-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The government spends Rs 3.65 to deliver Re 1 of food while 57% of subsidized food grains do not reach the intended beneficiaries. These startling findings by the Independent Evaluation Office point to massive corruption and pilferages in the existing public distribution system. The agency's initial findings reveals that close to 36% of food grains are siphoned off in the supply chain, raising a serious question...
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'Padithara Khatri' scheme to be launched today
-The Hindu ‘Fair price shops will do business from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. for first the 10 days of the month' Koar (Karnataka): Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday announced that the ‘Padithara Khatri' scheme would be launched on Saturday to ensure proper supply of foodgrains to ration cardholders. Fair price shops should be kept open from the first to the 10th of every month from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and provide...
More »FoodMin asks states to open more grain procurement centres
-The Business Standard To kick-start the ambitious National Food Security Act, the food ministry has urged all state governments to open more foodgrain purchasing centres, as the Act will require about 10 million tonnes of more wheat and rice than the average procurement of last five years. According to an official statement, a meeting of state food secretaries has also been called in the second week of February by the Centre to...
More »WTO has a point in objecting to India’s food security act -Ashok Kotwal, Milind Murugkar and Bharat Ramaswami
-The Hindustan Times Misunderstandings about the World Trade Organization (WTO) are pervasive. The media coverage of the recent WTO meetings at Bali has added to the confusion. The bone of contention was the government procurement of the food grains in India under the National Food Security Act. The final outcome is a stopgap arrangement that has bought the Indian government some time; most importantly, it does not have to undertake any...
More »Centre may pick up half the cost of transportation of targeted PDS grain-Gargi Parsai
-The Hindu In the case of north-eastern and hilly States, Centre should bear 90% of the cost, says panel The Centre may share with the States 50 per cent of the costs for distribution of the foodgrains meant for the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) under the recently passed National Food Security Act (NFSA). An inter-State committee of secretaries chaired by Union Food Secretary Sudhir Kumar has recommended that the Central government pick...
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