-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...
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UPA meet on food bill on Monday
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The UPA coordination committee will meet on Monday to consider options to pass the food security bill that includes a special session of Parliament or an ordinance. The decision to seek the views of allies over the bill was taken by the Congress core group that also discussed the Telangana issue and the recent killings of party leaders in Chhattisgarh. It is expected that if the allies...
More »CAG report shows why food security will be a disaster-Vivek Kaul
-Firstpost.com On 7 May, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India presented to Parliament a Performance Audit of Storage Management and Movement of Foodgrains in Food Corporation of India. This report has gone largely unreported in the media, given that it does not contain any big number running into lakhs of crores like previous reports of the CAG did. But it clearly explains why the government of India is in no...
More »Food Bill stuck as Sharad Pawar too wants debate; govt cannot promulgate ordinance either
-The Economic Times Congress' plan to pass the food security bill in the Lok Sabha by Thursday, even if Opposition tries to block proceedings, ran into trouble after Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar insisted on a structured discussion in the House on the issue. The Congress aim was to rush through the bill, after the party rejected main opposition BJP's offer to allow passage of the bill if Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and...
More »Government considering ordinances on food security, land acquisition bills -Sindhu Manjesh
-NDTV As Parliament continues to be disrupted by Opposition protests against the government over a slew of issues- mainly coal-gate and the JPC report on the 2G scam -- the ruling UPA is considering moving an ordinance for two of its key bills on land acquisition and food security. The government introduced amendments to the Food Security Bill in the Lok Sabha yesterday, but could not get it passed as...
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