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Can UPA deliver on election promise of cheap food-for-all? [1]

The National Food Security Act, a high point of the Budget due to be presented by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, is giving the government plenty to chew on. The crux of the debate is whether government can bite the bullet and deroster APL (above poverty line) beneficiaries to re-target food subsidies.

Publication Date: 
19/06/2009
Times Of India (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Subsidies [3], Poverty [4], Ministry Of Agriculture [5], India [6], Food Security [7]

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