-The Business Standard The right to food is finally becoming a lively political issue in India. Aware of the forthcoming general elections, parties are competing to demonstrate - or at least proclaim - their commitment to food security. In a country where endemic undernutrition has been accepted for too long as natural, this is a breakthrough of sorts. The food security Bill is a modest initiative. It consolidates various food-related programmes and...
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Cheap rice won't make people lazy, CM Siddaramaiah says -Naheed Ataulla
-The Times of India BANGALORE: Rice is all set to change Karnataka politically. The Congress's rice-atone-rupee scheme will come alive at 10am on Wednesday when chief minister Siddaramaiah symbolically offers the foodgrain to the people. The scheme, christened Anna Bhagya, will offer 30 kilos of rice at Re 1 a kilo to 8.7 million BPL (below poverty line) families in the state. The first big public splash after the Congress's return to...
More »After foodgrain, UPA plans to subsidise edible oil and pulses -Madhvi Sally
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: After the ambitious food security law, the UPA government is preparing another populist scheme to expand the supply of subsidised edible oil and pulses through the countrywide network of ration shops in the next two to three months. "It will be the next major thing. We are working at the earliest. We propose that state governments purchase pulses and edible oil either through imports or locally. We...
More »BPL rice bowls to overflow from July 10
-The Hindu Congress government's Re.1-a-kg Anna Bhagya scheme is being launched in all districts Bangalore: The Congress government is all set to roll out its most ambitious programme of providing 30 kg of rice a month to below poverty line (BPL) families at Re. 1 a kg from Wednesday. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will launch the Anna Bhagya scheme at Freedom Park at 11 a.m., in the presence of Minister of State for Food...
More »Food Security Bill a game-changer?-NC Saxena
-The Business Standard Food insecurity and hunger are rooted in bad policies, faulty design, poor governance and a lack of political will According to the latest Global Hunger Report, India continues to be in the category of those nations where hunger is "alarming". What is worse, despite high growth, the hunger index in India between 1996 and 2011 has gone up from 22.9 to 23.7. National Sample Survey Organisation data show that...
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