-The Business Standard Haryana's Bhupinder Singh Hooda was the other CM to say the state would be ready to roll out the scheme from August 20 Within days of promulgating the food security Ordinance, the Congress on Saturday got into the act of ensuring "speedy implementation" of the scheme in the party-ruled states. Thirteen party chief ministers discussed nuances of the Ordinance with party president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday. The party is...
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Sonia Gandhi asks CMs to roll out food scheme in 'letter and spirit'
-PTI NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday asked the states ruled by the party to implement in 'letter and spirit' the food security scheme which it sees as a 'game changer' in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. She held deliberations with Congress chief ministers on how to implement the food scheme seeking to provide cheap foodgrains to 82 crore people, for which an ordinance was promulgated last week. Party sources said...
More »Much ado about little-TN Ninan
-The Business Standard Many myths surround the new 'food security' law Back in the 1980s, the government distributed an average of nearly 16 million tonnes of foodgrain each year through the public distribution system (PDS). The 1990s saw an increase in the PDS throughput to just over 17 million tonnes. The striking change came in the decade of the "noughties", which saw the annual figure climbing to around 20 million tonnes, then...
More »Food security scheme to be launched on August 20
-PTI Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday asked the States ruled by the party to implement in "letter and spirit" the food security scheme, which it sees as a "game-changer" in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Ms. Gandhi held deliberations with Congress Chief Ministers on how to implement the food scheme seeking to provide cheap foodgrains to 82 crore people, for which an ordinance was promulgated last week. Party sources said the Chief...
More »Cong may launch food security scheme on Aug 20
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Congress is planning a grand rollout of the food security scheme, likely on Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary on August 20, in what appears a strong bid to woo the vast beneficiary group ahead of the 2014 elections. Congress chief Sonia Gandhi will meet party chief ministers and key leaders on Saturday to hammer out the strategy for a big bang launch of the food law that...
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