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Govt to table Food Bill in Parliament today
Clean Media Correspondent
New Delhi, Dec 21 (CMC): The Government is expected to table the Food Security Bill in Parliament on Wednesday, two days after it was cleared by the Union Cabinet.
The Food Security Bill, which aims to provide food security to the poor, seeks to give legal entitlement of cheaper food grains to 63.5% of the country's population.
The draft National Food Security Bill was cleared during a Union Cabinet meeting, presided by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday.
Tabling the Food Security Bill has been on the top of government’s agenda, but a decision on it was deferred due to paucity of time and concerns raised by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar over huge financial implications.
Once the National Food Security Bill is cleared by the Parliament, the food subsidy bill is expected to rise by Rs.27,663 crore at nearly Rs.95,000 crore, while food grains requirement would go up to 61 million tonnes from 55 million tonnes, as per the Cabinet proposal.
Food Minister K V Thomas had said that the total financial liability to implement the law would be Rs.3.5 lakh crore, as funds would be required to raise agriculture production, create storage space and publicity among others.
This is a major initiative by the UPA government, and considered to be pet project of Sonia Gandhi, after Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
The Congress Party had promised food law in its manifesto for 2009 election and President had announced this in her address to the joint session of Parliament in June 2009.
In rural India, up to 75 per cent of the people will be covered, with at least 46 per cent under priority households (which is same as below poverty line families in the existing public distribution system).
Up to 50 per cent of people will be covered in the urban centres, with at least 28 per cent under priority category.
The bill seeks to provide 7 kg of rice, wheat and coarse grains to per person per month to priority households at Rs.3, Rs.2 and Rs.1 per kg, respectively.
Govt to table Food Bill in Parliament today
Clean Media Correspondent
New Delhi, Dec 21 (CMC): The Government is expected to table the Food Security Bill in Parliament on Wednesday, two days after it was cleared by the Union Cabinet.
The Food Security Bill, which aims to provide food security to the poor, seeks to give legal entitlement of cheaper food grains to 63.5% of the country's population.
The draft National Food Security Bill was cleared during a Union Cabinet meeting, presided by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday.
Tabling the Food Security Bill has been on the top of government’s agenda, but a decision on it was deferred due to paucity of time and concerns raised by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar over huge financial implications.
Once the National Food Security Bill is cleared by the Parliament, the food subsidy bill is expected to rise by Rs.27,663 crore at nearly Rs.95,000 crore, while food grains requirement would go up to 61 million tonnes from 55 million tonnes, as per the Cabinet proposal.
Food Minister K V Thomas had said that the total financial liability to implement the law would be Rs.3.5 lakh crore, as funds would be required to raise agriculture production, create storage space and publicity among others.
This is a major initiative by the UPA government, and considered to be pet project of Sonia Gandhi, after Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
The Congress Party had promised food law in its manifesto for 2009 election and President had announced this in her address to the joint session of Parliament in June 2009.
In rural India, up to 75 per cent of the people will be covered, with at least 46 per cent under priority households (which is same as below poverty line families in the existing public distribution system).
Up to 50 per cent of people will be covered in the urban centres, with at least 28 per cent under priority category.
The bill seeks to provide 7 kg of rice, wheat and coarse grains to per person per month to priority households at Rs.3, Rs.2 and Rs.1 per kg, respectively.
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