Cabinet Clears Food Bill

Akali Dal's lone Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigned from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet on Thursday as her party faced heat from farmers over its initial support to ally BJP's farm sector bills. Ms Badal, who attended the cabinet meet that cleared the bills, stepped down shortly before the bills were passed by the Lok Sabha, tweet...

A day after the cabinet cleared the food bill through the ordinance route, BJP President Rajnath Singh has attacked the government for hurriedly pushing through the Rs 1.25 lakh crore welfare scheme.

The government has launched a Rs 1.25 lakh crore welfare scheme on Wednesday to give cheap food to nearly 70 per cent of the population, a scheme that's been planned as a centre-piece of the ruling Congress party's plan to win a third term in office in elections due by May 2014.

The Cabinet will today discuss and clear an ordinance that makes the Congress-led UPA government's ambitious Food Security Bill a law. But many feel that its implementation is not going to be easy.

After suggesting that it would try to win political consensus on its proposal to give subsidised food to nearly 70 per cent of the country, the government appears to have decided otherwise. Sources say today, the Cabinet will discuss and clear an ordinance that makes the Food Security Bill a law.

The union cabinet, which is meeting right now, is expected to clear an ordinance to give life to the ruling Congress' ambitious Food Security Bill.

With elections round the corner, the Congress wants to take no more chances with its ambitious Food Security Bill, and is set to push for an ordinance to give it life. The Union Cabinet is expected to clear this today, setting up another massive showdown with the BJP, which is opposed to pushing through the landmark legislation without discussion i...

The Cabinet today cleared the Food Security Bill. The Bill says 75 per cent of the rural population and 50 per cent of the poor in urban India - about 800 million people - will be entitled to five kilos of subsidised grain per month. Rice will be made available at Rs. 3 a kilo; wheat will cost Rs. 2 a kilo and cereal will be sold for Rs. 1 per kilo...

The National Food Security Bill, a centrepiece of the ruling government's campaign in 2009, has been cleared by a parliamentary committee today and will now be sent for review to the Food Ministry and the cabinet before it's brought to Parliament.

The government introduced the National Food Security Bill in Lok Sabha today, which aims to provide subsidised food grain to over 62 per cent of the country's population. The bill had been cleared by the Union Cabinet without any discussion on Monday.

The Union Cabinet has cleared the National Food Security Bill that aims to provide subsidised food grain to over 62 per cent of the country's population. All the proposals of the Cabinet note were cleared today without any discussion when the Cabinet met at 7:30 pm. The bill will now be introduced in Parliament in this winter session.

After the Cabinet approval, the Bill is expected to be tabled in Parliament in in the ongoing Parliament session.

Even as the Union Cabinet was meeting to clear the National Food Security Bill yesterday, about 30 protestors led by activist Biraj Patnaik protested in front of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence against the move.

The Union Cabinet has cleared the Food Security Bill that aims to provide legal entitlement to subsidised foodgrain to over 62 per cent of the country's population. During the meet, all the proposals of the Cabinet note were cleared. The bill will be introduced in Parliament in this winter session.

The Union Cabinet met today to clear several key legislations that are expected to be taken up in this session of Parliament. Sources tell NDTV that key bills - the Judicial Accountability, Citizen's Charter Bill,the Whistleblowers Bill, and Prevention of Money Laundering - have been cleared.

Akali Dal's lone Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigned from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet on Thursday as her party faced heat from farmers over its initial support to ally BJP's farm sector bills. Ms Badal, who attended the cabinet meet that cleared the bills, stepped down shortly before the bills were passed by the Lok Sabha, tweet...

A day after the cabinet cleared the food bill through the ordinance route, BJP President Rajnath Singh has attacked the government for hurriedly pushing through the Rs 1.25 lakh crore welfare scheme.

The government has launched a Rs 1.25 lakh crore welfare scheme on Wednesday to give cheap food to nearly 70 per cent of the population, a scheme that's been planned as a centre-piece of the ruling Congress party's plan to win a third term in office in elections due by May 2014.

The Cabinet will today discuss and clear an ordinance that makes the Congress-led UPA government's ambitious Food Security Bill a law. But many feel that its implementation is not going to be easy.

After suggesting that it would try to win political consensus on its proposal to give subsidised food to nearly 70 per cent of the country, the government appears to have decided otherwise. Sources say today, the Cabinet will discuss and clear an ordinance that makes the Food Security Bill a law.

The union cabinet, which is meeting right now, is expected to clear an ordinance to give life to the ruling Congress' ambitious Food Security Bill.

With elections round the corner, the Congress wants to take no more chances with its ambitious Food Security Bill, and is set to push for an ordinance to give it life. The Union Cabinet is expected to clear this today, setting up another massive showdown with the BJP, which is opposed to pushing through the landmark legislation without discussion i...

The Cabinet today cleared the Food Security Bill. The Bill says 75 per cent of the rural population and 50 per cent of the poor in urban India - about 800 million people - will be entitled to five kilos of subsidised grain per month. Rice will be made available at Rs. 3 a kilo; wheat will cost Rs. 2 a kilo and cereal will be sold for Rs. 1 per kilo...

The National Food Security Bill, a centrepiece of the ruling government's campaign in 2009, has been cleared by a parliamentary committee today and will now be sent for review to the Food Ministry and the cabinet before it's brought to Parliament.

The government introduced the National Food Security Bill in Lok Sabha today, which aims to provide subsidised food grain to over 62 per cent of the country's population. The bill had been cleared by the Union Cabinet without any discussion on Monday.

The Union Cabinet has cleared the National Food Security Bill that aims to provide subsidised food grain to over 62 per cent of the country's population. All the proposals of the Cabinet note were cleared today without any discussion when the Cabinet met at 7:30 pm. The bill will now be introduced in Parliament in this winter session.

After the Cabinet approval, the Bill is expected to be tabled in Parliament in in the ongoing Parliament session.

Even as the Union Cabinet was meeting to clear the National Food Security Bill yesterday, about 30 protestors led by activist Biraj Patnaik protested in front of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence against the move.

The Union Cabinet has cleared the Food Security Bill that aims to provide legal entitlement to subsidised foodgrain to over 62 per cent of the country's population. During the meet, all the proposals of the Cabinet note were cleared. The bill will be introduced in Parliament in this winter session.

The Union Cabinet met today to clear several key legislations that are expected to be taken up in this session of Parliament. Sources tell NDTV that key bills - the Judicial Accountability, Citizen's Charter Bill,the Whistleblowers Bill, and Prevention of Money Laundering - have been cleared.