraints of the budget and the availability of foodgrains by stopping short of “universalisation” of a government-guaranteed right to subsidised food. Given the NAC’s composition and remit, its recommendation is likely to influence the final draft. The NAC still leans in favour of spreading the targeting net too wide, and...
More »'Low food prices to hit output' by Sreelatha Menon
In its zeal to make low-priced food available to as many as possible, the majority on the National Advisory Council may deal a mortal blow to farmers and output, warn farmer groups. The proposal to distribute low-priced foodgrain to 80 per cent of the rural population has nothing in it to incentivise cultivation. Vijay Jawandhia of the Shetkari Sangathana says the least the NAC could have done was to recommend that...
More »Steady rise in TPDS allocation because of higher production: FCI
While the National Advisory Council (NAC), Planning Commission and the Prime Minister Office are grappling over the proposed National Food Security Bill, the government has been steadily increasing allocation under the Targetted Public Distribution System (TPDS) during last many years. According to Siraj Hussain, chairman and managing director, Food Corporation of India (FCI), with the rise in procurement of wheat and rice by the corporation during last few years, more and...
More »Jean Drèze's dissent note
After the National Advisory Council (NAC) cleared the food security framework on Saturday, council member and development economist Jean Drèze issued a dissent note saying that “an opportunity [had] been missed to initiate a radical departure in this field.” “The NAC proposals [are] a great victory for the government — they allow it to appear to be doing something radical for food security, but it is actually more of the same,”...
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