This historical National Food Security Bill, 2013 was passed in the Lok Sabha on 25 August 2013. It promises to give right to the country's 80 crore people to get 5 kg of foodgrains every month at Rs 1-3 per kg.

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What if the average Indian was 30 per cent richer than the average Chinese? For one, India's per capita income would be $8,500 instead of $1,500 that it is today.

Publication Date: 
12/08/2013
India Today (New Delhi)
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India, Food Security Bill, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Economy, China, South Korea, Poverty, Japan
Food Policy

Starved of Ideas

Ram Kumar, 36, a construction worker from Bihar's Madhubani district, does not have a ration card although he falls below the poverty line.

Publication Date: 
22/07/2013
M.G. Arun
India Today (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Security, Bihar, Madhubani (D), Subsidies, Public Distribution System (PDS), Food Crops, Poverty, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Rural Poverty, Rice, Wheat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Food Security Bill
Food Policy

An Abstract Hunger

The UPA-II government’s flagship programme, the Food Security Bill, which comes with a neat price tag of Rs 1.23 lakh crore, holds the promise of eradicating hunger.

Publication Date: 
27/05/2013
Anuradha Raman
Outlook (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Security Bill, Public Distribution System (PDS), Food Crops, Chhattisgarh, Bihar

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