-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Congress leadership remains undecided on the ordinance route for National Food Security Bill, with the Cabinet meeting yet to be slated for Friday. Sources said the party is yet to configure how to handle some of its reluctant allies as well as the opposition while contending with the fact that the bill could take anything between 6-9 months before the benefits finally roll out to...
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Union Cabinet skips Food Security Bill, UPA may go for House route
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: An ordinance to implement the Food Security Act was held back from being placed before the Cabinet on Tuesday as the government deliberated if it should press ahead or still explore other options like a special session of Parliament. The government had veered around to adopting the ordinance route and the proposal was sent to the cabinet secretariat after law minister Kapil Sibal made a few...
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-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...
More »Cong hungers for Food Bill-Annapurna Jha
-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...
More »Prof. Abhijit Sen, member-Planning Commission interviewed by Yogima Seth & Madhvi Sally
-The Economic Times The huge delay in bringing the Food Security Bill to Parliament and the massive opposition to it have seen most states going ahead with key provisions of the proposed Bill, Planning Commission member Abhijit Sen tells ET. Sen has doubts whether the bill would be passed in the monsoon session of Parliament. Edited excerpts: * Do you think Food Security Bill would be passed in the monsoon session? I am not...
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