Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday urged the Union Government to cover all the poor in any State in the proposed National Food Security Act and cautioned against imposing a ceiling on the number of below poverty line(BPL) families. He also favoured a system of direct cash transfer to the beneficiaries instead of a complex delivery mechanism.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/proposed-food-security-act-should-cover-all-poor-nitish
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/pioneer-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-policy
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-supply
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poverty
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-agriculture
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
