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Food security ordinance on Cabinet agenda tomorrow

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 convene a...

SC dumps plea against food security ordinance

The Supreme Court has refused to entertain a petition challenging the food security ordinance promulgated by the government three weeks ago. A bench comprising justices T S Thakur and Vikramajit...

Lawyer challenges Food Security Ordinance in Supreme Court

A public interest litigation was filed on Saturday in the Supreme Court seeking quashing of controversial Food Security Ordinance on the ground that the constitutional provision has been misused...

Assam ready to implement food security ordinance in 6 months

The Congress government in Assam hopes to implement the National Food Security Ordinance which has been passed by the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government in the Centre,...

Food Security Ordinance not anti-farmer, a game changer: Cong

Dismissing the talk about early elections, the Congress said the food security measure is a game changer that will provide right to cheap food grains to 82 crore people. As the party and the...

Food security law's WTO complication

The recently promulgated National Food Security Ordinance might breach the global trading rules on agriculture under the World Trade Organization if there is diversion of the subsidised foodgrain...

Myths and reality of the Food Security Bill

All those who have been dismayed by the food security ordinance should thank Manmohan Singh and his colleagues for a neat optical trick, says T N Ninan. Back in the 1980s, the government...

Major problems with the Food security Bill

Nobody can deny that the purpose of the law is laudable, however, there are several problems with the Food Bill. The government’s rush to push through food security legislation as an...

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...

Food Security Bill will benefit over 75% rural households: Min

Union Minister of State for Communication, IT and Shipping, Milind Deora on Monday expressed hope that the Centre's Food Security Bill would be ratified in the Monsoon session of Parliament. "It is...