Foodgrain Bill

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  Subsidy Bill Nears Rs 6 Lakh Crore In Financial Year 2021

  The government's subsidies on food, fertilisers, LPG and kerosene are pegged at Rs 5.96 lakh crore in the current fiscal, over 2.5-fold jump from the initial budget estimates as the Centre distributed additional foodgrains free of cost to help poor mitigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic.

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  As Centre Moves Quietly to Replace Subsidised Foodgrain With Cash, States Object

  Even as the government finds itself under fire for the Land Acquisition Ordinance, there are now concerns over whether it is choosing a backdoor route of making food subsidy payments by cash transfers.

• Food security bill gets nod from President Pranab Mukherjee

  The landmark Food Security Bill, aimed at giving a legal right on highly subsidised foodgrains to 67 per cent of the country's population, today received the President's nod.

• Left leaders submit charter of demands to Prime Minister

  Left parties today asked the government to universalise the public distribution system and sought distribution of excess foodstock at BPL prices to check the high food inflation. Top leaders of the four parties, which ended a five-day protest on the issue of 'food security for all' here yesterday, met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here and submitt...

• PM to discuss changes in Food Bill, wants early rollout

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called a meeting on Wednesday to consider uniform legal entitlement of subsidised foodgrains to 67 per cent of the country's population under the National Food Security Bill.

• Cabinet clears Food Security Bill; to be introduced in Parliament in this session

  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.

• Cabinet to take decision on Food Bill today

  After addressing concerns of UPA allies and some Congress members, the Cabinet is meeting today to approve the Food Security Bill that aims to provide legal entitlement to subsidised foodgrain to 63.5 per cent of the country's population.

• Food bill re-draft: Subsidies for 75 per cent

  The National Advisory Council (NAC) headed by Sonia Gandhi wants subsided food for 75 per cent of Indians - that's nearly 800 million people.A working group of the Council will redraft the bill that was earlier prepared by the food ministry under Sharad Pawar.The Council also wants to do away with the Below Poverty Line (BPL) criteria for allotting...

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  Poor families may get right to 35 kg foodgrains a month

  A ministers' panel meeting will discuss raising poor families' entitlement for rice or wheat to 35 kg per month at Rs 3 a kg.