To improve offtake of foodgrain allocated to states under the targeted public distribution system (PDS) and other schemes, the food ministry has mooted a proposal to sell wheat and rice to below poverty line (BPL) families at Rs 2 and Rs 3 per kilogram, respectively.

To ward off any threat of huge grain imports on the government’s account in the event of drought or natural calamity, the draft Food Security Bill proposes to pay through cash or vouchers in lieu o

Chennai The much-touted National Food Security Bill aimed at providing foodgrains at subsidised price to the poor may be be introduced in Parliament by December this year said, K V Thomas, Union mi

The Food Security Bill, approved by a group of ministers this month, has ignored malnutrition as a subject, surprising many observers in UN bodies.

LUCKNOW: The ministry of consumer affairs and public distribution has allocated of 5.28 lakh tonnes per month of wheat and rice to Uttar Pradesh for the fiscal year 2011-12.

New Delhi The final draft of the proposed food security Bill approved by the finance and food ministries has a provision for creation of a national food security commission for implementation of the mega scheme that aims at providing subsidised grains to close to two-third of the country

New Delhi In order to avoid imports of grain for implementing the proposed food security Bill in years when monsoon fails, the government will include a provision in the Bill to allow beneficiaries to get cash instead of grain.

According to sources, the requirement of grain for the proposed food security cover would be 60 million tonne (mt), which is less than a third of the total production.

Bill may be moved in monsoon session after consultation with states
The empowered group of ministers on food on Monday approved the draft National Food Security Bill, bringing the ambitious social security programme that guarantees highly subsidized foodgrains to about 70% of the population a step closer to fruition.

The EGoM cleared the draft bill, prepared by the food ministry, without ch

Will entitle 75% of rural homes and half of urban ones to subsidised grain; NAC recommendations diluted.

Diluting some recommendations of the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC), an empowered group of ministers (eGoM) today cleared the draft Food Security Bill, which has proposed a legal entitlement for subsidised grain to 75 per cent of rural households and 50 per cent of urban ho

Having resisted the export of foodgrain since taking charge in January, Food Minister K V Thomas on Wednesday said that he was not opposed to export of