Revised bill likely to be tabled in the Budget session of Parliament

If all things fall according to plan, the UPA-2’s most ambitious social security programme--the National Food Security Bill--could include more people than the earlier proposed 67% of the India's population. The revised bill is likely to be tabled in the Budget session of Parliament, slated to begin later this month.
The Antodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) --targeted towards the poorest of the poor-- which was launched by the NDA government in December 2000, is likely to be retained in the final version of the bill.