National Advisory Council

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  Trump Administration Appoints Indian-American Doctor Sampat Shivangi To Key US Health Panel

  Sampat Shivangi, an influential Indian-American community leader, has been invited to serve on the national advisory committee of a key health body in the US, which deals with mental health.

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  Sonia Gandhi's National Advisory Council Was For Supporting Naxalism: BJP

  Accusing the Congress of patronising and funding the maoists, the BJP said on Monday that the now-defunct National Advisory Council (NAC), headed by Sonia Gandhi during the previous UPA regime, was the body for "supporting naxalism".

• Nitin Gadkari's Move to new Home Signals End of Sonia Gandhi-Led Panel

  Union Minister Nitin Gadkari's shift to a new home in New Delhi's top security bungalow zone signals the official demise of the National Advisory Council or NAC led by Sonia Gandhi, which was often described by critics as a super-cabinet in the previous UPA rule.

• New Government, New Poverty Figures

  Why Jaitley's Thursday speech is crucial by Ashok Malik.

• Tribal expert Virginius Xaxa replaces Aruna Roy in Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council

  After Aruna Roy's exit, the government has reconstituted the National Advisory Council by inducting renowned sociologist Virginius Xaxa into the 12-member panel chaired by Sonia Gandhi.

• Read activist Aruna Roy's letter to Sonia Gandhi on corruption

  The National Advisory Council (NAC), which is headed by Sonia Gandhi, has said that the government's actions convey "the impression that the government is not at all serious about issues of accountability and corruption."

• Sonia Gandhi-led council slams government on corruption

  The National Advisory Council (NAC), which is headed by Sonia Gandhi, has said that the government's actions convey "the impression that the government is not at all serious about issues of accountability and corruption."

• New Right to Food Bill is more expensive but is what Sonia, Rahul want

  A new version of the National Food Security Bill - which guarantees highly-subsidised grain to 75% of India - has been assigned to the government by Rahul and Sonia Gandhi. The draft - in the form of a Cabinet note - is likely to be introduced in the Winter Session of Parliament.

• National Advisory Council approves Food Security Bill

  The Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council today approved the historic Food Security Bill which ensures food to almost 2/3 of the country's population as a right.Mrs Sonia Gandhi will be writing shortly to PM Manmohan Singh with the recommendations and the Draft Act.The Bill aims to provide the poor a legal guarantee for cheaper rice and wheat....

• Sonia Gandhi's NAC clears Food Security Bill

  The National Advisory Council (NAC), which is headed by Sonia Gandhi, has finalised its draft of the Food Security Bill.  Mrs Gandhi will forward this document to the Prime Minister.  The historic Food Security Bill entitles 75% of India's population to highly-subsidized foodgrains.  The Bill says  two types of households are el...

• Will Sonia Gandhi review CBI's exemption from RTI?

  Will Sonia Gandhi intervene to reverse the cabinet's decision that the Right to Information Act should not apply to the CBI?  " I am enraged...I will take the matter up with the chairperson of the UPA," said Aruna Roy, member of the National Advisory Council, an advisory body headed by Sonia Gandhi which influences government policy. On S...

• Food Security Bill: National Advisory Council sticks to demand

  United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC) has stuck to its position of giving a minimum of 35 kg of foodgrain every month to priority households in rural areas. Earlier, in the first week of January, an expert panel constituted by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) had termed NAC's recommendations...

• PM convenes meeting to discuss food security bill

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has convened a meeting of senior ministers today to discuss the recommendations of the National Advisory Council (NAC) on the Food Security Bill.The meeting would be attended by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, Home Minister P Chidambaram along with Planning Commission Deputy Chairm...

• Dreze: Why no food security for all?

  The Food Security Bill is something that the UPA government has been hoping would be its flagship scheme in its second tenure, but a day after the National Advisory Council (NAC) watered down its recommendations on the bill, differences within the Council and with the government came out in the open. Jean Dreze, a member of the NAC, and the face of...

• 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...