-The Hindu India's hard won gains in achieving food security are in danger of being undermined by a clause in the National Food Security Bill that encourages States to adopt cash Transfers in lieu of food entitlements under the Public Distribution System (PDS). Supporting this view, a recent report by the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) concluded that the provision of food subsidies in the form of cash would...
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Pilot project for LPG subsidy Transfer cleared-Sujay Mehdudia
-The Hindu CCPA gives the go-ahead to the launch in 20 districts from May 15 The government has approved the launch of a pilot project that will entail Transfer of domestic LPG subsidy directly to the consumers' account in 20 districts from May 15. The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs at its meeting late on Thursday gave the go-ahead for the scheme, which is likely to be launched across the country in October....
More »Whither the food security law?-Himanshu
-Live Mint The failure of the UPA government to get the food security Bill passed has exposed its hypocrisy With the budget session of Parliament coming to an early close amid a political logjam, the food security Bill has been stalled again. The blame for this important legislation not winning parliamentary passage in the last four years rests entirely on the Manmohan Singh government, despite its last-minute posturing. The Bill, which was cleared...
More »Maharashtra to re-examine claims rejected under forest rights Act-Alok Deshpande
-The Hindu Decision by Chavan comes after agitations by CPI(M), Kisan Sabha Mumbai: Responding to the agitations by the CPI(M) and the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), the Maharashtra government has agreed to re-examine around two-lakh rejected claims of land rights made under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006. The re-evaluation will be first carried out in Thane and Nashik districts, which have the highest...
More »Railway bribery scam: Mamu will fix Kumar’s posting, Singla boasted -Neeraj Chauhan
-The Times of India CBI sources on Wednesday said they had evidence to prove that Pawan Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla had been "boasting about his maternal uncle (mama) being the railway minister and confidently assuring Sandeep Goyal that Mahesh Kumar would be made member (electrical)" in the Railway Board. This could spell trouble for Bansal as he has maintained that Singla was acting on his own and he had nothing to do...
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