-The Hindustan Times The original intention was laudable but the final product leaves quite a bit to be desired. To make matters worse, the timing of its launch is all wrong, making everyone suspicious about whether the UPA government is really serious about the issue of hunger and food entitlement or is only interested in the votes that a Food Security law could fetch in the coming general elections. The National Food...
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Maharashtra govt to sell 30% cheaper veggies at 10 city centres
-The Times of India MUMBAI: Unable to prevent prices of vegetables and fruits from going through the roof, the state government is now promising their supply to Mumbaikars at reduced rates, a promise observers say needs to be taken with a pile of salt. Starting Monday, the government will-for the first time since 1999-sell vegetables and fruits at a price 30% lower than the current retail rate at select co-operative outlets...
More »A Food Security ordinance that will stimulate food inflation is passing strange
-The Times of India The Parliament's monsoon session is only about a month away. That the Union cabinet has yet taken the ordinance route to implement the national Food Security Bill signals the scam-tainted UPA government's desperation to woo voters before the next general elections. But the hope that expanding what is already one of the world's largest Food Security programmes will boost political fortunes is hallucinatory. The exchequer is already...
More »Karnataka to launch Food Security scheme from July 10-Mahesh Kulkarni
-The Business Standard The state govt is gearing to launch 30 kg rice at Re 1 per kg to BPL families, which will cost Rs 4,300 cr to the exchequer The new Congress government in Karnataka led by Siddaramaiah is gearing up to launch an ambitious programme of providing 30 kg rice every month to all families below the poverty line (BPL), at a subsidised rate of Re 1 a kg from...
More »President expected to sign ordinance on Food Security
-PTI NEW DELHI: President Pranab Mukherjee is expected to sign the ordinance on Food Security on Friday. The President's Secretariat received the ordinance at 10pm on Thursday night. It will be given to the President for his consideration once he returns from IIT-Kanpur later in the day, Rashtrapati Bhavan sources said. Brushing aside political opposition, government had on Wednesday decided to issue the ordinance to give nation's two-third population the right to get...
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