In the season of draft Bills, the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council has come out with its draft of the National Food Security Act, 2011, that gives legal backing to the highly leaky PDS system, thereby excluding innovative options like cash transfers, which may have included variants like food stamps and UID-linked smart cards.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/nac-draft-food-bill-pds-gets-legal-backing-eminent-panel
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ravish-tiwari-and-tanu-sharma
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/indian-express-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-policy
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/public-distribution-system-pds
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/anti-poverty-programmes
