Right to Food Movement, a network of NGOs favouring a food security law, said the NAC should address issues of abundance of food and efficiency of a public distribution system before finalising the draft on food security Bill.

NEW DELHI: The Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, C. Rangarajan, on Tuesday suggested that people Above the Poverty Line (APL) could be considered for the mandatory food security scheme by limiting the subsidised foodgrains entitlement of Below the Poverty line (BPL) beneficiaries to 30 kg per month per family (instead of 35 kg).

New Delhi: The state governments on Monday submitted their recommendations to the Centre on how to improve the public distribution system, including steps to ensure timely distribution and reduce leakages.

35 Kg Grain A Month To Poor In 150 Poorest Districts

THE National Advisory Council likely to approve on Wednesday the draft of the National Food Security Bill. The scheme will be rolled out in the 150 poorest districts first on the basis of a `notional universalisation.

Udaipur: At a time when Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in Rajasthan is struggling to provide foodgrain to thousands of families living below the poverty line, hundreds of tonnes of wheat and peas continue to rot because of FCI

In the wake of runaway inflation and the ensuing food crisis, the prime minister constituted three high-powered committees of chief ministers and central ministers to recommend ways of containing inflation, improving PDS and boosting agricultural production.

Gargi Parsai

Public Distribution System To Be Linked To UID

Jean Dreze

The planned National Food Security Act represents a unique opportunity to achieve gains with respect to the public distribution system. However, the current draft is a non-starter.

Wrong policies of the government have been responsible for the prevalent food insecurity in the country, alleged activists. They also said the proposed National Food Security Act ignores the root causes of hunger and it deliberately leaves untouched the structural roots of the malnutrition crisis.