The Sonia Gandhi-headed National Advisory Council (NAC) has pinned its hopes on the new food minister, K.V. Thomas, to see its version of the food security bill past Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Planning Commission deputy chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia. The NAC’s perpetual grouse was that Thomas’ predecessor, Sharad Pawar, was not only indifferent but also opposed the idea of social inclusion in the food sector, and managed to convince the...
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NAC to counter Rangarajan panel's criticism of its recommendations by Smita Gupta
Key issue will be legal guarantees for food entitlements for “general” category In what looks like more trouble for the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC) has decided to take head on the Rangarajan committee's criticism of its now-controversial recommendations on food security. It will take the first step by presenting a point-by-point rebuttal of the panel's critique to the new Food Minister, K.V. Thomas, on...
More »Elected public representatives authorised to inspect PDS shops
To strengthen public Distribution system, Rajasthan government has authorised elected public representatives to conduct inspection of Public Distribution System (PDS) shops. "We have given the right of inspection to elected public representatives. They will be allowed to see accounts, functioning of Distribution, ration cards. District Collectors and District Supply Officers will also help them," State Food and Civil Supply Minister Babu Lal Naagar said here today. "This is an initiative to strengthen...
More »Tracking Nilekani by Latha Jishnu
If the Unique Identity project is such a good thing why is the man heading it unable to answer simple questions about it? Since the publication of his doorstopper of a book Imagining India in 2009, Nandan Nilekani has done a superb job of reinventing himself. The former head of software giant Infosys Technologies was overnight cast in the role of a visionary with his unabashedly free market prescription to turn...
More »UID to be Punjab’s ‘adhaar’ to take on oil, LPG mafia by Sukhdeep Kaur
As the murder of Malegaon additional collector Yashwant Sonawane, allegedly by the oil mafia, once again highlights the illegal diversion of public Distribution system (PDS) kerosene to the open market and industrial units, Punjab seems to have found its answer in Nandan Nilekani’s UID scheme, Adhaar. This March, as the state begins an enrollment drive to give its estimated 2.8 crore population a unique 12-digit identity, the number will also provide...
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