-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The UPA coordination committee will meet on Monday to consider options to pass the food security bill that includes a special session of Parliament or an ordinance. The decision to seek the views of allies over the bill was taken by the Congress core group that also discussed the Telangana issue and the recent killings of party leaders in Chhattisgarh. It is expected that if the allies...

-The Times of India So much has already been written on the food security bill that there would seem to be no justification for another column on it. Yet, a recent look at some consumption data has convinced me otherwise. How the food security bill impacts people's lives ultimately depends on the effect it will have on the consumption basket of the beneficiaries. If you believe in serious analysis over flag waving,...

-Moneycontrol.com The government had tried to get the Food bill passed in Lok Sabha in the recently-concluded Budget session, but the debate on the proposed legislation could not be concluded amid din. Planning Commission Member Abhijit Sen today termed it exaggeration, the likely huge rise in government's subsidy burden on account of implementing the proposed National food security bill, as suggested in some quarters. Introduced in Parliament in 2011, the Food Bill, which...

-The Business Standard Having quit the National Advisory Council (NAC), Aruna Roy of the Mazdoor Kisan Sangharsh Samiti (MKSS) will intensify the movement to get minimum wages countrywide under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and a Rs 1,000 a month pension for unorganised labourers. She will also press the government to make it mandatory to have a pre-legislation process for all bills that the government proposes to introduce...

-The Times of India In banding together to form a vigilante group to tackle the menace of alcoholism, the women of Banauli village in Bihar's Rohtas district have once again highlighted women power. The Durga Vahini isn't afraid to use brooms and sticks to set their abusive husbands straight. The group's activities - which have earned it the support of the local administration - are reminiscent of the Gulabi Gang...