The office of Food Corporation of India’s (FCI) manager in Reay Road had some unlikely visitors on Monday morning. Slum dwellers and campaigners affiliated to the Right to Food Campaign staged protests at the office against the state government’s apathy in distributing food to the poor. They also observed the Food Rights Day for the city’s poor, declared by the Movement for Peace and Justice (MPJ), Mumbai division, and Rationing Kruti...
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Centre releases more food grain, Supreme Court happy
The Supreme Court (SC) surprised many on Monday when it appreciated the Centre’s effort to implement its suggestion and allocate additional 25 lakh tonnes of wheat and rice at a reduced price to people living Below Poverty Line (BPL) within six months. The court had at an earlier hearing taken exception to the Union agriculture ministry’s silence on its suggestion to consider allocating “free” or at low cost wheat likely to...
More »SC shouldn’t go into policymaking: Singh by Ashis Chakrabarti and Samanwaya Rautray
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the Supreme Court should not go “into the realm of policymaking”. This was his response at an interaction with newspaper editors here to the recent order by the apex court that the government give food free to the poor. The court’s directive had caused the government some embarrassment but it had been uncertain whether the Centre would legally challenge it. While appearing to be unwilling to...
More »Right to Food Campaign wants APL included in PDS by Gargi Parsai
“The hungry must not be left out” The steering group of the Right to Food Campaign on Saturday expressed its apprehension about doing away with the distribution of subsidised foodgrains to Above Poverty line (APL) beneficiaries under the Public Distribution System (PDS), as suggested by the Supreme Court. While welcoming the court's order on rotting foodgrains, the campaign, that is pressing for universal PDS, has said that leaving out APL would mean...
More »More foodgrains for poor at BPL rates
Decision comes in the wake of court's concern In the wake of the concern expressed by the Supreme Court at foodgrains rotting, the Union government on Thursday decided to release an additional 2.5 million tonnes of rice and wheat to the States for distribution to the poor under the Targeted Public Distribution System. The grain will be sold at Below the Poverty Line (BPL) rates in the next six months. It was also...
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