The proposed food security Bill may cost Rs 2 lakh crore annually for the Government. The CABinet is expected to reconsider this Bill on Monday. The Government aims to introduce this Bill in the ongoing session of Parliament. Earlier the annual cost was estimated at Rs 1-1.5 lakh crore, but a latest calculation by the Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices (CACP) could show a higher outgo. The Finance Ministry allocated...
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Jayalalithaa amazed at PM's statement
-The Hindu Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said on Saturday it was imperative that necessary measures to allay people's fears over the Kundakulam Nuclear Power Project were taken before any precipitate action was embarked upon. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, she said she was amazed to see in the media that at a joint press conference with the Russian President he had announced that the KKNPP would be “operationalised...
More »‘Blackmail’ twist in Raman Singh-channel war by Ashutosh Bhardwaj
It began as an expose: the story of how Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh’s relatives allegedly received illegal mining contracts in Madhya Pradesh. Then, a tale of arm-twisting: government officials forced CABle operators to pull out the news channel, Etv MP, that aired the story. Now, the story has a twist: Allegations of a failed “paid-news” deal. Officials claim that the channel carried the report—which Singh claims is baseless—after the government...
More »Draft to get election push at CABinet meeting on Sunday by Kavita Chowdhury
The government is going to make a final attempt to push Sonia Gandhi’s pet legislation, the Food Security Bill, at the CABinet meeting this Sunday. CABinet approval is vital if the Bill is to be introduced in Parliament within the few remaining days of this session. This could possibly be the last session before Assembly elections in five states. Food Minister K V Thomas told Business Standard, “We are trying to introduce...
More »Thomas goes all out, aims current session to table bill by Zia Haq
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has asked Union food minister KV Thomas to iron out last-mile hurdles in the way of the flagship food bill before it is brought to the CABinet again on Sunday. A lack of consensus in the CABinet — which must clear the bill before it can be placed in Parliament — led to it being stalled last Tuesday. The Congress chief, who had overseen the bill’s drafting...
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