29 lakh ration cardholders face exclusion from scheme

The proposed National Food Security Act, touted as the flagship social security programme of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in 2014, will turn out to be a damp squib for the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government in Kerala. The provisions in the Bill pose a threat to Kerala’s public distribution system, and if passed, it is will directly hit the UDF’s prestigious targeted foodgrain distribution programme.