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Govt not sure how many need food security [1]

New Delhi: Ahead of finalising the proposed National Food Security Act (NFSA), the government is struggling first to enumerate the actual number of Below Poverty Line (BPL) families in the country and to identify agencies both at the Centre and the states to take the legal responsibility for implementing the Act.

Publication Date: 
22/06/2009
Indian Express (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Food Policy [3], Food Storage [4], Poverty [5], India [6], Food Security [7]
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