-The Business Standard Chhattisgarh proves no cash transfer or UID is needed to make PDS work Viewed from a ration shop in Surguja in the largely poor tribal north of Chhattisgarh, the arguments for and against the food security Bill seem way off the mark. We had travelled there to see first-hand Chhattisgarh's much-celebrated transformation of its broken, corrupt public distribution system (a recent survey found that wastage of PDS grain dropped...
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Food security ordinance on cabinet table
-The Telegraph The government has decided to bring in an ordinance to ensure legal right to subsidised food for two-thirds of the country's population, choosing the executive route to avoid parliamentary debates and sharing credit with the Opposition. Sources said the Union cabinet was expected to take up the National Food security Ordinance on Thursday and added that it was likely to be cleared and sent for presidential assent the same day. "The...
More »Cabinet to take up ordinance on Food security Bill today -Sandeep Phukan and Abhinav Bhatt
-NDTV The UPA government's ambitious Food security Bill finally seems to be getting off the ground at a whopping cost of Rs. 1.25 lakh crore. With constant disruptions by the Opposition in Parliament resulting in a delay in passing the Food security Bill, the government has decided to not wait any longer. The cabinet will today promulgate an ordinance to push through the bill, which is the brainchild of Congress president Sonia...
More »Govt mulling over withdrawal of AFSPA
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Union home minister SushilkumarShinde on Tuesday said the government was considering the demand of various states, including Jammu & Kashmir, for withdrawal of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and a final decision would, however, be taken only after talking to all stakeholders. Shinde said, "We have to consider all the stakeholders' opinion. The AFSPA is not only in Kashmir. It is in many...
More »India to seek details from US about snooping reports
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Amid reports that India was the fifth most monitored country by the National security Agency (NSA), US' foreign surveillance agency that scans worldwide internet data, India on Monday expressed concern and surprise over the disclosure. The foreign ministry said that it will take up the matter with US authorities. The government also made it clear that it would be "unacceptable" if it was found that domestic...
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