Right to Food Campaign demands a universal PDS “It is a dishonest proposal of the government” The Right of Food Campaign has charged the Central government with lack of commitment in providing food and nutrition security to citizens with its reported decision to revise the issue prices of wheat and rice for the Above poverty Line (APL) category of beneficiaries in the Public Distribution System (PDS). “This is the first step to finish...
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Why subsidised food to APL, asks judge by J Venkatesan
The Centre on Monday informed the Supreme Court that it had released 25 lakh tonnes of foodgrains to the States for distribution under the Public Distribution System, over and above 25 lakh tonnes made available in September 2010 for below the poverty line and above the poverty line families. Attorney-General G.E. Vahanvati made this statement before a Bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma during the hearing of a petition...
More »Meet on inflation remains ‘inconclusive' by Gargi Parsai
Export of sugar, hike in Above poverty Line price under Public Distribution System put on hold A meeting convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday to discuss inflation and ways to tackle it, particularly the zooming prices of onion, vegetables, fruits, eggs and milk, remained “inconclusive,” official sources said. The Ministers concerned will meet Dr. Singh again in a day or two to come up with measures to tackle food...
More »NAC won't give up on food security proposals by Smita Gupta
One more effort to make government reconsider objections The Sonia Gandhi-headed National Advisory Council (NAC) has decided to stick to its recommendations made on the draft National Food Security Bill at its meeting on October 23 last, though these have been rejected by a government committee led by C. Rangarajan, who heads the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council. The committee was constituted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to examine the feasibility of...
More »Fear of Freedom by Ruchi Gupta
So why is the UPA hell-bent on killing its unique success story: the NREGA? Here's the inside narrative of the conspiracy. It took 47 days of a protest sit-in at Jaipur to make the state budge(1). It's notable that the objective of this protracted protest was not to coerce the Rajasthan government for an extra share of the state's resources, but to hold the government accountable to the Constitution and its...
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