Sonia's dream project set to become reality today

The United Progressive Alliance coordination committee will meet in New Delhi on Monday to finalise the Food Security Bill.

The decision was taken on Saturday at the Congress Core Group meet at the Prime Minister's residence.

Meanwhile, the UPA government has an option to get the Food Security Bill passed either in a special session of Parliament, or to implement through an ordinance or executive order.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh were present during the meeting.

Other Union leaders, including Ahmed Patel, A K Antony, P Chidambaram, Sushil Kumar Shinde were also present in the meet.

Food Minister K V Thomas and Congress Incharge of Andhra Pradesh Ghulam Nabi Azad were special invitees.

The National Food Security Bill, 2011, considered to be the world's largest experiment in ensuring food security to poor, has been a key project of Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

It hopes to meet the food needs of 75 per cent of rural households and 50 per cent of urban households. The Bill classifies all entitled households as 'general' and 'priority'.

At least 46 per cent of rural households and 28 percent of urban households would be designated as "priority".

Every person belonging to a 'priority household' will be provided with seven kilograms of grain per month, comprising rice, wheat and coarse grain. Rice will be provided at Rs 3, wheat at Rs 2 and coarse grain at Rs 1 per kilogram.

Others belonging to the 'general category' would be entitled to not less than three kilogram of grain per month at a rate not exceeding 50 per cent of the minimum support price.