-The Economic Times   The Right to Food Bill, which proposes to give more subsidised grains to the poor, would be introduced only in the winter session of Parliament as consultations with states was taking longer than expected, Food Minister KV Thomas said on Wednesday. The draft bill, approved by the empowered group of ministers, is currently being processed in the law ministry. It was expected to be introduced in the monsoon...

Tired of its own inefficiency in plugging leaks and ensuring timely delivery of ration, the Madhya Pradesh government has decided to take the privatisation route to improve its ailing Public Distribution System. The new system is being put in place by a corporate consortium led by HCL Infosystems with Edenred India Private Ltd ― a subsidiary of corporate meal voucher provider and multinational hospitality giant Accor ― and Virgo Softech Pvt....

-The Hindu   The Communist Party of India on Friday urged the government not to club the caste census with survey work on poverty apprehending there would be inordinate delay in compiling the caste data in the absence of any timeline for completion of the task. Raising the issue in the Rajya Sabha through a special mention, Syed Azeez Pasha (CPI) said that while the government had inserted the caste column into...

-The Times of India   The information on tax evaders and those who have stashed unaccounted money abroad has started trickling in, with the government admitting for the first time that total deposits of Indians in Swiss banks have come down by more than 50% in the last five years. The total liabilities of Swiss banks towards Indians have declined in the last five years. The deposits of Indians have come down from...

-NDTV   A latest report on the Adarsh Society scam indicts two former Chief Ministers of Maharashtra and names some top Army officers for flouting norms. The report, prepared by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), was tabled in Parliament today. It says, "Maximum concessions were given to the Adarsh Housing Society when Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sushil Kumar Shinde were chief ministers. Mr Shinde was the Chief Minister when wrong environment clearance was...