Is India's food security bill the magic pill?
Despite robust economic growth and rising incomes, India remains a hungry republic. It ranks 65 out of 79 countries on the Global Hunger Index from the International Food Policy Research Institute. By...
View ArticleIndia’s Cabinet Passes Food Security Law
NEW DELHI – Frustrated by delays in Parliament, and eager to curry favor with rural voters for upcoming national elections, India’s cabinet has approved a sweeping executive order that establishes a...
View ArticleCong's rice plan takes wheat toll
BANGALORE: Poor families in Karnataka may get rice at Re 1 a kilogram, but they'll pay a steep price - they won't get wheat. The Congress government is pulling out all stops to keep its poll promise of...
View ArticleWith eye on election, India launches huge cheap food scheme
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian government launched a $22 billion welfare scheme on Wednesday to give cheap food to hundreds of millions of people, a centerpiece of the ruling Congress party's plan to...
View ArticleFood Security Bill was not on top priority for UPA: Brinda Karat
Tweet Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has alleged Congress that the Food Security Bill was never on top priority for the UPA. Party has said that there should be proper discussion on the issue...
View ArticleBrinda Karat targets Congress, calls for discussion on Food Security Bill
Tweet New Delhi, July 3 (ANI): Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Brinda Karat on Wednesday said that the Food Security Bill has never been a top priority for the Congress-led UPA...
View ArticleCabinet may push draft ordinance on Food Bill
New Delhi: Sceptical about the smooth running of Parliament even in the Monsoon Session, likely to begin in the third week of this month, due to a “confrontationist” Opposition, the government is once...
View ArticleIndia launches huge cheap food programme ahead of election
The Indian government has launched a giant programme to provide subsidised food to two-thirds of the population. The Food Security Ordinance will provide 5kg of cheap grain every month to nearly 800...
View ArticleIndia Extends Food-for-Poor Program as Singh Eyes Poll Advantage
India’s cabinet enacted proposals to expand the provision of cheap food to the poor, approving a rarely used executive ordinance to pursue a central plank of the government’s re-election strategy....
View ArticleFood security bill to generate Rs. 4400 in savings a year for BPL households:...
COIMBATORE: The proposed food security legislation would generate additional savings of around Rs. 4400 crore a year for each BPL ( below poverty line) household, which starts to purchase subsidised...
View ArticleCabinet likely to clear food security ordinance today
NEW DELHI: The ordinance of food security, pending for some weeks now, may be finally cleared by the Cabinet on Wednesday. The decision seems to have taken in view of most political parties expected to...
View ArticleCabinet approves food security ordinance
New Delhi, July 3: The union cabinet today approved the food...
View ArticleFood security bill high on Cabinet meeting agenda
Despite strong protests by allies and opposition, Manmohan Singh cabinet has put up ordinance on Food Security on its agenda for Wednesday. The Bill entitles almost 67...
View Article'Food Security is a fundamental right of every Indian citizen': Atul Anjan
Tweet New Delhi, July 3 (ANI): Describing Food Security as a fundamental right of every Indian citizen, Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Atul Anjan on Wednesday lashed out at the ruling Congress...
View ArticleIndia Approves Food Security Scheme
India's government has approved a massive food welfare program that would provide food security to the nation's poor. The government sidestepped India's parliament and used...
View ArticleOpposition raps govt for adopting ordinance route on Food Bill
New Delhi: The government's decision on Wednesday to bring an ordinance to implement the Food Security Bill drew flak from major Opposition parties even as Congress accused them of forcing the UPA into...
View ArticleIndia government approves massive food scheme for poor
By Pratap ChakravartyPublished July 03, 2013AFP Indian labourers load 50-kilogram sacks of wheat into a truck at a local grain distribution point on the outskirts of Amritsar on May 16, 2013. India's...
View ArticleOrdinance on food bill shows contempt for parliament: CPI-M
Tweet New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The CPI-M Thursday slammed the government for adopting the ordinance route for the food security bill, saying the move showed contempt for parliament and was...
View ArticleFood Security Ordinance on Cabinet agenda today
New Delhi: The proposed ordinance on food security is likely to be taken up again at a meeting of the Union Cabinet on Wednesday, when it will consider whether to go ahead with promulgating it or...
View ArticleRajnath Singh takes on Govt. for not discussing Food Security Bill in Parliament
Tweet Guwahati/New Delhi, July 4 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajnath Singh on Wednesday questioned the Congress-led UPA Government's 'hurry' in bringing an ordinance on the Food...
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