New Delhi In order to avoid imports of grain for implementing the proposed food security Bill in years when monsoon fails, the government will include a provision in the Bill to allow beneficiaries to get cash instead of grain.
According to sources, the requirement of grain for the proposed food security cover would be 60 million tonne (mt), which is less than a third of the total production.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/food-security-bill-allow-cash-payment-if-rains-fail
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sandip-das
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/financial-express-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/public-distribution-system-pds
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/monsoons
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poverty
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rice
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wheat
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-food-civil-supplies
