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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......

Why India deserves a better Food Security Bill

'Any meaningful food security programme should aim at gradually reducing the number of hungry dependent on government support,' says Devinder Sharma. 'This is only possible if the government had......

'Food security bill provides fertile playground for siphoning off'

RS Seshadri, director at Tilda Riceland, is an appropriate agro-industry expert to speak on the Food Security Bill which the Union Cabinet on Thursday proposed that it be passed in Parliament......

Why the food security bill is fatally flawed

It should be called the food insecurity bill. It is too weak and mean to fight hunger, says Praful Bidwai The government has tabled the National Food Security Bill after a long and fractious......

Full text: President Murmu's R-Day eve address to the nation

'Today, let us reaffirm our commitment to strive to realise Gandhiji’s dreams. His watchwords, truth and nonviolence, will continue to remain relevant for the whole world. He also taught us......

Will UPA manage to implement Food Security Bill before elections?

The Food Security Bill, the flagship scheme of the UPA envisages distribution of grains between Rs 1-3/kg to around 70 per cent of the population. However, with just two months left for general......

Food security bill: More savings for the poor

If the food security bill is implemented properly it will benefit the country by raising the poor households’ expenditure of education, health, and nutritious food, according to a research......

How the Food Security Bill will drain the economy

The overall fiscal and inflationary consequences of the Food Security Bill for the country are "large" and will become clear from the next fiscal year, a report by Nomura Holdings said. The......

The real moral failure in the food security Bill debate

A widening food entitlement under the notoriously leaky public distribution system, rather than through direct cash transfers, is self-evidently a giant step backward in rationalising the provision......

Woman to be family head in Food Security Bill

If Minister of State for Food K V Thomas has his say in the proposed Food Security Bill, the eldest woman in the family -- and not the patriarch -- will be designated the head of family in the......

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News for Food Security Bill

Cabinet clears Sonia's Food Security Bill

Why India deserves a better Food Security Bill

'Food security bill provides fertile playground for siphoning off'

Why the food security bill is fatally flawed

Full text: President Murmu's R-Day eve address to the nation

Will UPA manage to implement Food Security Bill before elections?

Food security bill: More savings for the poor

How the Food Security Bill will drain the economy

The real moral failure in the food security Bill debate

Woman to be family head in Food Security Bill

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