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Cabinet clears Sonia's Food Security Bill

Aiming to provide food security to the poor, the government today approved food bill that seeks to give legal entitlement of cheaper food grains to 63.5 per cent of the country's population. The......

'Taxing Billionaires Is Not A Bad Idea'

'If we want real democracy, the economy itself will need to be democratised.' IMAGE: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra D Modi holds a roadshow for the Lok Sabha elections in Varanasi,......

Landmark Food Security Bill gets Parliament nod

Ushering in the biggest programme in the world to fight hunger, Parliament on Monday gave its nod to the landmark Food Security Bill which seeks to provide highly subsidised foodgrains to the......

Food Bill historic, says Sonia; BJP dubs it as 'vote security bill'

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Monday described the United Progressive Alliance’s ambitious Food Security Bill as nothing but a ‘vote security bill’.......

Sonia rolls out food security measure in Delhi

Going ahead with its "game changer" measure for next Lok Sabha polls, the Congress on Tuesday rolled out the ambitious food security scheme in three states -- Delhi, Haryana and Uttarakhand with......

Food minister tries to bridge differences

While a sharp divide between the National Advisory Council, the government and the Rangarajan committee on the Food Security Bill still exists, Union Minister for Food and Consumer affairs, K V......

Pranab approves changes in Food Bill

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, the head of the empowered group of ministers on food, has approved key changes in the proposed National Food Security Bill and the revised draft will be placed......

India's food law to protect poor from price volatility: Minister

Food Minister K V Thomas said on Monday the recently enacted food law will protect 67 per cent of the population from price volatility. India has taken several measures to curb food price rise and......

India needs extra Rs 20,000 cr for food security bill

India needs an additional Rs 200 billion (Rs 20,000 crore) to implement its proposed Food Security Bill, Food Minister K.V. Thomas told reporters on Thursday.The current cost of the food subsidy is......

Food Min moves Cabinet note to suspend sugar export subsidy

The Food Ministry has sought approval to end the subsidy for raw sugar exports one year earlier as it is being availed only by a few sugar mills, a senior government official said on......

'Modi running around saying he has been offered 2036 Games'

IMAGE: Manu Bhaker and P R Sreejesh -- India's flag-bearers at the Paris Olympic Games closing ceremony on Sunday. Photograph: P R Sreejesh/Instagram Against all odds, the Paris Olympics have......

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Food Minister K V Thomas

News for Food Minister K V Thomas

Cabinet clears Sonia's Food Security Bill

'Taxing Billionaires Is Not A Bad Idea'

Landmark Food Security Bill gets Parliament nod

Food Bill historic, says Sonia; BJP dubs it as 'vote security bill'

Sonia rolls out food security measure in Delhi

Food minister tries to bridge differences

Pranab approves changes in Food Bill

India's food law to protect poor from price volatility: Minister

India needs extra Rs 20,000 cr for food security bill

Food Min moves Cabinet note to suspend sugar export subsidy

'Modi running around saying he has been offered 2036 Games'

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