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Cabinet clears Food Security Bill

The government on Tuesday approved the revised Food Security Bill to provide for uniform 5 kg of foodgrains per month per person at a highly subsidised price of Rs 1 to 3 per kg to two-thirds of......

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......

Food Security Bill introduced in Lok Sabha

The much-touted Food Security Bill, which proposes to give the country's three-fourth population the right to highly-subsidised food, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, with the......

Cabinet panel clears food security bill

The Empowered Group of Ministers headed by Pranab Mukherjee has cleared the Food Security Bill, paving the way for Right to food to be made a fundamental right backed by legal provision. The bill......

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......

Govt plans Food Security Bill

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said government will soon come out with a draft Food Security Bill. "Draft Food Security Bill will be placed in public domain," he said unveiling the......

Govt defers decision on Food Security Bill

A decision on the legal right of the poor to get wheat or rice at Rs 3 per kg was deferred on Thursday as Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar could not attend the meeting of a panel of......

'Food Security Bill confusing'

In a memorandum submitted by chief minister J Jayalalithaa to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the state government said "the Central Bill on Food Security is replete with confusion and......

Cabinet defers decision on Food Security Bill

The Cabinet on Tuesday deferred a decision on the draft Food Security Bill that seeks to give legal entitlement to subsidised foodgrains to about 64 per cent of the country's population."The......

Revised food security Bill gives states more power

The revised National Food Security Bill (NFSB) gives greater flexibility to states. For one, NFSB, cleared by the Cabinet last week and due to be presented in Parliament, allows states to choose......

Food Security Bills

News for Food Security Bills

Cabinet clears Food Security Bill

Cabinet clears Sonia's Food Security Bill

Food Security Bill introduced in Lok Sabha

Cabinet panel clears food security bill

Why India deserves a better Food Security Bill

Govt plans Food Security Bill

Govt defers decision on Food Security Bill

'Food Security Bill confusing'

Cabinet defers decision on Food Security Bill

Revised food security Bill gives states more power

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