--Govt's urgency on Food Security ordinance an indicator of early polls?
After a spell of indecision, the cabinet finally cleared the ordinance on Right to Food, immediately sending it to the President for his assent. "The Cabinet unanimously approved the ordinance and it has been sent to the President for approval," said Food Minister KV Thomas.
Once it becomes a law, it will guarantee 5 kg rice, wheat or millet per person at Rs 3, 2 and 1 respective to 67 per cent of the population. The food law will cost Rs 1,24,000 crore and cover 67 per cent of the country's 1.2 billion people. The price of the subsidised grain will be reviewed every three years.
Right to Food Ordinance: Every Grain has Vote Written on It
· Nutritional needs of women and children will get a special focus. Pregnant women and lactating mothers, besides being entitled to nutritious meals as per the prescribed nutritional norms, will also receive maternity benefit of at least of Rs. 6000/-
· For the issuance of ration card, the eldest woman (of eighteen years of age or above) will be treated as the head of the household.
Read more: http://forbesindia.com/blog/economy-policy/right-to-food-ordinance-every-grain-has-vote-written-on-it/#ixzz2Y3c6vwRH
Right to Food Campaign opposes ordinance on food bill
"It provides extremely limited food entitlements, is piecemeal and is nowhere close to providing food security. It makes no provisions for the production of food or for support of small and marginal farmers who are food producers, but very food insecure and poor. It even undermines some of the entitlements ensured by the Supreme Court in the Right to Food case. It has no provisions for community kitchens and feeding of the most hunger-prone or to deal with starvation deaths."
Other related links:
Reject the National Food Security Bill: Right to Food Campaign
http://kafila.org/2013/03/29/reject-the-national-food-security-bill-right-to-food-campaign/
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