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Food Bill: Law min wants proper mechanism to be in place

Amid talk of an ordinance on the Food Security Bill, the law ministry has warned that without putting a proper mechanism in place to distribute foodgrains, a law should not be implemented. The law......

Cong issues whip to its LS members on Food Security Bill

Amid the government's plan to take up and possibly pass the ambitious Food Security Bill in Parliament, Congress has issued a whip to its members in Lok Sabha to be present in the House on......

'Oppn believes the hungry should be removed, not hunger'

The government and the Bharatiya Janata Party exchanged some heated words on Tuesday over the Food Security Bill pending for consideration in Lok Sabha since last week. While the government accused......

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......

Amartya backs food bill, blames opp for Parl disruption

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Monday sought to blame the opposition for disruption in Parliament, saying they were "bursting debates" and "killing arguments" in the House as he backed the Food......

Govt trying to implement Food Bill in 2 weeks

The government will in next 10-15 days decide on issuing an Ordinance or convening a special session of Parliament for passage of the UPA government's ambitious National Food Security Bill. Food......

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......

Amartya Sen deplores lawgivers not debating Food Bill

The food subsidy bill which was tabled last week could not be taken up for a debate due to the ruckus in Parliament Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Saturday called it unfortunate that Parliament......

Why the food security bill will not help the poor

'Food security' will, unfortunately, become a giant boondoggle, says T N Ninan. Tucked away in a long Budget speech by Amit Mitra, West Bengal's finance minister, is a little nugget of......

Farmer bodies oppose Food Bill

A group of farmers bodies under the banner of a Kisan Coordination Committee have petitioned the Prime Minister in strong opposition to the revised National Food Security Bill. They say it would......

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Q. Will UPA be allowed to pass food security bill to save hungry people ?
FekuSingh: A. more

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Q. Is the Food Security Bill which is stuck in the Parliament is withheld against the protest for resignation of two ministers... which will qualify for Sonia Gandhi to capture the Power at the Center??
Sharmila Bose: A. lets wait and see. more

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Congress spot fixing economics, bets on sops to win it votes

Spot fixing is not limited to cricket and IPL. It's an affliction which is endemic in the Indian Political League. Logically, policy and the... ...

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For team Rahul, it's good politics that will yield rich dividends for poor Indians

The Rahul-led Congress is rearing to go, not with any coloured ideological weaponry but with a brigade of new faces, which will reflect the united... ...

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Time for India to state a national strategy

In a recent talk delivered in New Delhi, the former foreign secretary and current chairman of the (NSAB), Shyam Saran, suggested among other things... ...

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Cong scrambles to salvage report card

New Delhi, May 18: As UPA II prepares to celebrate its last anniversary before next year's elections, the failure to enact the food security and... ...

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Spot-Fixing Of Cricket Shocks India

Gayle storm hit Bangalore late Saturday after rains stopped, as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) opener Chris Gayle lofted Chennai Super Kings... ...

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Food Security Bill

News for Food Security Bill

Food Bill: Law min wants proper mechanism to be in place

Cong issues whip to its LS members on Food Security Bill

'Oppn believes the hungry should be removed, not hunger'

Why India deserves a better Food Security Bill

Amartya backs food bill, blames opp for Parl disruption

Govt trying to implement Food Bill in 2 weeks

The real moral failure in the food security Bill debate

Amartya Sen deplores lawgivers not debating Food Bill

Why the food security bill will not help the poor

Farmer bodies oppose Food Bill

People speak for food security bill

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