Food security as per govts poverty estimates: EGoM
In a move that is bound to trigger angry reactions from the states, the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) has decided that the estimation of the Below Poverty Line (BPL) numbers by the government would be considered final for the proposed National Food Security Act (NFSA), thereby nipping in the bud the problem of various estimates put forth by different committees.
Publication Date:
14/09/2009