-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...
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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 »Not against Food Bill but draft legislation faulty: BJP
-PTI Panaji: Insisting that it is not against the Food Security Bill, BJP today said Congress is making "baseless allegation" that the main Opposition party is blocking the proposed law, even as it faulted the draft legislation on a "lot" of provisions. The party contended that it was not responsible for the failure of the Bill being taken up in the last Budget session, but the Congress' "adamant" approach to the opposition's...
More »Want debate in Parliament on Food Security Bill, says Sharad Pawar
-PTI Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today said he was not opposed to the National Food Security Bill and that he would prefer it to be approved by Parliament after a debate. "I am in favour of approving the food bill through discussion in Parliament, which is the highest forum," he told reporters. Mr Pawar, who had earlier voiced apprehension that huge concessions on foodgrains could endanger food security and harm the interests...
More »Cong brass iffy over Ordinance route for food bill -Nitin Sethi
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Congress leadership remains undecided on the Ordinance route for National Food Security Bill, with the Cabinet meeting yet to be slated for Friday. Sources said the party is yet to configure how to handle some of its reluctant allies as well as the opposition while contending with the fact that the bill could take anything between 6-9 months before the benefits finally roll out to...
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