-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Congress' efforts to secure support for the food bill in its present form have run into trouble, with the Opposition seeking radical overhaul of its provisions and SP, which lends outside support to the ruling coalition at the Centre, asking the government to junk the proposed legislation. The National Food Security Bill is considered to be the world's largest experiment in ensuring food security to poor as...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The prospects of food security bill brightened on Monday with BJP saying that it was not opposed to the bill and urged the government to advance the monsoon session of Parliament. Congress continued to show urgency about the food bill with parliamentary affairs minister Kamal Nath saying that all options were open to promulgate the bill, which will mean an Ordinance route as well as a...

-Economic and Political Weekly   A report on the 2013 deliberation of the Kolkata Group at its 10th workshop which focused on healthcare, the status of women and social justice in India. A K Shiva Kumar (akshivakumar@gmail.com) is convener of the Kolkata Group workshops which are organised by Pratichi (India) Trust, the Harvard Global Equity Initiative and UNICEF India. At the 10th annual Kolkata Group workshop in February this year, 40 policymakers, development practitioners,...

-The Pioneer The Congress Core Committee on Saturday went into a huddle for over 3 hours and decided to hold the UPA coordination committee meeting on Monday - a demand made by its ally NCP too recently - to finalise its strategy on Food Security Bill, which remains stuck in Parliament. The Core Group also deliberated on the vexed Telangana issue which is threatening to take a heavy toll on the party...

-The Times of India So much has already been written on the food security Bill that there would seem to be no justification for another column on it. Yet, a recent look at some consumption data has convinced me otherwise. How the food security Bill impacts people's lives ultimately depends on the effect it will have on the consumption basket of the beneficiaries. If you believe in serious analysis over flag waving,...